The Liebherr family business was created during the year 1949 by Hans Liebherr. The company first gained fame from its mobile tower crane that was well-known for its ease of assembly and affordability. It was upon this creation that the foundation of the company flourished under. Nowadays, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machines. The company has also gained the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in a range of fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 130 companies and over 35,000 employees all around the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units so as to ensure a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This particular set up allows the business the ability to stay in tune with worldwide competition and be flexible to market signals. As well, 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 sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group presently encompasses 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are situated within Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by the Liebherr family members. Presently, the family business is being managed in the second generation by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr. Ever since the year 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by family members in the 3rd generation such as: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These family members have been working hard 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 started to build his company during the year 1949, within a small town known as Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, now supports one of Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They could average a yearly output of about 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 opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really devoted to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place in the material handling industry.