Hilti Corporation is a Liechtenstein multinational company that develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction, building maintenance, energy and manufacturing industries, mainly to the professional end-user.
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Hilti, a registered trademark of the various Hilti corporate entities, is the family name of the company's founders.
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In 1941, the Hilti company was founded by Martin and Eugen Hilti, with the opening of a mechanical workshop in Schaan, Liechtenstein.
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Hilti was a voluntary Waffen-SS and functionary in the German National Movement in Liechtenstein as editor-in-chief for Der Umbruch.
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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.
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In 1963 Hilti was present in 23 countries, with a turnover of over 400 million Swiss francs.
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In 1964 Hilti started marketing a drill that had a chiselling function, made by the Kocher Company, in Basel, under the name "Torna 765".
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In 1974 Hilti started to develop and market anchor bolts, and in 1977 Hilti introduced its first chemical anchor product line.
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Hilti is based in Schaan, Liechtenstein, and is the principality's largest employer.
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