In 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. Now, Liebherr has grown to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The business has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of user-oriented technically innovative services and products in a range of fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in every continent with over 130 companies and over 35,000 workers across the globe.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units so as to ensure a manageable operating size. These separate units operate independently. This set up allows the company the ability to stay in tune with worldwide competition and be flexible to market signals. Moreover, 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 deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group presently has 10 various product divisions.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are located within Bulle, Switzerland and are completely owned by the Liebherr family members. Presently, the family business is being managed in the 2nd generation by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr. Ever since the year 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by 3rd generation family members including: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family have been working 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 began to build his company during the year 1949, in a small town known as Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, presently supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ more than 1400 people in that specific workforce and are able to average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it first opened its doors. The Liebherr Group continues to remain very dedicated to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling industry.