News and press releases

Experience automation: Liebherr opens new Tech-Center in Kempten

The new "Liebherr Tech-Center" from Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH makes the subject of automation systems come to life for customers. Liebherr tests and demonstrates high-quality automation systems in a 700 m² test hall. Individual customer wishes can also be catered to here.

Liebherr’s new pallet handling system with turning and milling centres

High performance and the use of state-of-the-art technologies in production play an important role at Liebherr. With this in mind, Liebherr Components has introduced a new pallet handling system (PHS) at its production site in Biberach (Germany). The PHS is linked to two turning and milling centres for the production of powerful drive units and rope winches.

Nicely filling the gap – brand new LTM 1160-5.2 joins new location in Texas from Canadian company Irving Crane.

Canadian crane company Irving Equipment’s newest crane services branch out of Wallisville, Texas, United States. In addition to ten employees, a brand new LTM 1160-5.2 from Liebherr is now taken into service at the new depot. Irving will serve the petrochemical market in the region with the taxi crane. Having long term experience with its predecessor LTM 1160-5.1, the new Liebherr All Terrain was the logical choice for Irving.

Liebherr's new generation of crawler excavators is designed for the Swedish market

Liebherr's new generation crawler excavator is steadily establishing a presence in countries around the world. One example is Sweden, a growing market for earthmoving machinery and crawler excavators, where the machine's versatility, performance, comfort and design are attracting more and more local customers.

Schmidbauer takes delivery of powerful 450 tonne LTM 1450-8.1 fast-erecting crane at Liebherr plant in Ehingen

Crane and heavy haulage contractor Schmidbauer is freshening up its fleet with a large number of Liebherr mobile cranes of all sizes – from the LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane to the newly developed LTM 1650-8.1 heavy duty crane with delivery scheduled for 2021. At the beginning of April, Werner Schmidbauer took delivery of the powerful LTM 1450-8.1 crane from Ehingen.

Liebherr presents new Compact wheeled excavators which comply with Stage V exhaust emissions standard

Whether it is confined construction sites in the city centre, road construction or classic earthmoving work, Liebherr Compact wheeled excavators are the ideal assistants in this area. For even greater performance and flexibility, Liebherr implemented numerous optimisations in the two Compact wheeled excavators in the course of the changeover to the new Stage V exhaust emissions standard.

Lee & Sims Drilling Services puts Liebherr LB 36-410 Drill Rig on the job for South Carolina bridge project

South Carolina-based Lee & Sims Drilling Services, Inc. chooses a Liebherr LB 36-410 Drill Rig for a major regional project – building 18 drilled shafts over 9 interior bents for the new Harbor River Bridge. The rig was used to drill 8 ft. diameter shafts to depths up to 115 ft. through sandy clay, marlstone and limestone.

Accident During Overload Test

During the course of tests in line with industry standards on 2nd May 2020 in the international Port of Rostock, the offshore heavy lift crane HLC 295000 was severely damaged following an accident. Comprehensive investigations as to the cause and course of the accident are currently under way.

Morrow Equipment Co. chooses five Liebherr 542 HC-L 18/36 tower cranes for Resorts World Las Vegas project

Five Liebherr 542 HC-L 18/36 tower cranes were instrumental in helping Las Vegas’s newest landmark take shape from the ground up. Morrow chose the Liebherr 542HC-L 18/36 cranes for their robust capacities and fast line speeds. Located on the north end of the world famous Las Vegas Strip, the five cranes all reached a hook height of 686 ft.

Liebherr and Bertrandt start together into the mobile future

The Mobile Communication Gateway (MCG), the robust communication solution by Liebherr Components, will support the innovation platform HARRI of the engineering partner Bertrandt. HARRI is a technology carrier for the megatrends like digitization, connectivity, autonomous driving and electro-mobility. It incorporates technologies for high user experience, user-friendly interfaces, Car2X communication and efficient data processing.

“You can do anything you like with the crane” – LTM 1450-8.1 demonstrates its massive radius

The Ingolstadt site of crane logistics company BKL has been operating a powerful Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane for just over two years. This modern mobile crane has recently been demonstrating its lifting capacity installing air conditioning units on the roof of a massive industrial building.

Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH and metrotek GmbH continue to work together exclusively on gear measuring technology

Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH and metrotek GmbH continue to work together exclusively on gear measuring technology

Liebherr mobile harbour cranes make Rostock a hub of the New Silk Road

The first containers of the New Silk Road have been loaded in the port of Rostock. EUROPORTS Germany used their recently acquired Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes to quickly load the containers from Xi'an in China. EUROPORTS Germany plans to expand Rostock into a distribution centre and also to connect Sweden and Italy to the New Silk Road link.

Port Elizabeth prepares for citrus season

Port Elizabeth Container Terminals (PECT) is preparing for the upcoming citrus fruit harvest with new Liebherr mobile harbour crane technology.

Port Elizabeth prepares for citrus season

Port Elizabeth Container Terminals (PECT) is preparing for the upcoming citrus fruit harvest with new Liebherr mobile harbour crane technology.

Liebherr mobile harbour cranes make Rostock a hub of the New Silk Road

The first containers of the New Silk Road have been loaded in the port of Rostock.

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. to supply two rail mounted gantry cranes to Freight Village in Russia

Freight Village Vorsino, located outside Moscow has placed an order with Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. for two rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes. The RMG’s have a span of 32 m, a lift height over rail of 12.5 m and cantilevers of 8 m and 9.7 m respectively. The machines have a safe working load of 45 tonnes and feature a rotating machinery trolley.

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. to supply two rail mounted gantry cranes to Freight Village in Russia

Freight Village Vorsino, located outside Moscow has placed an order with Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. for two rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes. The RMG’s have a span of 32 m, a lift height over rail of 12.5 m and cantilevers of 8 m and 9.7 m respectively. The machines have a safe working load of 45 tonnes and feature a rotating machinery trolley.