During 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, Liebherr has grown to become among the world's leading manufacturers of construction machines. The business has also gained the reputation of being the accredited supplier of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in various fields. The company has presently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with over 130 companies and more than 35,000 workers across 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 enables the company 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.
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 encompasses 10 different product divisions.
Liebherr Group's holding company is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is situated in Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by members of the Liebherr family. Currently, the family business is being managed in the second generation by Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr and his sister Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr. Ever since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the 3rd generation such as: Jan Liebherr, Sophie Albrecht, Stefanie Wohlfarth and Patricia Ruf. These members of the family 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 residential buildings and large-scale industrial projects all around the globe.
Hans Liebherr began this quest in the year 1949, with his first company within the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Today, Kirchdorf is amongst more than 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They can average a yearly output of about 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 individuals in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really devoted to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling industry.