Haco Kingsland Newsroom

HACO Kingsland reveals the new RPC (Robot Plasma Cutting) line

22 February 2019

See a live demo of the new RPC line from 4 till 8 March at ROBOSOFT (Ypres).

Q5 with impressive automatic sheet loading-unloading system

9 October 2017

Increasing the punching efficiency for Swedish customer CW Lundberg Mora.

FL Series: automatic loading and unloading

2 October 2017

As modern fiber laser cutting processes tremendously reduce cycle times, especially for thin materials, automation of loading and unloading processes has become a must.

The impressive FTM 1000 x 7500 in action

27 September 2017

The FTM 1000 x 7500 lathe for our Australian customer has been tested and is now working it's magic.

CAD/CAM SOLUTION chooses BLISS-BRET

29 August 2017

A new try-out press for the Polish tool designer!

Start up of the TUR MN 1350 x 4000 lathe for Lebus® threads

18 August 2017

A German customer has just been started up by the staff of the FAT-HACO service department with a lathe for the Lebus® type threads.

THE SHERINGHAM SHOAL CANNON AND KINGSLAND ENGINEERING

18 July 2017

In April 2010, a historic iron cannon was found during an unexploded ordnances survey.

HACO Kingsland at MACH 2018

1 June 2017

We are proud to announce that next year we will participate at the MACH Exhibition in Birmingham.

Shipping of an impressive lathe FTM 1000 x 7500 to Australia

16 May 2017

A modern turning-milling center was designed and manufactured for an Australian customer.

2017: a year of growth for the HACO Group

18 January 2017

HACO keeps expanding and takes over Design Technologies International (DTI), offering smart solutions to today’s tough applications.

NEW: Kingsland Hydraulic presses HPC50WR and HPC80WR

2 December 2016

Kingsland is proud to present two new Hydraulic Presses: the HPC50WR and HPC80WR.

Ubroek about TUR MN: We know we made the right choice!

24 May 2016

Ubroek is a subcontractor. Ubroek turns, bores, mills and grinds special parts ranging from axes for the paper industry to turbine axes. Up to five to six years ago, Ubroek saw more opportunities in the energy market and the petroleum industry. Therefore, they've decided to invest in a bigger Fathaco CNC Lathe.

Kingsland at MACH TOOL 2016

12 April 2016

MACH TOOL (Birmingham, UK) started today. Come and see us on stand no 4490!

Turnkey robot bending cell for spraybooth manufacturer Sima

23 December 2015

Sima, Belgian Producer of surface treatment equipment with a worldwide customer base, recently invested in a HACO Kingsland Bending Cell. Jan Gheysen, CEO of Sima, wants to bring the production of bending components back to Belgium with the Haco Kingsland Bending Cell. The automated bending cell assures better quality, less transportation costs, and improved delivery times of the Sima spray booths.

VIDEO: A fresh perspective on the Pressmaster!

23 December 2015

HACO Kingsland is giving his (potential) clients with a new video a fresh perspective on its Pressmaster pressbrake with SyncView that can be observed from multiple points of view.

VIDEO: Kingsland CEO Bernard De Muynck about the main features of Kingsland steelworkers

5 November 2015

Our UK manufactured Kingsland steelworkers are the ideal machine for cutting, shearing, punching & notching - all from a single, stand alone machine. Bernard De Muynck, CEO at KINGSLAND UK, speaks to MTD CNC.com about the main features of these unique machines.

The Kingsland Webshop Sale is on now!

21 August 2015

For a limited time only, recieve 10% off tooling orders placed online! Find out more...

Airbus acquires third Bliss-Bret press in 2 years

2 June 2015

Bliss-Bret, Kingsland's sister company, specialise in the manufacture of a wide variety of hydraulical and mechanical presses.
Airbus Nantes have recently acquired a HACO Bliss-Bret 100T straightening press - their third Bliss-Bret machine in two years!

Haco Kingsland bid farewell to their longest serving member of staff

2 June 2015

On 30th April 2015 we at Haco Kingsland said goodbye to Richard 'Dick' Whittingham, as he started his retirement. Dick joined Kingsland in 1966, and has clocked up a huge 49 years of service. In that time, not only has he become one of our best turners, but he has also watched Haco Kingsland grow and change.

Kingsland installs new wire EDM to manufacture punches & dies

Kingsland Engineering has installed a new Sodick SL600Q high performance wire EDM at its UK headquarters in Sheringham, Norfolk. Kingsland is using the new Sodick wire EDM to manufacture any special tooling required for Kingsland machines by its customers, such as punches, dies and blades.

Haco Kingsland appoints RK International as sales partner in southern England

Haco Kingsland has appointed RK International Machine Tools as its sales partner in the south of England for its range of pressbrakes, guillotines, shears and CNC turret punches.

Social economy taps into new markets thanks to Kingsland's Drillflex CNC drill

A client's request for hole-drilling works into L-profiles recently caused considerable head-scratching at the sheltered workshop Ateliers Jean Del'Cour. The reason: it involved a great many holes. In a great many profiles. More precisely: it involved a contract for three years' work. Now, Jean Del'Cour may be active in the social economy, but that doesn't mean that efficiency is not important. And efficiency just happens to be the ace in the hole of the Haco Kingsland Drillflex CNC drill…

Haco at EuroBLECH Hannover 2014: from high-end to budget, but always innovative

Hall 15, Stand E64. That’s where visitors to the EuroBLECH trade fair in October will be able to witness the true future of international sheet metal working. And yes, that’s The Haco Group’s stand, where we’re presenting a quartet of attention-grabbers that no one can stop admiring.

HACO Kingsland Global Dealer Day 2014: 3 innovative product introductions

On the 24th of January The Haco Group has held a Global Dealer Day for the HACO internal sales companies, introducing 3 new top level products. A lot of HACO people and the international press attended the event held in the production halls of HACO Mubea Systems in Mouscron (Belgium).

Custom-made innovation for MSK with the KINGSLAND tandem CNC press brake

In our business we often get the chance to work with truly innovative companies. MSK Covertech-Group is one of them. To reorganize their plant in Hungary, they chose to deploy the HACO KINGSLAND tandem CNC press brake. This machine configuration was custom-made for them and consists of two aligned press brakes that can either work together or separately.

The HACO DRILLFLEX CNC drilling and milling machine helps to build Chernobyl’s new sarcophagus

Chernobyl's reactor No. 4, which was partly destroyed during the disastrous explosion in 1986, is getting a new protective ' sarcophagus '. Officially it is called NSC or New Safe Confinement. The HACO DRILLFLEX CNC drilling and milling machine will be used to machine the structural steel elements of the new sarcophagus dome.