Liebherr
Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
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Industry | Heavy machinery Domestic appliances |
Founded | 1949 Kirchdorf an der Iller, West Germany |
Founder | Hans Liebherr |
Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Key people |
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Products | Construction and agriculture machinery, refrigerators |
Revenue | €11.750 billion[2] (2019) |
€603 million[2] (2019) | |
€429 million[2] (2019) | |
Total assets | €14.288 billion[2] (2019) |
Total equity | €7.884 billion[2] (2019) |
Number of employees | 48,049[2] (2019) |
Website | liebherr |
Liebherr is a German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer based in Bulle, Switzerland, with its main production facilities and origins in Germany.
Liebherr consists of over 130 companies organized into 11 divisions:
Established in 1949 by Hans Liebherr
History
Hans Liebherr was drafted for military service in World War II. During the war, Liebherr served with the Ulm Pioneer Battalion 101, which was subordinate to the 101st Light Infantry Division and fought under Army Group South in the German-Soviet War. After the war, he started by building affordable
Over the years, the family business has grown into a group of varied companies, and has locations in many countries, including Germany, Australia, Britain, Ireland, Turkey, and the United States. Since 1958, its Irish factory in Killarney, County Kerry, has built container cranes, exporting them worldwide through the port of Fenit. In Australia, the group in 2013 commenced an AU$65 million expansion of their local headquarters in Adelaide. The development includes adding a new three-storey office, workshops, warehouse, component plant, and distribution centre to the Para Hills facility.[7] In the U.S., the group in 2012 started spending US$45.4 million (about €34.1 million) on a three-year renovation and expansion of its Newport News, Virginia, factory, offices, and warehouse. The company sought to increase its production there beyond 100 mining trucks a year. On 19 February 2013, representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the cities of Newport News and Hampton announced that they would make grants and incentives available for transport improvement, training, and property investment.[8] In addition, the Liebherr Group owns six hotels in Ireland, Austria and Germany.[9]
In April 2014, Liebherr announced that it would invest €160 million at its production site in Bulle.[10]
By 2017, Liebherr had expanded its workforce to 43,869 employees.[11] That same year, the company announced it had achieved the highest turnover in the Group's history, with sales of €9,845 million.[12] In 2018, Liebherr generated a turnover of €10,551 million, exceeding €10 billion for the first time in the company's history.[13]
In March 2020, Liebherr launched their first APAC HQ in Singapore,[14] alongside their bespoke $35,000 SGD Bespoke Luxe Refrigerator with the help of PR & Communication specialist Stanley Kan & his team.[15]
Products
The line of products manufactured by the company includes:
- Earth-moving equipment
- Mining equipment
- Cranes: mobile, crawler, tower, maritime, mobile construction
- Diesel engines
- Deep foundation machines
- Concrete-handling equipment
- Material-handling equipment
- Electric motors
- Port (container-handling) equipment
- Machine tools
- Automation systems
- Domestic freezers
- Aircraft equipment
- Hotels
- Mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic components and subcomponents[16]
Liebherr has the world's most powerful and tallest
Gallery
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On the right a Liebherr top-slewing crane of the EC-H Litronic series
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Liebherr LTM 1500 telescopic crane
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Liebherr T 282 Bmining truck
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Liebherr hydraulic shovel
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Liebherr HS 895 Hydroseilbagger
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Mock-up of the A350 nose gear at ILA 2012
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Liebherr R926
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Liebherr LTM 1500–8.1
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Liebherr-710 HC-L 32/64 Litronic tower crane
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Domestic appliances (mainly refrigerators)
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Airplane air-conditioning unit
See also
- Liebherr Aerospace
- Liebherr 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships
- Construction
- Crane (machine)
- List of companies of Switzerland
- List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
References
- ^ a b "Liebherr Group appoints new President and Vice President to its administrative board". liebherr.com. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Liebherr corporate website, Undated. Retrieved: 7 Sep 2020
- ^ "Portrait of the LiebHerr Group", Liebherr corporate website, Undated. Retrieved: 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Die 300 Reichsten". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Zweite auf dritte Generation". vertikal.net. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Laureates Search".
- ^ "Liebherr starts $65m expansion", Australian Mining, 4 April, 2013. Retrieved: 10 January 2014.
- ^ Expansion Projects for Manufacturing Program of Mining Trucks, Liebherr Group (US), 22 February 2013. Retrieved: 14 March 2013.
- ^ "The hotels of the Group". Liebherr Group. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Liebherr to Invest over $220 million in Component Production". Construction Pros. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ Slow, Elizabeth (2018-06-14). "Liebherr Group confirms expansion plans". letsrecycle.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Liebherr's highest ever turnover". www.ibj-online.com. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "Liebherr Group achieves over ten billion euro in annual turnover for the first time". Construction Plant News. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ Liebherr, APAC HQ (2020-03-20). "Liebherr launches first Flagship Store in Asia Pacific". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ Liebherr, APAC HQ (2020-02-18). "Brand Launch News: Launch of Liebherr Appliance Flagship Store in APAC". stanleykan.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ "Components". www.liebherr.com.
- ^ "LR 13000". www.liebherr.com.
- ^ "Liebherr's LR13000 lifts 5 other cranes, the LR11350, the LR1350.1, the LTR1100 and finally two small model crane". www.heavyliftnews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
External links
- Official website
- Liebherr Machinery database at portvision.eu
- Liebherr family behind bid for Southampton FC
- Obituary of Markus Liebherr, The Daily Telegraph, 18 August 2010.
- Craneception: Watch a Crane Lifting a Crane Lifting a Crane Lifting a Crane
- Liebherr Undertake Renovation work inside Passau Cathedral