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The second soccer camp of the SV Pottum started in beautiful sunshine. Numerous young soccer enthusiasts took the chance and took part in the 4-day soccer camp, focusing on playing with the ball and improving individual technique. Social behaviour, fairness, friendship, team spirit, independence and discipline are also important to us. The club is especially proud to have Silvio Meissner as a coach again! Each camp participant will also receive a great tricot set and a training ball. We wish all members great days on the grass court of the LINDNER Hotel, directly at the “Wiesensee” in Stahlhofen, Germany. #HaasSponsoring

Prospective technicians of the technical college of the vocational school Betzdorf-Kirchen (BBS) presented their project work. Steffen Hirsch (employee of HAAS GmbH), Florian H., Sven K. and Jonas M., aged 24-26, are graduates of BBS in the technical department. In addition to their full-time job, the young men complete a four-year further training course in the evening and on Saturdays at the technical school. Part of the final examinations are the project work of the 36 prospective technicians in mechanical engineering. Companies provide the young people with tasks with a concrete practical relevance. The company BGH from Siegen, Germany provided the four young technicians as project partners with the task of “Further development and design of a continuous impact test bench. A test bench developed in 1990 was to be redesigned and at the same time the faults of the outdated device were to be corrected. Important material parameters are tested on a fatigue test bench. These include, for example, the strength, toughness and crack sensitivity of steel. The results documented in their technical work were presented by the future experts to the visitors (including the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Chamber of Crafts and local authorities). In future, the newly designed test bench will be used by BGH Edelstahl in Siegen, Germany.

The trade magazine recycling aktiv reports about our HAAS ARTHOS… In combination with the TYRON primary shredder, the new ARTHOS 1600 mobile hammermill shreds waste wood, green waste, RDF and PVC waste. Completely new: Mobile hammermill with many application possibilities The hammermill ARTHOS 1600 will be mobile for the first time, on tracks and will effortlessly perform, even in the most difficult environments. In the stationary sector, the ARTHOS hammer has so far been known as the “HSZ” and has been a popular secondary shredder among connoisseurs for years. … The complete German contribution is available here as a PDF file:

This year’s annual celebration led the whole team to a nearby restaurant in Stockum-Püschen. After Volker Haas briefly reviewed the business year in his opening speech, he honoured our jubilees. This year we have a colleague with 20 years of employment, a colleague with 15 years and seven colleagues with 10 years at HAAS. We would like to thank our longtime employees for their great teamwork and look forward to the future together. After a tasty dinner Sascha Kloft reviewed the year 2018 with a photo presentation. We looked back on numerous smaller and bigger projects, new machines in the HAAS range, several visits to trade fairs and machine demonstrations, company excursions and much more. We enjoyed the pre-Christmas atmosphere and relaxed conversations over a drink or two. Our thanks go to the team of “Gasthaus Christian” for the nice catering and to our new colleagues for the successful show. This year our new HAAS employees continued the tradition and gave a great performance – it was musical and funny! We would like to thank you, our customers for the trust you have placed in us and our suppliers for your first-class cooperation over the past year. The entire HAAS team wishes you a Merry Christmas, relaxing holidays and a Happy New Year.

Last week, the agenda for the HAAS team was “practice instead of theory”. Last week, the agenda for the HAAS team was “practice instead of theory“. By bus we went to Cologne to the AVG. There our complete team was able to experience the enormous performance of the new HAAS ARTHOS 1600 – mobile HAAS Hammermill live for the first time! The combination of a HAAS TYRON primary shredder and the powerful ARTHOS secondary shredder processed a huge amount of waste wood to an end product of approx. < 60 mm in a blink. Our technical staff used the opportunity to exchange ideas about the completed project and were available to our office staff for a look inside the machine and to answer all possible questions about the HAAS machine combination. Many thanks again to AVG, Cologne for the friendly reception! After the machine demonstration we took the bus from the AVG directly to the centre of Cologne. A rustic brewhouse invited to a social get-together with good food and cool Kölsch. Smalltalk off the everyday business among the colleagues gave the opportunity to get to know each other little better. The many small Christmas markets in Cologne’s city centre offered a pleasant ending and provided a pre-Christmas atmosphere with light-filled decorations and many culinary delights. Late in the evening we took the bus back to Dreisbach in a good mood. Some people already reviewed the day here in their dreams… Many thanks to the whole team for the numerous participation and a great day together!

This year again for the 6th time the motto was – off to the bike To escape the daily routine and meet the colleagues in a completely different way was possible on our annual bike tour! We talked, laughed, cycled and sweated! There route went around the Dreifelder Weiher and provided us with a beautiful scenery at the best weather. Depending on physical fitness, different teams always come together on our bike tour. While one group rides leisurely, chatting here and there and enjoying the view, the pros may be competing for the first position in their group and try to find out who has the best stamina this year. Afterwards all groups come together at the starting point and then it’s really “heated up”. Martin Haas welcomes the cyclists with the already hot ember and treats them with juicy grilled steaks. A cool drink just comes right after these activities. Many thanks again this year for the tasty homemade salads of our colleagues!  

Also in 2018 again, a successful run Many thanks to our runners for this great performance!!! On the 24.08.2018, the HAAS Running Vikings-Team had to give it their all again on the 5 km route. 983 runners started and Karsten Mohr was the first one of the HAAS Running Vikings to reach the finish line after a little more than 24 minutes and was celebrated accordingly! The fastest runner of this year’s Sparkasse Westerwald-Sieg company run reached the finish line after 18 minutes. Afterwards, all runners and teams had the chance to celebrate and spend some time together on the market place. We look forward to the next year und wonder if this years men’s team will be supported by a few women in 2019?!

Certification according to ISO 9001:2015 What is the certification according to ISO 9001 worth? Nationally as well as internationally, the norm ISO 9001 is widespread and significant to ensure a high standard of quality. The certification according to ISO 9001 constitutes the base for an ongoing process of improvement of the company’s own Quality Management Systems (QMS) and continuously puts it to the test. Failures can be minimised, productivity increased and the quality of products and service can be improved.   Value of the ISO 9001 certification for HAAS GmbH: At HAAS GmbH, we put our standard very high for the development of our products before the certification, however, we decided to apply for the certification from TÜV, Hessen, in order to have this high standard confirmed. The certificate proofs that we do our job utilising clear guidelines. It guarantees to our customers: Higher process reliability of procedures Regulation and documentation for higher legal security and increase in efficiency Verifiable customer fulfilment   Validity of certification: After the successful certification procedure, the TÜV PROFiCERT certificate DIN EN ISO 9001 is issued. It is valid for 3 years and must be confirmed in annual inspection Audits.