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The Greatest Show
The Greatest Show On Earth? No, that distinction
belongs to the famous circus of P.T. Barnum. But it is the Greatest
Machine Tool Show in the Americas.
On September 9, the International Manufacturing
Technology Show, IMTS, blows into Chicago for its biennial 8-day run.
This year’s exhibition, billed as “The Show of the Century,”
promises to be the largest concentration of the world’s newest
manufacturing technology ever seen in America.
IMTS ’98 is expected to draw more than 125,000
attendees from 80 different nations to Chicago’s McCormick Place, the
nation’s largest exhibition complex. Manufacturers from all over the
world will fill 1.3 million square feet of display space with the latest
machine tools, automation, tooling, controls, computers, software,
systems and processes.
| Haas Automation will descend upon the windy city in
force with their entire line of products on display in a brand-new
10,000-square-foot booth. Expect to see new products in every
category – VMCs, HMCs, Lathes and Rotary Tables –
as well as a complete selection of current machines.
Exciting new products planned for IMTS include: |
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• The
Haas VB-1 bridge mill with 200" x 66" x 40" travels and
5-axis spindle
• The Haas HS-3R HMC with
150" x 50" x 60" travels, 50-taper spindle and
built-in 4th axis
• The massive Haas HL-6
Big Bore lathe with 25" x 44" capacity, A2-11 spindle
and 6" bar capacity
• The Haas Bar Feeder for
HL-1 and HL-2 turning centers
You will find Haas Automation in booth A1-8232 in
the new South Building exhibition hall of McCormick Place.
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MACH 98 Builds on
British-American Alliance
by Matt Bailey, Haas Automation UK
Norwich, Norfolk, UK – Haas Automation UK is
celebrating an extremely successful visit to MACH 98, the country’s
biennial machine tool and manufacturing exhibition held at
Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre the last week of April. Not
only did Haas UK receive orders for 15 machines during the five-day
show, but the company’s 11-strong sales team bagged an amazing 200
high-quality enquiries.
On a stand occupying some 1800 square feet, four
VMCs, three turning centres, an HS-lRP and a wide range of rotary
products gave continuous demonstrations to an international crowd of
some 46,000+ visitors.
A particularly exciting order secured during the
exhibition was from the newly formed Formula 1 racing team British
American Racing. British American’s CEO, Mr. Adrian Reynard, is also
President of Reynard Racing Cars, the world’s largest producer of
single seater chassis.
It’s no accident that Mr. Reynard chose a Haas
VF-3 for his first machine investment in the new team, Reynard racing
cars are already built using a Haas VF-0E and a VF-3.
| Lending his support to the largest-ever Haas booth
at a UK machine tool show was Haas Automation’s president, Mr.
Gene Haas. For the first three days of the show Mr. Haas had the
opportunity to soak up the unique atmosphere of the UK precision
engineering and machine tool industry, meeting many future and
existing Haas users as they dropped by for some refreshment and a
chat. |
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As is tradition, the first and second evenings of
the show are reserved for commendation of the industry’s “great and
good.” On Monday night, guests at the 1998 Machinery Awards were
treated to speeches from a number of witty and eminent personalities,
including an awe-inspiring account of the successful Thrust Supersonic
Car land speed record attempt by the project’s chief aerodynamicist,
Mr. Ron Ayers.
At the prestigious Metalworking 1998 Awards, held
Tuesday evening, Haas Automation was official sponsor of the
sub-contractor category “Best Partnership Development.” As if the
considerable publicity generated by the sponsorship wasn’t enough, the
award to the winning company was made by Mr. Gene Haas, helping to send
a clear message to the UK machine tool fraternity regarding Haas’
commitment to its British customers.
All in all, MACH 98 turned out to be an unmitigated
commercial success, and established the tempo for the next stage of
growth for Haas products in the UK. MACH 2000 will be the next major UK
exhibition, by which time, if the past is anything to go by, Haas UK
will have almost doubled its machine installations and will be
consolidating its position as market leader for affordable CNC machine
tools.
For more information about Haas products in the UK,
contact Andrew Stevens or Matt Bailey at
+44 1603 760539.
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