During 1949, the Liebherr family business was established 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 foundation of the company flourished under. Now, The Liebherr business has grown to become among the leading manufacturers in the world of construction equipment. The business has also earned the reputation of being the accredited supplier of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in various fields. The company has presently become a "Group" working in every continent with over 130 companies and over 35,000 workers all over the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This particular set up enables the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. What's more, having so many individual company units also 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 now encompasses 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. Now, 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 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the third generation like: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family have been working hard together 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 started this quest in the year 1949, with his first business within the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is one of over 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They employ more than 1400 people in that particular workforce and could average a yearly output of around 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it initially opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain committed to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling industry.