During the year 1949, the Liebherr family business was created by Hans Liebherr. His first claim to fame was the success of his inexpensive and easy-to-assemble mobile tower crane. It was upon this creation that the foundation of the company flourished under. Nowadays, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the top manufacturers in the field of construction equipment. The company has also gained the reputation of being the accredited provider of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in different fields. The business has now become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 130 companies and more than 35,000 employees across the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This specific set up enables the business the ability to stay in tune with worldwide competition and be flexible to market signals. What's more, having so many individual company units additionally keeps customer service running at an optimum level and ensures customer proximity.
Liebherr has instituted the divisional control companies to deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group now has 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are located in Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by members of the Liebherr family. At present, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr and his sister Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr in the 2nd generation. Since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation members of the family including: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family have been working hard together to help set up the course of the family business in the future. They are staying on top of large-scale industrial projects and residential buildings across the globe.
Hans Liebherr started to build his company in 1949, within a small town known as Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, presently supports amongst Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They could average an annual output of around 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 individuals in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling business.