Coat of Arms of the Republic of Austria | Haas Franz Waffel- und Keksanlagen-Industrie GmbH

Company Profile

Franz Haas Waffel- und Keksanlagen-Industrie GmbH is a leading manufacturer of production plants for baked products and confectionery such as wafers, biscuits or pancakes. Some 1,500 plants are in operation in more than 120 countries. The Austrian headquarter is supported by subsidiaries in Denmark, Holland, the USA, Brazil, China and Singapore as well as a number of regional representations.

The plants range from mixing to pre-packaging and are comprised, among others, of batter, dough and cream mixers, baking ovens, spreading, cooling and cutting machines, dough sheeters, biscuit moulding machines, biscuit rotary cutters and aeration systems.

The service is comprised of planning, design, production, assembly and commissioning of turnkey plants as well as after sales service. The in-house laboratory advises clients in the development and improvement of their products and carries out training courses.

Products and Services

Production plants for:

Wafers
Wafer sticks
Biscuits
Cakes
Ice cream cones
Pancakes
Aerated products

Technological support for:

Raw material tests
Recipe development
End product optimization
Production tests

Chronicle

1905 Establishment of a metal working shop in Vienna
1947 Development of the first wafer baking machine
1948 Sale of the first wafer baking machine
1949 First exports
1975 Relocation of production to Leobendorf in Lower Austria
1977 Establishment of Haas do Brasil in Curitiba, Brazil
1980 Establishment of Haas of America in Richmond, USA
1986 Purchase of the German biscuit machine manufacturer Hecrona
1997 Establishment of Haas Asia Pacific in Singapore
2002 Purchase of the Dutch aeration system manufacturer Mondomix
2003 Purchase of the German ice cream cone machine manufacturer GAM Steinhoff
2006 Establishment of Haas Food Machinery in Shanghai, China
2009 Acquisition of the Danish biscuit machine manufacturer Meincke

National Coat of Arms

The company Franz Haas Waffel- und Keksanlagen was awarded the right to bear the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Austria in business dealings in 1979. Franz Haas Waffel- und Keksanlagen, founded more than 100 years ago, plays a leading role in the world in the area of waffle production machinery.