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 creation that the foundation of the company flourished under. Now, Liebherr has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers within the field of construction machinery. The business has also earned the reputation of being the accredited provider of technically innovative user-oriented services and products in various fields. The company has now become a "Group" working in each and every continent with over 35,000 employees and over 130 companies all around the world.
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 particular set up enables the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with worldwide competition. Furthermore, 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 now has ten various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the holding company of the Liebherr Group. They are situated in Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by members of the Liebherr family. At present, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr in the second generation. Since 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation members of the family including: Sophie Albrecht, Jan Liebherr, Stefanie Wohlfarth and Patricia Ruf. These family members have been working together in order 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 around the world.
Hans Liebherr started to build his business in 1949, in a small town called Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, currently supports one of Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ over 1400 people in that specific workforce and can average an annual output of around 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really committed to implementing and making innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling industry.