ounded Haas Automation in 1983[5] 

to
manufacture machine tool accessory tooling.
The company entered the machine tool
industry with the first fully automatic,
programmable collet indexer.[citation needed] Over
the next four years, the company expanded its
product line to include fully programmable
rotary tables, rotary indexers, and other
machine tool accessories.[citation needed]
In 1987, Haas Automation began developing
its first vertical machining center (VMC), the
VF-1, a machine designed to perform
operations such as milling, drilling, tapping,
and boring. The first VF-1 prototypes were
completed in 1988,[6] and introduced at the
International Manufacturing Technology Show
(IMTS '88) in Chicago, Illinois.[7]
 1983: Haas Automation, Inc. established
in Sun Valley, CA
 1991: Haas moves to larger facilities
in Chatsworth, CA
 1997: Haas moves to purpose-built on 86
acres in Oxnard, CA[8]
 2019: Haas purchases 279 acres of land
in Henderson, Nevada for $27.4 million to
expand its business, planning to build 4.3
million square feet of commercial space with
2.3 million square feet intended for a $327
million manufacturing facility[9]