• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.151-178
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• 2014

The objective of the present case study is to analysis how effectively Hilti, which is a former family firm owned and managed by a family in Liechtenstein as a tiny european country, a land sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria, has made a global market success. Liechtenstein has $160km^2$ land and about 36,000 residents. Despite its small size of country, however, Hilti Corporation doesn't view its location as a liability in its business strategy. Hilti is a global leading provider of professional power tools in building, mining, civil engineering etc. Also, Hilti is a firm with a clear vision to become the leading industry partner for construction professionals and building installations through customer focus, high quality equipment, and tools and systems specially designed for specific jobs. This study considered Hilti as a good case, which verifies that born-conditions, endogenous factors according to Michael Porters diamond model does not decisive role more for international competitiveness of firms. Lessons from Hilti are that in order to obtain and sustain the global competitiveness of small and medium-sized firms in Korean manufacturing sector under high production cost, they have to do actively innovative. Also they can give to customers newer and higher customer-values than competitors in abroad give. The case summarizes that the strategy of Hilti for the global market success is comprised of several factors: Technological and organizational innovation, and a clear customer-value oriented business strategy and its implementation. Innovation and its integration into marketing for the customers value creation is central to Hilti's Success. The present case study is expected to provide insights and implication for many firms in Korea that are seeking to secure global presence and market success.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.3 no.2_3
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• pp.91-102
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• 2006

To place concrete overlays has become a standard application in the strengthening and rehabilitation of concrete structures such as bridges, tunnels, parking decks and industrial buildings. In general, connectors are used to ensure a monolithic behavior of the two concrete layers. Within the framework of the development of a new connector wedge splitting tests and shear tests were performed, in addition nonlinear finite element analyses were applied to investigate the load transfer behavior of the connectors for different prototypes. The numerical simulation results were compared to experimental data. The computed load-displacement curve demonstrates good correspondence with the curves obtained in the experiments, and the experimental crack patterns are reasonably simulated by the computed crack propagation. Both numerical and experimental investigations on the wedge splitting test and on the shear test served as basis for the development of new type of connectors.

• 건축구조
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.31-34
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• 2003

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.280-287
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• 2015

The German Guidelines for stainless steel in buildings (Z.30.3-6) issued by the German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt) categorizevarious stainless steel grades into five corrosion resistance classes (CRCs). Only 21 frequently used grades are approved and assigned to these CRCs. To assign new or less commonly used materials, a large program of outdoor exposure tests and laboratory tests is required. The present paper shows theresults of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) tests that can distinguish between different CRCs. Slow strain rate tests (SSRT) were performedin various media and at different temperatures. CRC IV could be distinguished from CRC II and CRC III with a 31.3 % $Cl^-$ as $MgCl_2$ solutionat $140^{\circ}C$. CRC II and CRC III could be differentiated by testing in a 30% $Cl^-$ as $MgCl_2$ solutionat $100^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.538-545
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• 1997

기기 및 각종 지지부의 정착을 위해 사용되는 콘크리트 확장형 앵커(CEA Concrete Expansion Anchor)인 PRH Wedge, Selfdrilling 및 Hilti KBII, HSLG에 대해서 최근 Canada의 Mcmaster 대학과 Switzerland 의 Schann 연구소에서 앵커 성능시험이 수행되었다. 본 시험결과를 토대로 월성원자력 2,3,4호기 설계앵커인 PRH Wedge, Selfdrilling 및 Hilti KBII와 대체앵커인 HSLG 앵커의 사용범위에 대해서 살펴보았다. 또한 동일한 앵커에 대해서 수행된 성능시험이라 할지라도 시험결과는 시편크기, 콘크리트강도 등 시험적용 변수에 따라 달라질 수 있는데 보고에서는 시험시편(Concrete Structural Member)의 크기에 따른 앵커링 파괴강도 및 콘크리트 파괴형태의 고찰을 통해 기존의 앵커시험 및 사용기준인 ASTM E488-90 [5], ACI 355.1R [6] 둥 제규정과의 차이점에 대해 고찰하고자한다.