Our expertise

Machine Engineering

Autonational has over 40 years of experience in the development and production of mechanical equipment. Autonational is able to offer the whole package of services, from the client’s initial request all the way to the production of a working prototype. Our team of skilled developers and engineers knows how to turn the client’s request into a cost-efficient and high-quality solution.

We offer:

Autonational also specialises in equipment and systems for the chicory processing industry.

Haak Chicory Equipment
our services

Full range service

A key advantage of working with Autonational is the fact that we offer a full range of production facilities. This allows us to manufacture an entire system or piece of equipment and to maintain short lead times. This wide array of production methods allows Haak to pick the most efficient one, resulting in cost-reductions for the client. Efficiency and customer-centeredness are at the core of our company.

In addition to a wide range of machining options, Haak also offers a wide range of surface treatments.

Engineering

Skilled engineering department

Our in-house engineering department allows us to take the client’s original problem and guide the process all the way from the engineering phase to the actual production of a working prototype. Our team of skilled developers and engineers can take the client’s original ‘problem’ and come up with a cost efficient and high-quality solution.

Autonational specialises in

  • Mechanics
  • Electronics
  • Mechatronics
  • Product Handling
  • Vision
  • Control engineering
  • Software solutions

Machining

Quality machining for one-off and batch production

Autonational Production & Engineering Solutions offers a number of options when it comes to machining, both CNC and conventional methods. Through job rotation we ensure our employees remain on top of the game when it comes to the newest techniques and skills in the business.

Services

  • Sawing
  • Milling (CNC, 3 and 5 axis & conventional)
  • Turning (CNC & conventional)
  • Drilling and threading
  • Haak has 24/7 production capacity

Sheet-metal

Quality and short lead times

Our sheet-metal workshop is equipped to produce sheet metal parts from various materials while maintaining high standards and keeping lead times short. The special coatings on our press brakes are one of the things that allow us to process various types of steel, aluminium and stainless steel. We use deburring machines and barrelling to finish the products.

Services

  • Laser cutting up to 20mm steel, 15mm stainless steel and aluminium
  • Sheet metal bending up to 3 metres 200T
  • Barrelling
  • Deburring
  • Spot and stud welding
  • Pem inserting
  • Shot peening

Welding & Sssembly

Highly qualified welders

Autonational strictly works with highly qualified welders able to work with various different materials. Autonational also has a wide variety of welding equipment, both MIG/MAG and TIG, making it possible to weld various kinds of steel, aluminium and stainless steel. Stainless steel welding is done in a separate room, away from the other welding work.

Services

  • TIG
  • MIG/MAG
  • Welding steel, stainless steel and aluminium
  • Profile rolling
  • Blasting cabinet for light peening
  • Spot and stud welding

Assembly

From sub-assemblies to fully functional equipment

The majority of the machined parts are assembled at the assembly department. Here the mechanical and electrical parts are put together to form either a sub-assembly or a fully functional machine. Autonational has the knowledge and skill needed to assemble any equipment in-house. This includes assembly of the mechanical parts, electronics, hydraulics and pneumatics. We are also able to install software and to execute the necessary tests of the various platforms.

Capacity

  • 800 m2assembly facility
  • Mechanical assembly
  • Electrical assembly
  • Pneumatics and hydraulics
  • Switch boxes
  • Module testing
  • We do both one-off and batch production

Autonational Chicory Equipment

Specialist in equipment and systems for the chicory processing industry

Please find more information on our separate website: https://haakchicory.com/

Our expertise

  • Holding tanks
  • Conveyor belts
  • Stacking and unstacking machines
  • Crate conveyors
  • Rotating crate conveyors
  • Handling units
  • Cutting machines
  • Washing machines, forcing trays and grids

Engineering

Skilled engineering department

Our in-house engineering department allows us to take the client’s original problem and guide the process all the way from the engineering phase to the actual production of a working prototype. Our team of skilled developers and engineers can take the client’s original ‘problem’ and come up with a cost efficient and high-quality solution.

Autonational specialises in

  • Mechanics
  • Electronics
  • Mechatronics
  • Product Handling
  • Vision
  • Control engineering
  • Software solutions

Machining

Quality machining for one-off and batch production

Autonational Production & Engineering Solutions offers a number of options when it comes to machining, both CNC and conventional methods. Through job rotation we ensure our employees remain on top of the game when it comes to the newest techniques and skills in the business.

Services

  • Sawing
  • Milling (CNC, 3 and 5 axis & conventional)
  • Turning (CNC & conventional)
  • Drilling and threading
  • Haak has 24/7 production capacity

Sheet-metal

Quality and short lead times

Our sheet-metal workshop is equipped to produce sheet metal parts from various materials while maintaining high standards and keeping lead times short. The special coatings on our press brakes are one of the things that allow us to process various types of steel, aluminium and stainless steel. We use deburring machines and barrelling to finish the products.

Services

  • Laser cutting up to 20mm steel, 15mm stainless steel and aluminium
  • Sheet metal bending up to 3 metres 200T
  • Barrelling
  • Deburring
  • Spot and stud welding
  • Pem inserting
  • Shot peening

Welding & Sssembly

Highly qualified welders

Autonational strictly works with highly qualified welders able to work with various different materials. Autonational also has a wide variety of welding equipment, both MIG/MAG and TIG, making it possible to weld various kinds of steel, aluminium and stainless steel. Stainless steel welding is done in a separate room, away from the other welding work.

Services

  • TIG
  • MIG/MAG
  • Welding steel, stainless steel and aluminium
  • Profile rolling
  • Blasting cabinet for light peening
  • Spot and stud welding

Assembly

From sub-assemblies to fully functional equipment

The majority of the machined parts are assembled at the assembly department. Here the mechanical and electrical parts are put together to form either a sub-assembly or a fully functional machine. Autonational has the knowledge and skill needed to assemble any equipment in-house. This includes assembly of the mechanical parts, electronics, hydraulics and pneumatics. We are also able to install software and to execute the necessary tests of the various platforms.

Capacity

  • 800 m2assembly facility
  • Mechanical assembly
  • Electrical assembly
  • Pneumatics and hydraulics
  • Switch boxes
  • Module testing
  • We do both one-off and batch production

Autonational Chicory Equipment

Specialist in equipment and systems for the chicory processing industry

Please find more information on our separate website: https://haakchicory.com/

Our expertise

  • Holding tanks
  • Conveyor belts
  • Stacking and unstacking machines
  • Crate conveyors
  • Rotating crate conveyors
  • Handling units
  • Cutting machines
  • Washing machines, forcing trays and grids
About us

Haak Production & Engineering Solutions

Autonational Production & Engineering Solutions is a supplier in the mechanical engineering industry based in Gorredijk (The Netherlands). Our 40 employees work to produce top-quality mechanical parts and to assemble them into fully functional machines, using the best welding techniques available. We also do the testing of the modules ourselves.
We have clients in a wide variety of industries, such as the printing, packaging and food industry and precision mechanics. We also supply clients in the logistics and railroad industries. Our company’s strongpoint is the fact that we offer a full range of services. We have in-house machining and sheet metal working facilities, as well as a welding and assembly facility. This allows Autonational Production & Engineering Solutions to offer the client a full range of services, from the engineering phase all the way to the production of the final product.

History of the company

At the age of 22, Thijs Jan Haak made his own dream come true by starting his own business. Thijs Jan started helping out at his uncle’s metal workshop at the age of 12, and it was there that he decided that one day he was going to have his own business. In the years following, he worked at various other companies with the sole purpose of gaining the experience needed to one day be able to start his own. On 1 January 1978 the moment was finally there. Thijs Jan rented a premises and started out with 3 employees, under the Haak Machinefabriek name.

The very first order was the production of bronze casings for manometers and thermometers for submarines. Frisian orders kept coming in and another 3 employees were hired. In 1981 the company acquired its own production facility in Gorredijk, with some 600 square metres of production surface area. The company thrived and soon another 700 square metres were added to the existing premises. In 1989 the company acquired a vacant lot in the same street and a new production hall was built that added another 800 square metres of surface area to the company. The year 2000 saw the addition of an office space, a machining, construction and assembly department to this new premises.

Thijs Jan’s son Freddy took over the business in 2005 and continued the company under the name Haak Precision Mechanics b.v. The addition of a new 800 m2 assembly facility followed, as well as a sheet metal workshop with a laser cutting machine and a 7-axis CNC press brake. Currently the company premises stretches over 4000 m2 of surface area and the company produces a wide variety of products for clients in various industries, from separate parts to fully functional equipment.

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