In 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 foundation of the company flourished under. Now, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The company has also earned the reputation of being the accredited provider of user-oriented technically innovative products and services in various fields. The company has now become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 35,000 employees and over 130 companies all around the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This set up allows the company the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with worldwide competition. As well, 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 currently has ten different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are located in Bulle, Switzerland and are completely owned by members of the Liebherr family. Currently, the family business is being managed in the 2nd generation by Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr and his sister Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr. Since 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation family members like: Jan Liebherr, Sophie Albrecht, Patricia Ruf and Stefanie Wohlfarth. These members of the family have been working hard together to help set up the family business' course in the future. They are staying on top of large-scale industrial projects and residential buildings all around the globe.
Hans Liebherr began to build his company in the year 1949, within a tiny town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, currently supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They are able to average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 people in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling industry.