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| January 2025 | Haas was fined $1.04 million by the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control for 21 apparent violations of sanctions related to Russian defense and energy sectors. |
| August 2023 | A follow-up investigation by the ESCU suggested Haas was indirectly providing resources to the Russian military through Suzhou Sup Bestech Machine Tools Co. |
| March 2023 | Haas Automation was accused by the Economic Security Council of Ukraine of violating United States sanctions by supplying CNC machines to the Russian arms industry. |
| 2022 |
STEP-NC
Third edition of AP238 was published for model-based integrated manufacturing, introducing geometry, tolerance, and kinematics improvements from AP242.
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| March 2022 | Haas severed ties with Abamet Management, its distributor in Russia and Belarus. |
| 2020 |
STEP-NC
Second edition of AP238 was published.
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| 2019 | Haas purchased land in Henderson, Nevada, for $27.4 million to expand its business, with plans to build 4.3 million square feet of commercial space including a $327 million manufacturing facility. |
| 2019 | Developed two new mortar systems: the KMS114 81 mm mortar and the XKM120 120 mm self-propelled mortar |
| 2018 |
STEP-NC
At IMTS, a team including Airbus, Boeing, DMG MORI, Hyundai WIA, Renishaw, and Mitutoyo demonstrated Digital Twin manufacturing by combining STEP-NC model and process data with MTConnect and Quality Information Format.
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| 2014 |
STEP-NC
CAM data exchange using STEP-NC demonstrated at IMTS 2014 with daily machining demonstrations by Okuma, featuring Boeing-created machining process for a mold part optimized by Sandvik and ISCAR.
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| June 2012 |
STEP-NC
Testing focused on machine tool accuracy calculations, demonstrated at KTH production engineering labs in Stockholm by milling a forged blank for a Crown Wheel Gear.
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| 2010 |
STEP-NC
Testing activities focused on tool wear management and machining a gear box with multiple machining plans. Tool wear and machine loads were predicted from STEP-NC data and verified using a dynamometer.
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