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 creation that the foundation of the company flourished under. Nowadays, Liebherr has grown to become amongst the leading manufacturers within the field of construction machinery. The business has also gained the reputation of being the accredited supplier of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in different fields. The company has now become a "Group" working in every continent with over 35,000 workers and more than 130 companies across the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This specific set up enables the company the ability to stay in tune with global competition and be flexible to market signals. Furthermore, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service running at an optimum level.
Liebherr has instituted the divisional control companies to deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group currently encompasses ten various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are situated in Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by members of the Liebherr family. Presently, the family business is being managed in the second 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 family members in the 3rd generation including: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family have been working together to be able to help set up the family business' course in the future. They are staying on top of large-scale industrial projects and residential buildings all over the world.
Hans Liebherr began this quest during the year 1949, with his first company within the tiny South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is amongst more than 20 major manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They can average an annual output of about 2800 wheeled excavators and employ more than 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain committed to implementing and making innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place within the material handling business.