In 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 creation that the company's foundation flourished under. Nowadays, The Liebherr company has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The business has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of user-oriented technically innovative products and services in various fields. The business has currently become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 35,000 employees and more than 130 companies all around the globe.
In order to ensure a manageable operating size, the Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units. These units have been designed to operate separately. This set up enables the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. Furthermore, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating at an optimum level.
The divisional control companies handle the operative management of the sales companies and the production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group now encompasses 10 different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are located in Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by the Liebherr family members. At present, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr in the 2nd generation. Since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by family members in the third generation like: Sophie Albrecht, Jan Liebherr, Patricia Ruf and Stefanie Wohlfarth. These family members have been working together to be able 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 during the year 1949, in a small town called Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, currently supports amongst Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They are able to average a yearly output of approximately 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain devoted to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling industry.