News and press releases

Liebherr manufactures crawler tractor in the 70 tonnes category

At Bauma 2016 Liebherr will showcase the PR 776 Litronic crawler tractor, which is designed for tough mining and quarry operations. With the PR 776, for the first time Liebherr is launching a crawler tractor in the 70 tonnes category on the market.

In New York City, the new Liebherr Luffing Crane 710 HC-L starts with its job

The first Liebherr luffing crane 710 HC-L 32/64 Litronic has recently been erected on the MoMA Tower jobsite in New York City (USA) and just started its work. Together with a second 710 HC L, that will be delivered mid 2016, the two tower cranes help to build the 76 story building in Midtown Manhattan. With a height of 320m (1,050ft), the skyscraper will be one of the highest buildings in the city. Both cranes are leased from the North American Liebherr dealer Morrow to the contractor Sorbara Construction, Lynbrook, New York.

Liebherr Batching Plant „Compactmix 1.0” on the job in Bangalore, India

New Batching Plant plant was delivered to Sobah Precast in January 2015 and has been erected and commissioned in April 2015.

Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. hosts its 2015 Sales Seminar and Open House

At the beginning of November, more than 170 participants attended Liebhherr’s sales seminar and open house in Newport News (USA).

Liebherr Air Cycle Systems Successfully Tested in ICE 3, 1st Series

The test phase for the air cycle air conditioning systems from Liebherr-Transportation Systems on board a Deutsche Bahn (DB) ICE 3 has recently been successfully completed.

Four heavy duty Liebherr tower cranes commissioned to Sobha Developers in Bangalore, India

Official handover during recent EXCON Exhibition. New cranes have been installed at the Sobha Dream Acres project in Bangalore.

Liebherr LTR 1060 crawler crane from Clausen completes mountain tour at an altitude of around 2,900 metre

The telescopic crawler crane LTR 1060 has now completed an extreme tour at an immense altitude of 2900 metres. It was required at the foot of the Matterhorn to help construct the mountain station for the new Hirli chairlift.

Zermatt Mark II: Liebherr LTR 1060 Crawler Crane from Clausen completes mountain tour at an altitude of around 2,900 metre

The Liebherr LTR 1060 telescopic crawler crane from Swiss crane contractor Clausen has already demonstrated its outstanding off-road capabilities many times. The LTR 1060 has now completed another extreme tour at an immense altitude of 2900 metres. It was required at the foot of the Matterhorn to help construct the mountain station for the new Hirli chairlift. The experienced team from Clausen and the Liebherr crane overcame the challenge with ease using its alpine experience and outstanding crane technology.

Liebherr 85 EC-B 5i Flat-Top Crane at Excon 2015

At Excon 2015 in Bengaluru, Liebherr is presenting the 85 EC-B 5i Flat-Top crane. This crane model is being assembled at Liebherr's Pune plant since 2012. The 85 EC B 5i has the potential to exceed the 71 EC-B, currently Liebherr's most popular model in India, which offers widely similar specifications. The 85 EC-B 5i has a maximum load capacity of 5,000kg and can lift 1,300kg at the jib end, up to a maximum working radius of 50m.

Liebherr-Components presents newly developed power modules and frequency inverter system

Liebherr will be presenting its new LCU-A and LCU-C power modules for low voltage applications at the SPS IPC Drives 2015 electrical automation exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany from 24 to 26 November. These can be integrated into a modular control cabinet frequency inverter system. The power modules provide an output range of 110 kW to 1,000 kW.

Robust universal control unit from Liebherr for agricultural machinery

At the trade fair for electric automation SPS IPC Drives 2015 in Nuremberg, from November 24 until 26 Liebherr is presenting a universal control unit for mobile machines.

Liebherr-Components at SPS IPC Drives 2015 in Nuremberg

At the trade fair for electrical automation, SPS IPC Drives 2015, from 24 to 26 November, Liebherr will be presenting solutions from the areas of electric machines, as well as control and regulation technology and mobile electronics for the first time.

Liebherr wheel loader L 550 displayed at Excon 2015: Increased productivity at construction site

At Excon 2015, Liebherr is exhibiting the wheel loader L 550, an example of its expanding wheel loader product range for the Indian market. Due to the hydrostatic driveline, the L 550 is – like all Liebherr wheel loaders – very fuel efficient, consuming up to 25 percent less fuel compared with conventional wheel loaders under the same conditions. The high tipping load of the machine increases the productivity at work, because larger buckets can be used to handle more material with each loading cycle.

Liebherr-Components at SPS IPC Drives 2015 in Nuremberg

At the trade fair for electrical automation, SPS IPC Drives 2015, from 24 to 26 November, Liebherr presents for the first time its solutions from the areas of electric drives, as well as control and regulation technology and mobile electronics.

Liebherr-Transportation Systems will maintain and overhaul HVAC systems of Class 158 vehicles

Liebherr-Transportation Systems has renewed its customer service contract with East Midlands Trains (UK)

First LTM 1300-6.2 delivered to South Africa – Marlboro Crane Hire trusts in Liebherr mobile cranes

The Marlboro Crane Hire fleet has featured the very latest crane technology since September 2015. Liebherr delivered an LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane to the South African crane rental company. One of the main reasons for selecting the Liebherr crane was its 78-metre telescopic boom. Furthermore, the long-term partnership between the two companies is based on trust and absolute reliability.

Liebherr Quarry Days attract over 1,000 visitors from all over the world

In the middle of October the Liebherr Group welcomed over 1,000 international customers from the quarrying sector in Saint-Nabor, France. The practical event offered visitors the opportunity to see a live demonstration of special Liebherr machines, and above all the chance to also test them out. There were new products among the 20 machines on show, such as the R 956 crawler excavator, the PR 726 crawler tractor and the new Liebherr large wheel loader XPower®.

Liebherr-Aerospace Ranks First in Customer Service Support for Dassault’s Falcon Fleet

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS has recently received from Dassault Aviation an award as “Best Falcon Customer Service Provider” for the fourth consecutive year.