In 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 invention that the company's foundation flourished under. Today, The Liebherr company has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The company has also gained the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in different fields. The business has now become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 35,000 workers and more than 130 companies all over the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units in order to ensure a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This set up enables the business the ability to stay in tune with global competition and be flexible to market signals. In addition, 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 be able to deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group presently has 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are located within Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by the Liebherr family members. 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. Since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation members of the family including: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These family members have been working together to help set up the family business' course in the future. They are staying on top of residential buildings and large-scale industrial projects all around the world.
Hans Liebherr began to build his company during the year 1949, in a tiny town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, presently supports amongst Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They are able to average an annual output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ more than 1400 individuals in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it initially opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to making and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place in the material handling industry.