Volker HAAS, managing director of HAAS GmbH, was born in 1960 in Stockum-Püschen. Mechanical engineering was already born to him and his three brothers (Armin, Martin and Harald) and it is therefore not surprising that they all learned the mechanical craft.

In 1989 , when Volker Haas filed for bankruptcy with his employer at the time, he was faced with the question of how his career should proceed. With a “bag full of ideas” and a “box full of tools”, the decision to become independent was made for stationary machines such as chippers, hammer mills, screens and conveyors in the sawmill / timber industry

It all started in a double garage in Stockum-Püschen. A hall with a basement office in Bad Marienberg quickly became the headquarters of " HAAS Holzzerkleinerungs- und Fördertechnik ". Martin Haas was at his brother's side from day one and spent every day in the workshop and designed the first machines here. In the first half of the business year, Armin Haas followed his two brothers and two other permanent employees were now part of the HAAS team. Just a few months later, HAAS was converted into a GmbH in 1990 .

Until 1992, HAAS only supplied individual components within Germany and across Europe. In 1992 the first complete systems for waste wood recycling were ordered. The Schmid company in Gussenstadt, one of the first major HAAS customers, has operated its system to this day. Constant plant expansions led to an increase in performance, today Schmid processes 50,000 tons of waste wood per year!

Also 1992 saw the launch of the company's new building in Dreisbach. The new building was gradually expanded, finally a third production / manufacturing hall.

D he installation of a waste wood recycling plant with a required throughput of 40 t / h achieved the breakthrough of HAAS. The Bowie company in Tiel, the Netherlands, was already able to drive 50 t / h with the planned plant (no standard at that time). Conversion work with new conveyor and screening technology could even increase the capacity to 60 t / h.

Since the late 1990s, HAAS has also been producing and supplying machines for waste crushing and sorting.

Harald Haas decided to follow his brothers and has been active in our technical office since then.

The TYRON - today's flagship at HAAS - was born in 1999 . The twin-shaft primary crusher shreds waste wood, green waste, household waste, bulky waste or industrial waste and light metals. Over 350 TYRONS have already been sold worldwide!

After completing his studies at HAAS, Sascha Kloft took over international sales and promoted the HAAS mobile technology division. He has been his stepfather Volker Haas' second managing director since 2015 and will shape the future of HAAS GmbH positively in the future.

In order to support the new branch of business and the entire portfolio in the expanded divisions by name, the registered company name " HAAS Wood Crushing and Conveying Technology " was supplemented with the registered trademark "HAAS Recycling-Systems".

In 2018, the proven technology of the hammer mill was presented for the first time on the go at IFAT. The ARTHOS 1600 will be delivered from the beginning of 2019. In the future you will not get tired and will always continue to work on the development of new innovations.