The Liebherr family business was established in
1949 by Hans Liebherr. The great success of his first mobile,
easy-to-assemble and affordable tower crane was the foundation on
which the company flourished. Today Liebherr is not only one of the
world’s leading manufacturers of construction machinery but is
also an acknowledged supplier of technically innovative
user-oriented products and services in numerous other fields. Over
the years the family business has grown into what is today a group
of companies, employing a workforce of approx. 21,000 in more than
90 companies on all continents.
The decentrally organized Liebherr Group is divided into company
units of manageable size, operating independently. This is to ensure
proximity to the customer and the ability to respond flexibly to
market signals in global competition. Operative management of the
production and sales companies for the individual product segments
is in the hands of divisional control companies. The Liebherr
Group’s holding company is Liebherr-International AG in Bulle,
Switzerland, which is entirely owned by members of the Liebherr
family. The family business is already in the hands of the second
generation and is jointly managed by Isolde Liebherr and Willi
Liebherr.
