During 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 company's foundation flourished under. Now, Liebherr has grown to become amongst the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery. The company has also gained the reputation of being the acknowledged supplier of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in various fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in each and every continent with more than 35,000 workers and over 130 companies all around the world.
To be able to ensure a manageable operating size, the Liebherr Group has been divided into different company units. These units have been designed to operate independently. This particular set up enables the business the ability to be flexible to market signals and stay in tune with global competition. As well, having so many individual company units additionally ensures customer proximity and keeps customer service operating at an optimum level.
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.
Liebherr-International AG is the Liebherr Group's holding company. They are located within Bulle, Switzerland and are totally owned by the Liebherr family members. Now, 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 the year 2012, some of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation family members including: Stefanie Wohlfarth, Patricia Ruf, Sophie Albrecht and Jan Liebherr. These members of the family have been working together to help set up the family business' course in the future. They are staying on top of residential buildings and large-scale industrial projects all around the globe.
Hans Liebherr started to build his business in 1949, within a small town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, now supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ over 1400 people in that specific workforce and could average an annual output of about 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain devoted to making and implementing innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling business.