During 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 foundation of the company flourished under. Now, Liebherr has grown to become among the leading manufacturers within the field of construction machines. The company has also earned the reputation of being the accredited provider of user-oriented technically innovative products and services in different fields. The business has currently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 130 companies and over 35,000 employees across the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order 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 worldwide competition. Moreover, having so many individual company units additionally keeps customer service running at an optimum level and ensures customer proximity.
The divisional control companies deal with the production for the individual product segments and the operative management of the sales companies. The Liebherr Group currently has 10 different product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are situated in Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by members of the Liebherr family. Presently, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr in the second generation. Since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation family members like: Sophie Albrecht, Jan Liebherr, Stefanie Wohlfarth and Patricia Ruf. These family members have been working hard together in order 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 began this quest in the year 1949, with his first company within the tiny South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Today, Kirchdorf is amongst more than 20 major manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They could average an annual output of around 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really dedicated to implementing and making innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place within the material handling industry.