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Hilti Corporation (Hilti Aktiengesellschaft or Hilti AG, also known as Hilti Group) is a Liechtensteiner multinational company that develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction,
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, energy and manufacturing industries, mainly to the professional end-user. It concentrates mainly on anchoring systems, fire protection systems, installation systems, measuring and detection tools (such as
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s, range meters and line lasers), power tools (such as
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s, demolition hammers, diamond drills, cordless
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s, heavy angle drills, power saws) and related software and services. Hilti, a registered
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of the various Hilti corporate entities, is the family name of the company's founders.


History


1941–1946

In 1941, the Hilti company was founded by Martin and Eugen Hilti, with the opening of a mechanical workshop in
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. Martin Hilti was trained in mechanical engineering and
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at the Wismar Engineering College and was 26 at the time of founding the company. He was also a voluntary
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and functionary in the
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as editor-in-chief for ''
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''. The Martin Hilti Family Trust holds all of Hilti's registered shares as of 2003.


1947–1963

After the war there was a sharp decline in sales and the company was close to bankruptcy. To make ends meet Martin Hilti signed sub-contracts as diverse as gray cast iron parts for the Swiss textile industry, machining eggcups molds, or lighters and pencil sharpeners.Peter Geiger et al.: Frage zu Liechtenstein in der NS-Zeit und im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Flüchtlinge, Vermögenswerte, Kunst Rüstungsproduktion. Vaduz, Zürich 2005. In the late 1940s Martin Hilti found a technology that would allow setting nails into concrete or masonry, and he acquired the original designs and the patents rights of what would later become Hilti's Direct Fastening first tool. Although promising, the technology proved to be immature, and required significant development. In the meantime, through the early 1950s, Hilti produced its own line of household products, which included a cigarette lighter, and a water-powered kitchen mixer called "Ello", which enjoyed considerable success. In 1952, with a solution that proved mature to be marketed, Hilti launched its first construction-related product, a manual tool to drive threaded studs into steel. In 1953 the company introduced its first power-actuated high-velocity fastener that allowed setting nails into concrete, called Perfix. At this time Hilti opened offices in Italy, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Norway, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, France, Australia, Canada and the USA. In 1963 Hilti was present in 23 countries, with a turnover of over 400 million Swiss francs.


1964–1994

In 1964 Hilti started marketing a drill that also had a chiselling function, made by the Kocher Company, in Basel, under the name "Torna 765". After receiving customer feedback Hilti started a product development and improvement project under the name "Torna Entwicklung" (German for "Torna Development"), or "TE" for short, which has since then become the standard name for all Hilti electropneumatic tools. In 1967 the company introduced the TE17, a fully electropneumatic rotary hammer drill which featured a safety clutch, and it was shipped to customers in Hilti's first distinctive red toolbox. The global expansion continued throughout the 1960s and by 1971, Hilti's global turnover was 376 million Swiss francs across 45 countries, including new production facilities in Austria and in Germany. In 1974 Hilti started to develop and market
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s, and in 1977 Hilti introduced its first chemical anchor product line. Two more production facilities were opened, a plastic manufacturing plant in Germany purchased in 1975 and a plant in England acquired in 1978. In 1979 the company opened another production facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, to produce anchors. During the 1980s Hilti formed market region centers for America, Europe, Africa and Asia, to improve the proximity to their customers.


1995–present

In 1995 Hilti opened its first
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manufacturing plant in
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; this plant was expanded to 55,000 square meters in 2005. Another manufacturing plant was opened in
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in 2004. This plant employs 470 people.


Basics

Hilti is based in
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,
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, and is the
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's largest employer. The company employs around 30,000 people worldwide.


Hilti North America (HNA)

Hilti has over 3,000 employees in the United States. HNA's headquarters had been located in
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, since 1979, although it has employees in all 50 states. It moved its North American headquarters from Tulsa to
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, by June 2015 and opened a research and development center in
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.Wendy Hundley
"Tulsa-based manufacturer to move headquarters to Plano"
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'', October 14, 2014.
HNA developed an employee
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that was later adopted by the entire company worldwide. New employees complete a Basic Training Seminar in Tulsa for four weeks, and on a yearly basis employees complete a survey called GEOS (Global Employee Opinion Survey) in which they give feedback about the company.


Hilti Northern Europe

Hilti Northern Europe is headquartered in the Hilti Limited office in Manchester, Great Britain. The Hilti (Gt. Britain) office oversees a staff of over 1,000 in roles such as sales, engineering, marketing, finance, HR, IT, procurement and customer services.


Hilti India

Hilti India is headquartered in the Hilti India Pvt Ltd office in
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, Haryana. It started its direct operations in India in 1997. The Hilti India Pvt Ltd office oversees a staff of over 800 team members in roles such as sales, engineering, marketing, finance, HR, IT, procurement and customer services. They have thei
stores
in 23 major cities across India.


See also

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Economy of Liechtenstein The economy of Liechtenstein is based on industry, with a small but significant agricultural sector, and services (especially general services, including tourism and information technology). The country participates in a customs union with Swi ...
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Forst Hilti railway station Forst Hilti, also known as ''Schaan Forst Hilti'', is one of four railway stations serving Liechtenstein. It is located in front of the Hilti Corporation's headquarters, on the outskirts of Schaan. The station is served by eighteen trains per d ...


References

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