Published April 8, 2025
Oxnard, California – Haas Automation is in the process of studying the full impact of tariffs on our operations. In recent days, we’ve seen a dramatic decrease in demand for our machine tools from both domestic and foreign customers. Out of caution, we have reduced production and eliminated overtime at our sole manufacturing plant in Oxnard, California, where we employ 1700 workers and have been in operation since 1983. We have also halted hiring and put new employment requisitions on hold.
While tariffs will have a significant impact on Haas Automation’s business, we’re optimistic that the Trump Administration will come up with solutions to provide relief for U.S. manufacturers—solutions that will allow us to continue manufacturing Haas CNC machines in the U.S., while employing thousands of workers at our factory in Oxnard, California, and indirectly at Haas Factory Outlets across America.
Haas is particularly concerned about the potential reduction of tariffs on machine tools from certain countries, such as Japan, Taiwan, and Korea, without a corresponding reduction in tariff rates for imported raw materials and components into the U.S. Such a scenario would be catastrophic to the $5 billion U.S. machine tool industry, which is a key component of U.S. national security.
Machine tools are essential to the entire manufacturing infrastructure in the U.S. We expect the Trump Administration to follow through on its promise to protect American manufacturing by supporting the U.S. machine tool industry, specifically (1) tariff exemptions for raw materials and components vital to the U.S. machine tool industry, and (2) maintaining tariffs for imported machine tools.
