News and press releases

Apprentice of the Year Awards

Liebherr-Australia presents their 2018 Apprentice of the Year Awards.

“Together. Now & Tomorrow.”: Liebherr at Bauma 2019

From 8-14 April, Liebherr will give attendees of Bauma 2019 a unique chance to experience its latest innovations first-hand, which range from construction machines, material handling, mining and components. Visitors can look forward to seeing many new technologies and other practical innovations at Liebherr’s 14,000 m2 outdoor stand (809-813) and its indoor stand in hall A4, number 326.

Liebherr concrete mixing plant operates at an altitude of 2,340 metres in Switzerland

A Liebherr Compactmix 1.0 is supplying the construction site for the “V-cableway” (or “V-Bahn”) project in the Swiss mountains with concrete. The project was a challenge both in terms of logistics and on-site operation.

Hoisted into the winter break

One hundred thousand visitors stream to the small town of Ralswiek on the island of Rügen every summer. Every year, fascinating stories about the famous pirate Klaus Störtebeker are played out in great detail on a natural stage on the banks of the Jasmunder Bodden, a lagoon measuring almost 100 square kilometres near the island in the Baltic Sea. After the play season, the cogs used by the theatre are hoisted onto land and protected for winter. A Liebherr LTM 1100-5.2 mobile crane recently had these replica Hansa vessels on its hook.

Crane Deliveries in New Zealand

Liebherr-Australia Mobile and Crane Divisions experienced a successful year in 2018 supporting our existing and new customers in New Zealand.

Liebherr Batch Plant Wheel Loaders for Boral

Boral increases their Liebherr loader fleet to seven, with the addition of new wheel loaders.

Big year for Qube Bulk

Qube Bulk has welcomed an L 586 XPower® Wheel Loader, the 18th Liebherr machine in their fleet.

Liebherr VarioTray shows its value in a race against time

Construction work on rail tracks which require railway traffic to be postponed for a limited time generally have one thing in common – massive time pressure. The essential thing is that the trains start moving again on schedule after the end of the planned track closure. The installation of a massive steel bridge over a rail track in Altenburger Land (Thuringia) was completed faster than scheduled – the VarioTray detachable ballast system on the LR 1750/2 crawler crane used for the job saved around 90 minutes compared to conventional suspended ballast.

New generation: Liebherr’s display controller DC5 for mobile machinery

Liebherr presents its new generation display controller - the DC5 family. In addition to a high-resolution display, the customisable DC5 with touchscreen can be used as programmable input device.

Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. adds the powerful Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 All-Terrain Crane to their growing fleet

Bigge Crane and Rigging Co., one of America’s premier global crane sales and rental companies, expands their “perfect fleet” of cranes with the Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 All-Terrain Crane.

Expert engineers work side by side: Liebherr mobile construction cranes tackle building retrofit

Three Liebherr mobile construction cranes have been in action as part of an administrative building retrofit in Neckarsulm. In addition to several steel elements, a MK 140 hoisted several air conditioning units onto the five-storey building. A MK 88 and a MK 100 were also involved in the construction project.

Liebherr actuators for Velaro Novo

Liebherr develops electro-hydraulic actuators for cooling brake resistor flaps for Siemens Velaro Novo high-speed trains.

Drive of the future: Liebherr highlights the relevance of combining technologies

Within the framework of the 13th International MTZ Conference on Heavy-Duty Engines Werner Seifried, Technology Director at Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH, gave a keynote speech on the drive concepts of the future: Liebherr focuses on the combination of different technologies as well as modular machine concepts.

Greater safety for wind turbine erection work using the single-line guiding system from Liebherr

The blades on the latest generation of wind turbines are nowadays installed individually using rotor blade yokes. Liebherr has developed a system for this future-oriented application, which makes the installation process safer, more economical and in many cases also greener – the SLGS single-line guiding system.

Greater safety for wind turbine erection work using the single-line guiding system from Liebherr

Liebherr has developed a system for the assembly of blades for wind turbines, which makes the installation process safer, more economical and in many cases also greener – the single-line guiding system.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS: new logistic distribution center

Liebherr-Aerospace opened its new logistic distribution center in Toulouse.

Feldmann modernises fleet with five Liebherr mobile cranes

Swiss crane and heavy haulage specialist Feldmann Pneukran und Transport AG has modernised its fleet with five new Liebherr mobile cranes. Innovative technologies such as VarioBase® and VarioBallast® and high product and service quality were major reasons behind the company’s decision.

Earthtrack Solutions’ A 922 Railroader at Sydney Harbour Bridge

A Liebherr A 922 completed work on the Australian icon, the Sydney Harbour Bridge.