During the year 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. Today, The Liebherr business has grown to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machines. The business has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in different fields. The company has currently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with over 35,000 employees and over 130 companies across the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various 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 worldwide competition. As well, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating 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 situated within Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by the Liebherr family members. At present, the family business is being managed in the 2nd generation by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr. Since the year 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by members of the family in the third generation like: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family have been working hard together to help set up the family business' course in the future. They are staying on top of large-scale industrial projects and residential buildings across the world.
Hans Liebherr began to build his business in 1949, within a tiny town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, currently supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They could average an annual 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 first started. 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 industry.