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 company's foundation flourished under. Now, The Liebherr company has grown to become amongst the top manufacturers in the world of construction equipment. The company has also earned the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in different fields. The company has currently become a "Group" working in every continent with over 35,000 workers and over 130 companies all over the world.
The Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units in order to guarantee a manageable operating size. These individual units operate independently. This specific set up enables the business the ability to stay in tune with global competition and be flexible to market signals. Moreover, having so many individual company units also keeps customer service running 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 currently 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. At present, the family business is being managed by Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr and his sister Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr in the second generation. Since 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by family members in the 3rd generation including: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These family members have been working together 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 globe.
Hans Liebherr began this quest during 1949, with his first company within the small South-German town of Kirchdorf/Iller. Nowadays, Kirchdorf is amongst over 20 key manufacturing sites of the Liebherr Group. They are able to average a yearly output of roughly 2800 wheeled excavators and employ over 1400 people in that particular workforce. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity since it initially started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain devoted to implementing and engineering innovative designs. They have earned a successful and positive place in the material handling business.