Haas has issued a staff assertion in response to media claims that staff companion, Haas Automation, broke Russian sanctions.
The assertion reads as follows:
On Tuesday, March 14, PBS ran a narrative alleging that our staff companion, Haas Automation, had instantly offered machines and elements to Russia in violation of U.S. export management and sanctions rules.
As per Haas Automation’s firm assertion – that story is solely false, each in its total impression and in lots of its explicit statements.
Key Factors:
• Haas Automation is and has all the time been in full compliance with U.S. Authorities export management.
• No machines have shipped from the Haas Automation manufacturing unit to Russia since March 3, 2022.
• The 18 machines referenced within the story left the Haas Automation manufacturing unit previous to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Haas Automation voluntarily selected to terminate its relationship with the Russian distributor, which has by no means been required by any U.S. sanctions.
• Haas Automation utterly helps Ukraine and its individuals of their protection towards Russia.
On March 3, 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Haas Automation terminated, in its entirety, its relationship with its sole present unbiased distributor for Russia and Belarus, Abamet Administration. Since that date, Haas has not bought or shipped any machines, elements, or software program to Abamet or anybody else in Russia. This important reality was made clear to the PBS reporter earlier than the story was aired.
Haas Automation has been manufacturing machines for greater than 30 years, and there are greater than 200,000 Haas machines presently in use all through the world. All through that interval, Haas has been a strict adherent to all U.S. export management and sanctions rules, and a good stronger supporter of the U.S. coverage objectives lots of these rules are designed to deal with.
