During 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 invention that the foundation of the company flourished under. These days, Liebherr has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers within the world of construction machines. The business has also gained the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of technically innovative user-oriented services and products in a range of fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in every continent with over 35,000 workers and over 130 companies all around the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This set up enables the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. In addition, having so many individual company units also keeps customer service running at an optimum level and ensures customer proximity.
Liebherr has instituted the divisional control companies to be able to handle the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group currently encompasses ten various product divisions.
Liebherr Group's holding company is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is situated within Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by members of the Liebherr family. At present, 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, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation members of the family like: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. 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 all over the globe.
Hans Liebherr started this quest during the year 1949, with his first company within the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is amongst over 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They are able to average a yearly output of about 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 individuals in that specific workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place within the material handling business.