In 1949, the Liebherr family business was created 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 foundation of the company flourished under. Nowadays, The Liebherr business has grown to become among the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The business has also earned the reputation of being the accredited provider of user-oriented technically innovative products and services in a variety of fields. The company has now become a "Group" working in every continent with over 130 companies and over 35,000 workers all around the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units so as to ensure a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This particular set up allows the company the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. Moreover, having so many individual company units additionally keeps customer service operating at an optimum level and ensures customer proximity.
The divisional control companies handle the operative management of the sales companies and the production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group now encompasses 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are situated in Bulle, Switzerland and are completely owned by the Liebherr family members. 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, Patricia Ruf and Stefanie Wohlfarth. These members of the family 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 globe.
Hans Liebherr started to build his company during the year 1949, in a tiny town known as Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, currently supports amongst Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They are able to average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ more than 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it initially opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling industry.