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. These days, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The company has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in various fields. The company has now become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 130 companies and more than 35,000 employees all around the world.
To be able to guarantee a manageable operating size, the Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units. These units have been designed to operate independently. This specific set up enables the company the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. 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 be able to deal with the management operations of production and sales for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group presently has ten different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are situated within Bulle, Switzerland and are completely owned by members of the Liebherr family. At present, 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, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation members of the family such as: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family have been working together to be able to help set up the family business' course in the future. They are staying on top of large-scale industrial projects and residential buildings across the world.
Hans Liebherr began this quest in the year 1949, with his first business within the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. These days, Kirchdorf is one of more than 20 major manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They can average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain devoted to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling business.