News and press releases

“The future for the crane industry is emission free”

With the unplugged series Liebherr recently launched the world’s first battery-powered crawler cranes. Only hours before the official unveiling in December 2020, the very first LR 1250.1 unplugged had its premiere at a jobsite in Oslo. Customer Kynningsrud Nordic Crane AS was using the crane for lifting operations to build a new sports centre. But the story with the first customer begins even before the crane was ever planned.

Liebherr adds LTR 1040 to its telescopic crawler crane series

Liebherr has followed the wishes of its customers and in future will be able to deliver a lightweight version of its 60 tonne LTR 1060 telescopic crawler crane in the form of the LTR 1040. As many projects and tenders call for telescopic crawler cranes in the 40 tonne class, Liebherr has extended its telescopic crawler crane portfolio downwards. Contractors can upgrade the LTR 1040 to make it into an LTR 1060 retrospectively if required.

Liebherr on board Dassault’s new Falcon 10X business jet

Liebherr-Aerospace’s workshare in the new Falcon business jet covers the integrated air management system, supplied to Dassault and landing gear components supplied to Héroux-Devtek.

LIKUFIX quick-change system available for other Liebherr wheel loaders

Liebherr is increasing the availability of its fully automatic LIKUFIX quick-change system for additional wheel loader models.

Modernization: Crane Maier takes over Liebherr mobile crane LTM 1070-4.2

Kran-Maier GmbH & Co. KG from Landshut has modernised its crane fleet with a Liebherr LTM 1070-4.2 mobile crane. The Bavarian crane rental company is replacing an older 60-tonne telescopic crane with the new 70-tonner. State-of-the-art technology was an important criterion in the decision.

Ready for new tasks at the push of a button: LIKUFIX quick-change system available for other Liebherr wheel loaders

The fully automatic LIKUFIX quick-change system, an in-house development by Liebherr and well established in Liebherr hydraulic excavators, has also proven itself in the medium-sized series of wheel loaders in recent years. A solution that truly comes into its own in operations involving multiple working tools. The LIKUFIX quick coupler system allows the operator to safely and conveniently change mechanical and hydraulic working tools at the push of a button from the cab.

Fully operational for Swiss natural product: Liebherr LH 60 M Port Litronic material handler

An LH 60 M Port Litronic was recently handed over to Aarekies Brienz AG in Brienz, Switzerland. The Liebherr material handler is specially designed for the economical handling of bulk goods and general cargo. The machine will be in operation extracting and quarrying natural sand and gravel in the harbour of the gravel and concrete plant at Lake Brienz. A special Liebherr clamshell with water slots will be used to extract the harbour’s naturally occuring sand and gravel and feed it into the plant.

ESTA Awards: LR 1250.1 unplugged wins

The ESTA Awards are the highest distinction for the crane and heavy-lift industry. This year, Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH won the award in the category “Innovation Manufacturer”. The LR 1250.1 unplugged - the world’s first battery-powered crawler crane was submitted. Due to the current situation the awards took place as an online event last week.

Large crane offensive: Hüffermann expands fleet with Liebherr mobile and crawler cranes

Hüffermann Krandienst GmbH continues to expand its crane fleet upwards and enters the 1,000-tonne crawler crane class: In March, Liebherr delivered an LTM 1450-8.1 and an LR 1750/2, followed by an LTM 1650-8.1 and an LR 11000 in the middle of the year. Hüffermann will take delivery of a total of 20 cranes from Liebherr this year. The package also includes the new Liebherr LTM 1120-4.1 and LTM 1150-5.3 units.

Liebherr supplies air conditioning systems for passenger coaches to Slovakia

Liebherr has received an order from ŽOS TRADING for the delivery of 17 air conditioning systems for RIC large-capacity passenger coaches.

New training solutions by Liebherr-Aerospace Customer Services

Liebherr-Aerospace has digitized its range of training solutions for airlines and MRO customers including eLearning and virtual classrooms.

Technology for the green aircraft of the future

The Electrical Environmental Control System developed by Liebherr within the frame of Clean Sky 2 is a key element for the More Electrical Aircraft.

Value for aircraft operators

Liebherr-Aerospace is extending its Customer Service portfolio with Health Management through “Liebherr Analytics Solutions”.

Greater lifting capacity with higher wind tolerance

More powerful and stable in the wind – that is a rough summary of the main benefits that Liebherr has delivered for its customers in the form of its innovative SX2 and SX3 boom systems for crawler and lattice boom cranes. The reinforced booms are particularly helpful for wind power crane operations. The SX3 version delivers a major increase in lifting capacity of 20 percent and significantly higher wind tolerance compared to the conventional SX version. A new Liebherr LG 1750 crane, which was fitted with the SX3 version, operating at a wind farm in February benefited from these features. The lattice boom mobile crane operated by Dutch crane contractor M. Verschoor B.V. erected two Vestas turbines in the north-east of Germany with hob heights of 170 metres.

Liebherr wins ESTA Award in the safety category

The winners of the ESTA Awards of Excellence 2021 were announced at an online ceremony on 22 April. Liebherr was awarded in the safety category for the development of special WindSpeed Load Charts. These offer increased safety and more operating time when operating the crane in windy conditions. The Liebherr engineers in Biberach, Ehingen and Nenzing have made a large number of new mobile and crawler cranes more stable for use in stormy weather.

New Liebherr R 928 G8 crawler excavator: The new addition to the Generation 8 family

The R 928 G8 crawler excavator is a completely new model, developed and produced by Liebherr-France SAS in Colmar. The new model positioned between the R 926 G8 and the R 930 G8 complements the current Generation 8 series, which already includes 7 models with a gross vehicle weight of 22 to 45 tonnes. The modularity of the new Generation 8 facilitated the launch of this new model as its design is based on existing, high-performance components. This new, weight-optimised combination should significantly reduce the transport problems of many customers.

Liebherr website facelift shows elements of the new corporate design for the first time

Liebherr presents itself as a strong brand with a new image: with the facelift of its website, Liebherr shows new elements of its fundamentally revised corporate design for the first time.

New maximum: Flossdorf adds Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane

Dietmar Flossdorf GmbH ventured into the large crane class in 2017 with the LTM 1500-8.1. Now, four years later, the next step is being taken with the LTM 1650 8.1: the crane and heavy transport specialist from Bad Neuenahr in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is increasingly receiving inquiries for situations where the performance of the 500-tonner no longer suffices.