During 1949, the Liebherr family business was created 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 foundation of the company flourished under. Nowadays, The Liebherr company has grown to become among the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The company has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in different fields. The business has now become a "Group" working in every continent with over 130 companies and over 35,000 employees all over the world.
To be able 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 allows the company the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. Moreover, having so many individual company units additionally keeps customer service operating 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 now encompasses 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are situated within Bulle, Switzerland and are completely owned by the Liebherr family members. Currently, 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 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the third generation like: Jan Liebherr, Sophie Albrecht, Patricia Ruf and Stefanie Wohlfarth. These family members have been working hard together in order 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 all over the world.
Hans Liebherr started to build his business in the year 1949, within a tiny town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, now supports amongst Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They could average an annual output of around 2800 wheeled excavators and employ more than 1400 people in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling industry.