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 invention that the foundation of the company flourished under. Today, The Liebherr company has grown to become among the leading manufacturers in the world of construction machines. The company has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of technically innovative user-oriented services and products in a variety of fields. The business has now become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 130 companies and more than 35,000 workers all over the globe.
In order 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 allows the company the ability to stay in tune with worldwide competition and be flexible to market signals. What's more, having so many individual company units also keeps customer service operating at an optimum level and ensures customer proximity.
Liebherr has instituted the divisional control companies to be able to deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group currently has 10 different product divisions.
Liebherr Group's holding company is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is located in 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. Since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation members of the family including: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family 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 to build his business in 1949, in a tiny town called Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, currently supports one of Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They could average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ more than 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain dedicated to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place in the material handling business.