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{{Infobox company
|  company_name   = Hilti
|  company_logo   = [[Image:Hilti logo.png]]
|  company_type   = [[S.A. (corporation)|''Société anonyme'']]
|  location       = [[Schaan]], [[Liechtenstein]]
|  key_people     = Martin and Eugen Hilti
|  num_employees  = 20,000 + (worldwide)
|  industry       = Manufacturing
|  revenue        =
|  products       = Power Tools, firestops
|  homepage       = [http://www.hilti.com/ www.hilti.com]
}}

'''Hilti Corporation,''' '''Hilti Aktiengesellschaft''' or '''Hilti AG''' also known as '''Hilti Group''' develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction and building maintenance industries, primarily to the professional end-user. It concentrates primarily on [[hammer drill]]s, firestops, and installation systems, but manufactures and markets an array of tools (including cordless [[electric drill]]s, heavy [[angle drill]]s, [[laser level]]s, [[power saw]]s, and fasteners). '''Hilti''', a registered [[trademark]] of the various Hilti corporate entities, is the family name of the company's founders.

== Basics ==
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 has been located in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] since 1979,<ref>Kyle Arnold, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=48&articleid=20090808_48_E1_Hiltie730771 "Turning 30 rocks at Hilti"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', August 8, 2009.</ref> but it employs account managers, engineers and specialists in all fifty states.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

The Hilti brand is usually associated with the [[masonry]] or concrete-drilling process, or concrete anchoring systems. The company is notable in the United States for its direct-fastening tools: powerful, low-velocity, [[Powder-actuated tool|powder-actuated]] fastening systems capable of driving a fastener into [[steel]], [[concrete]] and similar material.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

===Hilti North America===
Hilti North America (HNA) uses the [[internet]], Hilti retail stores, Hilti pro shops (located in [[Home Depot]]), 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 Session in Tulsa for 3–4 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|date=August 2009}}

==History==
The Hilti company was founded in 1941 by Martin and Eugen Hilti,<ref>[http://www.hilti.com/data/editorials/-12323/milestones_en.pdf Hilti: Company Milestones.]</ref> with the opening of a mechanical workshop in Schaan, Liechtenstein. The Martin Hilti Family Trust holds all of Hilti's registered shares as of 2003.<ref>[http://www.hilti.com/holcom/modules/editorial/edit_singlepage.jsp?edtid=-12320_000003 Hilti: Company.]</ref>

==Research and development==
The Hilti Group, which owns all Hilti subsidiaries and marketing organizations worldwide, invests over [[CHF]]140 million annually in researching and developing safer and more efficient building technologies.  A recent example of this R&D in power tool technology is Hilti's TPS (Theft Protection System), which relies on [[Radio frequency|RF]] technology to prevent unauthorized users from activating power tools, thus discouraging theft.  Similarly, Hilti's ATC (Active Torque Control) technology monitors tool-body movement to prevent equipment from twisting out of the operator's grip and causing injury. Other developments include improved design of chemical and mechanical [[anchor]]s for better durability during [[seismic]] events, thus helping to save lives during natural disasters.

== Professional evaluation ==
[[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|date=June 2009}} Hilti had previously won the award for its "Speed Lock" clevis hanger.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} Hilti's [[rotary hammer]]s and [[combi hammer]]s have been consistently named Best in Class by Tools of the Trade Magazine.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

==Hilti Foundation==
The '''Hilti Foundation''' is an offshoot of the Martin Hilti Family Trust which supports cultural, social, scientific, and educational activities. Among them are the Egyptian expeditions of underwater archaeologist [[Franck Goddio]].  In co-operation with the [[Supreme Council of Antiquities]], Goddio and his team have located the remains of the fabled ancient harbour of [[Alexandria]], the legendary lost city of [[Heracleion]], and parts of the city of [[Canopus#Etymology and cultural significance|Canopus]]. Also, Near the Philippines, Goddio found and/or excavated several historically important sunken ships which had been resting on the bottom of the South China Sea for hundreds of years.

The Foundation is overseen by [[Michael Hilti]], President of the Foundation’s Council and member of the Hilti AG board of directors.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.hilti.com/ The main Hilti site]
* [http://www.hiltifoundation.org HILTI Foundation]
* [http://www.franckgoddio.org Franck Goddio Society]

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