Hilti GB hosts sustainability experts and key customers in event promoting Swiss and UK business links

Hilti GB and the Swiss Business Hub UK+Ireland last week hosted a sustainability focused event, Making Construction Better, bringing together customers and sector experts and promoting business links between the UK and Switzerland. 

Taking place at the Swiss embassy in London’s Marylebone, the event saw key customers and contacts from UK construction gather to hear talks on sustainability in construction, the future of green building in the UK, and to find out more about the already strong links between the UK and Switzerland. The event follows a similar get together in Hilti’s Northern European HQ in Manchester in 2022 which saw Manchester mayor Andy Burnham give a speech on the opportunities available to both Mancunian and Swiss businesses in the construction and built environment sector. 

The event was opened by His Excellency Markus Leitner, Ambassador of Switzerland to the UK and Rainer Ringgenberg, Head of Region Northern Europe for Hilti. 

Tassilo Deinzer, a member of Hilti’s executive board spoke about productivity and digitisation in construction, and their direct relationship with sustainability targets. Hilti also welcomed Professor Aaron Gillich, Director of the BSRIA LSBU Net Zero Building Centre, who spoke about sustainability in the built environment and the steps the UK must now take to hit net zero emissions targets by 2050.  

For further information about the Swiss Business Hub UK+Ireland click here. Hilti’s latest sustainability report can be found here. 

The Hilti Group supplies the worldwide construction and energy industries with technologically leading products, systems, software and services. With about 32,000 team members in over 120 countries the company stands for direct customer relationships, quality and innovation. Hilti generated annual sales of nearly CHF 6 billion in 2021. The headquarters of the Hilti Group have been located in Schaan, Liechtenstein, since its founding in 1941. The company is privately owned by the Martin Hilti Family Trust, which ensures its long-term continuity. The Hilti Group’s strategic orientation is based on a caring and performance-oriented culture and the goals of creating enthusiastic customers and building a better future.