During 1949, the Liebherr family business was created 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 company's foundation flourished under. These days, Liebherr has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The company has also gained the reputation of being the accredited supplier of technically innovative user-oriented services and products in a range of fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 35,000 workers and over 130 companies all around the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into various company units so as to ensure a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This specific set up enables the business the ability to stay in tune with worldwide competition and be flexible to market signals. 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 production for the individual product segments and the operative management of the sales companies. The Liebherr Group presently encompasses ten 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 the Liebherr family members. 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. Ever since 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by family members in the third generation including: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family have been working hard together 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 all around the globe.
Hans Liebherr began to build his business in the year 1949, in a tiny town known as Kirchdorf within southern Germany. Kirchdorf, now supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ more than 1400 people in that particular workforce and could average an annual output of approximately 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed diversity and immense growth ever since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain very devoted to engineering and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place within the material handling business.