During 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 creation that the company's foundation flourished under. These days, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the leading manufacturers within the world of construction machines. The company has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in various fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 35,000 workers and over 130 companies all around the world.
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 allows 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 handle the management operations of production and sales for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group presently encompasses ten different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are located in Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by the Liebherr family members. Currently, the family business is being managed in the second 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 3rd generation family members such as: Sophie Albrecht, Jan Liebherr, Patricia Ruf and Stefanie Wohlfarth. These members of the family 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 across the world.
Hans Liebherr began this quest in 1949, with his first company in the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is among more than 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They employ over 1400 people in that specific workforce and could average an annual output of around 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to making and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling business.