During 1949, the Liebherr family business was established by Hans Liebherr. His first claim to fame was the success of his inexpensive and easy-to-assemble mobile tower crane. It was upon this invention that the foundation of the company flourished under. These days, The Liebherr business has grown to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The business has also earned the reputation of being the accredited provider of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in different fields. The company has currently become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 35,000 employees and over 130 companies all over the globe.
To be able to guarantee a manageable operating size, the Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units. These units have been designed to operate separately. This set up enables the company the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with worldwide competition. In addition, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating at an optimum level.
The divisional control companies deal with the operative management of the sales companies and the production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group currently has 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr Group's holding company is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is located within Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by the Liebherr family members. Now, 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, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation family members like: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family have been working together in order 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 all around the globe.
Hans Liebherr started this quest during 1949, with his first business within the tiny South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Today, Kirchdorf is amongst over 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They employ over 1400 individuals in that particular workforce and can average an annual output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain committed to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place within the material handling business.