schaan liechtenstein key people martin and eugen hilti products power tools anchors diamond drills laser products firestops revenue chf 4.38 bn 2015 number of employees 23 385 worldwide 2015 website www.hilti.com headquarter of hilti corporation in schaan liechtenstein hilti corporation hilti aktiengesellschaft or hilti ag also known as hilti group is a liechtenstein multinational company that develops manufactures and markets products for the construction building maintenance and mining industries primarily to the professional end user . hilti has a presence in more than 120 countries around the world with production plants and research and development centres in europe asia and latin america . 1 it concentrates primarily on anchoring systems hammer drills firestops and installation systems but manufactures and markets an array of tools including cordless electric drills heavy angle drills laser levels power saws and fasteners . hilti a registered trademark of the various hilti corporate entities is the family name of the company s founders . contents 1 history 2 basics 2.1 hilti north america 3 awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1941 the hilti company was founded by martin and eugen hilti 2 with the opening of a mechanical workshop in schaan liechtenstein . martin hilti was trained in mechanical engineering and automotive design at the wismar engineering college and was 26 at the time of founding the company . the martin hilti family trust holds all of hilti s registered shares as of 2016 . 3 hilti ohg began as a company that produced equipment and components on contract for the german industry during world war ii . 4 the exports went largely to maybach motorenbau in friedrichshafen and robert bosch in stuttgart . the products included tank parts and ammunition components for the nazi war effort . 5 after the war the company repositioned itself and began producing fasteners and other construction material . 6 basics edit a hilti store in hong kong hilti is based in schaan liechtenstein and is the principality s largest employer . the company employs more than 20 000 people worldwide with over 2 500 employees in the united states . hilti s north american headquarters had been located in tulsa oklahoma since 1979 7 although it employs account managers engineers and specialists in all fifty states . citation needed in october 2014 hilti announced plans to move its corporate headquarters and about 250 jobs from tulsa to plano texas by june 2015 . 8 the move is now complete . hilti north america edit the north america flagship store in new york city hilti north america hna uses the internet hilti retail stores and local sales account managers to drive growth . hna developed an employee corporate culture that was later adopted by the entire company worldwide . employees who are hired are put through a basic training seminar in tulsa ok for 3 weeks and on a yearly basis employees complete a survey called geos global employee opinion survey in which they give feedback about the company . citation needed awards edit product engineering awarded hilti its highest honor in 2005 judging hilti s hand held diamond core drill the dd ec1 best in class for its top spin coring technology . citation needed hilti had previously won the award for its speed lock clevis hanger . citation needed hilti s rotary hammers and combi hammers have been consistently named best in class by tools of the trade magazine . citation needed see also edit economy of liechtenstein forst hilti railway station references edit https www.hilti.co.uk company careers about hilti at a glance hilti company milestones . hilti company . http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories hilti ag history http www.nzz.ch articlednxi6 1.22512 peter geiger et al. frage zu liechtenstein in der ns zeit und im zweiten weltkrieg fl chtlinge verm genswerte kunst r stungsproduktion . vaduz z rich 2005 . kyle arnold turning 30 rocks at hilti tulsa world august 8 2009 . wendy hundley tulsa based manufacturer to move headquarters to plano dallas morning news october 14 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to hilti group . companies portal the main hilti site hilti foundation franck goddio society coordinates 47 10 50 n 9 31 27 e 47.18056 n 9.52417 e 47.18056 ; 9.52417 v t e power tool manufacturers altendorf apex tool group gardner denver bosch dremel hawera rotozip skil chang type industrial co. ltd. delta machinery emerson ridgid fein festool flex elektrowerkzeuge hilti hitachi metabo husqvarna mcculloch poulan ingersoll rand mafell makita dolmar mat holdings mat industries llc panasonic illinois tool works miller paslode sawstop stanley black & decker bostitch dewalt porter cable virax stihl viking techtronic industries aeg homelite milwaukee ryobi retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hilti & oldid 739688265 categories power tool manufacturerscompanies of liechtensteincompanies established in 1941brands of liechtensteinschaanarchaeological organisationshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2009articles with unsourced statements from june 2009commons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutscheestiespa ol fran aisgalego italianonederlands rom n sloven inasvenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 09 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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