PAINTSVILLE, KY – The Grand Opening Celebration of the HAAS eKentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute (eKAMI) was held on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 in Paitsville, Kentucky. Government officials, educators, industry professionals and business owners attended the dedication, where live-cutting demonstrations were performed on the latest, cutting-edge HAAS CNC machines. The development of the Paintsville HAAS Technical… Read more →
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New HTEC Opens at Sullivan College of Technology & Design
LOUISVILLE, KY – Sullivan College of Technology and Design (SCTD) recently celebrated the Grand Opening of its new machine lab, making it the latest Haas Technical Educational Center (HTEC) operating in the state of Kentucky. The new Advanced Manufacturing Technology wing of the college features two state-of-the-art Haas CNC Machine Tools and was created by… Read more →
Precision Tooling Products adds Jobs as well as Advanced Manufacturing Equipment from Haas
MAYFIELD, KY – Precision Tooling Products LLC says it plans to add 10 full-time jobs and invest $450,000 at its machine shop along Ky. 121 southeast of Mayfield. As seen the Mayfield Messeger, story by Hawkins Teague. Precision Tooling Products is a family-owned machine shop that grew into a niche manufacturer of suppressors for the… Read more →
Miners catch second breath with CNC machining
PAINTSVILLE, KY – The Gene Haas Technical Education Center’s CNC Machinist Now Program at Vincennes University offers unemployed eastern Kentucky coal miners a chance to learn CNC machining and bring economic growth to the struggling area. As seen in the November/December issue of Today’s Energy Solutions, story by Arielle Campanalie. The decline of coal mining, the… Read more →
Advanced manufacturing for diesel racing with Haas CNCs
BROWNSBURG, IN – Haas machines allow racing components manufacturer Fleece Performance Engineering to expand, insource parts, and push the limits of how much power a diesel engine can produce. As seen in the November/December issue of Today’s Motor Vehicles, story by Robert Schoenberger. It didn’t start out as a manufacturing business. At first it was… Read more →
Polaris Career Center Receives $12,500 Grant from Haas
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH – Matt Coso, Sales Engineer at Ohio’s Haas Factory Outlet – A Division of Midwest Manufacturing Resources, recently presented Polaris Career Center with a $12,500 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation, for the school’s Precision Machining Technology program. The grant will go towards student scholarships as well as an expansion of the… Read more →
Garfield High School Receives $17,500 Grant from Haas
AKRON, OH – Chris Tsiros, Sales Engineer at Ohio’s Haas Factory Outlet – A Division of Midwest Manufacturing Resources, along with Sales Manager Scott Opel, presented Garfield High School a $17,500 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation. The grant will go towards scholarships for students, Jermaine Myers, Jacob Milano, and John Yang, each of whom… Read more →
HFO/Midwest Partners with Jergens’ Fast Forward Tech Center
CLEVELAND, OH – Jergens Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) recently opened its FastForward machining efficiency technology center, featuring a Haas VF-SS super-speed vertical machining center, supported by Haas Factory Outlet, A Division of Midwest Manufacturing Resources. The regional center will focus on the Maker/Manufacturing movement and its significance to the nation’s economy. The center is intended to… Read more →
Next Gen Control from Haas
OXNARD, CA – Haas Automation’s Next Generation Control (NGC) is the latest update to the machine tool industry’s most user-friendly CNC control. The NGC has a significantly improved user interface, featuring a more consistent and intuitive navigation experience, vastly improved connectivity, and an all-new Visual Programming System. The Haas NGC is faster, smarter, and looks… Read more →
Partnering for Growth: Dan Patrick Enterprises and HFO Midwest
Dan Patrick believes in seizing opportunities when they present themselves. His firm, Patrick Enterprises, Inc. (Circleville, OH), has grown from a mere sidelight, something he did to augment his income from farming, to the gold standard for building or repairing monster trucks. Many of the most famous and successful vehicles in the monster truck field… Read more →