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 invention that the foundation of the company flourished under. Today, The Liebherr company has grown to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The company has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in a range of fields. The business has now become a "Group" working in each and every continent with over 35,000 workers and over 130 companies across the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units so as to ensure a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This specific set up allows the company the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with worldwide competition. In addition, having so many individual company units additionally keeps customer service operating 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 sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group currently encompasses ten different product divisions.
The holding company of the Liebherr Group is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is situated within Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by the Liebherr family members. 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. Ever since 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the 3rd generation such as: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These family members have been working together to help set up the course of the family business in the future. They are staying on top of residential buildings and large-scale industrial projects across the world.
Hans Liebherr started to build his business during 1949, within a tiny town called Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, presently supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ over 1400 individuals in that specific workforce and are able to average an annual output of approximately 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place within the material handling industry.