In the year 1949, the Liebherr family business was established 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 company's foundation flourished under. Now, Liebherr has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The business has also gained the reputation of being the accredited supplier of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in various fields. The business has currently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 35,000 employees and more than 130 companies across the globe.
In order to guarantee a manageable operating size, the Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units. These units have been designed to operate independently. This set up allows the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with worldwide competition. Furthermore, having so many individual company units also ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating 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 currently has ten various product divisions.
Liebherr Group's holding company is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is located 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. Since the year 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the 3rd generation like: Sophie Albrecht, Jan Liebherr, Stefanie Wohlfarth and Patricia Ruf. These family members 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 across the globe.
Hans Liebherr began this quest in the year 1949, with his first company in the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is amongst more than 20 major manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They can average an annual output of approximately 2800 wheeled excavators and employ more than 1400 individuals in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain very committed to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place in the material handling industry.