Haas receives award for skills support

The award was presented by the president of Worldskills France, Mr Yvan Valentinuzzi, after the event, held between February 4-6 February 2009, at The Grand Palais in Lille, Northern France. On the morning of February 5, the best 25 precision engineering students, chosen from schools and technical colleges across France, were assigned the task of designing and machining test parts on six Haas Mini Mills and five Haas SL-10 CNC turning centres. Two days later, the results of those practical tests were judged and gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to the winning students. Gold medalists from the Olympiade des Métiers will go forward to represent France in the Worldskills competition to be held in Calgary, Canada in September of this year: an event that will host participants from 50 countries and will benefit from considerable support from Haas. Currently, there are more than 240 Haas CNC machine tools used in French schools and technical colleges, many of which are strongly supported by local HFOs (Haas Factory Outlets). Haas Automation’s participation in the Olympiade des Métiers event was presided over by the HFO responsible for the Orsay region, a division of Realmeca. Mr Loïc Faupin from Realmeca was present during the Olympiade des Métiers, in Lille.