If you drive down Via Inspirada in Henderson, there are a few places that just look like the desert.
However, a specific lot, off of Via Inspirada and Larson Lane, will soon become a new Haas Automation manufacturing facility.
KTNV Haas Automation is the largest machine tool builder in the Western world and they make low-cost machine tools and specialized accessory tooling.
That includes computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment like vertical machining centers (VMCs), horizontal machining centers (HMCs), lathes, and rotary tables as well as a number of large five-axis and specialty machines.
The company was founded by Gene Haas in 1983 and their headquarters are in Oxnard, California.
Haas Automation was looking to expand their operations and chose Henderson, Nevada for their new site. That includes building a 4.3 million-square-foot complex, including a main facility that is 2.4 million square feet.
“Henderson and Nevada have made it very easy for us to secure land and build a factory fairly quickly. We have had some delays but it was due to the pandemic and not their fault,” said Peter Zierhut, Vice President, Outside Operations for Haas Automation. “I think Nevada, overall, is just so much more business-friendly than other parts of the country that we’ve looked at. It’s been an easy and wonderful process.”