Haas Automation Europe held its inaugural Productivity Solutions open house at the company's European Distribution System headquarters in Brussels in October. The open house drew visitors from a number of countries to the company's new 37,000-square-foot showroom and support facility. In addition to attending numerous technical presentations and seminars, visitors were able to see 25 of the company's machine tools in action. The event also featured product demonstrations from eight Haas partners. These included DP Technology (Camarillo, California) and Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, California), which showed their latest CNC programming solutions to help maximize the productivity of Haas machines. The move to the new facility came 3 years after the company first opened its European operations at the city's Paepsem Business Park. According to Peter Hall, the managing director of Haas Automation Europe, the company has experienced a sales increase of more than 80 percent in the past year.