<p> <strong>HACO&nbsp;HISTORY:&nbsp;FROM&nbsp;SHEET&nbsp;METAL&nbsp;MACHINES&nbsp;TO&nbsp;CNC&nbsp;LATHES&nbsp;AND&nbsp;CNC&nbsp;MACHINING&nbsp;CENTERS</strong> </p> <p> From&nbsp;professional&nbsp;woodworking,&nbsp;sheet&nbsp;metal&nbsp;working,&nbsp;and&nbsp;aluminum&nbsp;milling&nbsp;machines&nbsp;to&nbsp;machine&nbsp;controls&nbsp;and&nbsp;surfacing&nbsp;installations.From&nbsp;the&nbsp;very&nbsp;beginning,&nbsp;our&nbsp;principal&nbsp;goal&nbsp;was&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;the&nbsp;needs&nbsp;and&nbsp;requirements&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;customers&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide&nbsp;for&nbsp;them&nbsp;better&nbsp;than&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;else&nbsp;does.&nbsp;When&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;clients&nbsp;has&nbsp;a&nbsp;special&nbsp;problem,&nbsp;we&nbsp;take&nbsp;pride&nbsp;in&nbsp;being&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;come&nbsp;up&nbsp;with&nbsp;exactly&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;solution. </p> <p> But&nbsp;this&nbsp;specialization&nbsp;has&nbsp;not&nbsp;kept&nbsp;us&nbsp;from&nbsp;diversifying.&nbsp;Originally&nbsp;famous&nbsp;for&nbsp;our&nbsp;sheet&nbsp;metal&nbsp;and&nbsp;woodworking&nbsp;machines,&nbsp;HACO&nbsp;has&nbsp;become&nbsp;so&nbsp;much&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;just&nbsp;a&nbsp;manufacturer&nbsp;of&nbsp;punching&nbsp;machines,&nbsp;bending&nbsp;machines&nbsp;and&nbsp;shears.&nbsp;Since&nbsp;the&nbsp;mid-nineties,&nbsp;HACO&nbsp;has&nbsp;evolved&nbsp;into&nbsp;a&nbsp;company&nbsp;that&nbsp;produces&nbsp;not&nbsp;only&nbsp;sheet&nbsp;metal&nbsp;machines,&nbsp;but&nbsp;also&nbsp;larger&nbsp;and&nbsp;more&nbsp;complex&nbsp;machines,&nbsp;like&nbsp;machiningcenters&nbsp;and&nbsp;lathes. </p> <p> With&nbsp;the&nbsp;acquisition&nbsp;of&nbsp;Mubea&nbsp;Systems&nbsp;in&nbsp;1996&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;take-over&nbsp;of&nbsp;FAT&nbsp;(Fabryka&nbsp;Automatow&nbsp;Tokarskich)&nbsp;from&nbsp;Poland&nbsp;in&nbsp;1999,&nbsp;the&nbsp;HACO&nbsp;group&nbsp;was&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;offer&nbsp;machines&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;cutting&nbsp;and&nbsp;editing&nbsp;of&nbsp;very&nbsp;large&nbsp;profiles&nbsp;and&nbsp;parts. </p>