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 creation that the foundation of the company flourished under. Now, The Liebherr business has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The business has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in a variety of fields. The company has presently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with over 35,000 employees and more than 130 companies across the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This set up enables the company the ability to stay in tune with global competition and be flexible to market signals. As well, having so many individual company units additionally keeps customer service operating at an optimum level and ensures customer proximity.
Liebherr has instituted the divisional control companies to be able to handle the management operations of production and sales for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group now encompasses 10 various product divisions.
The holding company of the Liebherr Group is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is situated in Bulle, Switzerland and is operating 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. Since 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation family members such as: Jan Liebherr, Sophie Albrecht, Patricia Ruf and Stefanie Wohlfarth. These family members have been working hard together 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 across the world.
Hans Liebherr started to build his company during the year 1949, within a tiny town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, now supports amongst Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ more than 1400 individuals in that particular workforce and are able to average an annual output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain very committed to implementing and making innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling business.