During the year 1949, the Liebherr family business was established by Hans Liebherr. His first claim to fame was the success of his affordable and easy-to-assemble mobile tower crane. It was upon this invention that the company's foundation flourished under. Now, The Liebherr company has grown to become among the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The business has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in a variety of fields. The business has now become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 130 companies and over 35,000 employees all over the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to ensure a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This particular set up enables the business the ability to stay in tune with global competition and be flexible to market signals. Furthermore, 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 handle the management operations of production and sales for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group presently encompasses ten different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are situated within Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by members of the Liebherr family. Currently, the family business is being managed in the 2nd generation by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr. Ever since the year 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the third generation such as: Sophie Albrecht, Jan Liebherr, Stefanie Wohlfarth and Patricia Ruf. 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 began this quest in 1949, with his first business in the tiny South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Today, Kirchdorf is amongst more than 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They employ more than 1400 individuals in that particular workforce and are able to average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain very devoted to making and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place in the material handling industry.