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 invention that the company's foundation flourished under. Today, The Liebherr business has grown to become among the world's leading manufacturers of construction equipment. The company has also gained the reputation of being the acknowledged provider of user-oriented technically innovative products and services in various fields. The business has presently become a "Group" working in every continent with more than 130 companies and over 35,000 employees all around the world.
In order 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 allows the company 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 deal with the management operations of sales and production for the individual product segments. The Liebherr Group now has 10 different product divisions.
The holding company of the Liebherr Group is Liebherr-International AG. Liebherr-International AG is situated within Bulle, Switzerland and is operating by the Liebherr family members. Currently, the family business is being managed in the 2nd generation by Dr. H.C. Isolde Liebherr and her brother Dr. H.C. Willi Liebherr. Since the year 2012, several of the active individual divisions have been represented by third generation members of the family like: Patricia Ruf, Stefanie Wohlfarth, Jan Liebherr and Sophie Albrecht. These members of the family have been working hard together to be able 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 during 1949, within a small town known as Kirchdorf in southern Germany. Kirchdorf, presently supports among Liebherr's 20 manufacturing locations. They employ over 1400 individuals in that specific workforce and are able to average an annual output of approximately 2800 wheeled excavators. The company has enjoyed immense growth and diversity ever since it first started. The Liebherr Group continues to remain really dedicated to implementing and making innovative designs. They have earned a positive and successful place in the material handling business.