Hilti
Liechtenstein multinational company in the manufacturing industry
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, building maintenance, 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 laser levels, range meters and line lasers), power tools (such as hammer drills, demolition hammers, diamond drills, cordless electric drills, heavy angle drills, power saws) and related software and services.
Hilti, a registered trademark of the various Hilti corporate entities, is the family name of the company's founders.
History
1941–1946
In 1941, the Hilti company Maschinenbau Hilti OHG was founded by Martin (1915–1997) and Eugen Hilti (1911–1964), 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. He was also a voluntary Waffen-SS and functionary in the German National Movement in Liechtenstein as editor-in-chief for Der Umbruch. The Martin Hilti Family Trust holds all of Hilti's registered shares as of 2003.
Immediately after its founding, Hilti delivered to the German arms industry. Some of these were goods that were important to the war effort, such as components for tank engines or parts of projectile fuses. Hilti supplied the then arms companies Maybach-Motorenbau in Friedrichshafen and Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart.
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