The Liebherr family business was created during the year 1949 by Hans Liebherr. The company first gained fame from its mobile tower crane which was noted for its affordability and ease of assembly. It was upon this invention that the foundation of the company flourished under. Today, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machines. The business has also earned the reputation of being the accredited provider 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 globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to ensure a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This set up enables the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with worldwide competition. What's more, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service running at an optimum level.
The divisional control companies handle the production for the individual product segments and the operative management of the sales companies. The Liebherr Group now encompasses ten different product divisions.
The holding company of the Liebherr Group is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is situated in Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by members of the Liebherr family. At present, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr and his sister Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr in the 2nd generation. Since 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation members of the family like: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family 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 over the globe.
Hans Liebherr started this quest in the year 1949, with his first business in the tiny South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is one of more than 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They could average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 individuals in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain very dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place within the material handling business.