The Liebherr family business was created during the year 1949 by Hans Liebherr. The company initially gained fame from its mobile tower crane that was well-known for its affordability and ease of assembly. It was upon this invention that the company's foundation flourished under. These days, The Liebherr company has grown to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The company has also gained the reputation of being the accredited supplier of technically innovative user-oriented services and products in various fields. The company has now become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 35,000 employees and more than 130 companies all over the world.
In order to guarantee a manageable operating size, the Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units. These units have been designed to operate separately. This particular set up allows the business the ability to stay in tune with worldwide competition and be flexible to market signals. Moreover, having so many individual company units also ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating at an optimum level.
Liebherr has instituted the divisional control companies to be able to deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group now has ten different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are located within Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by members of the Liebherr family. Now, the family business is being managed in the second generation by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr. Ever since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation family members like: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family have been working hard together in order 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 began this quest in 1949, with his first business in the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is one of more than 20 major manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They are able to average an annual output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 people in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really committed to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling industry.