News and press releases

Liebherr earthmoving and material handling machines at Svenska Maskinmässan 2022

The Svenska Maskinmässan, a trade fair for construction machines, takes place in Stockholm (Sweden) from 2 to 4June 2022. There, Liebherr presents an extensive range of earthmoving and material handling machines on an area of 2,000 m².

Liebherr earthmoving and material handling machines at Svenska Maskinmässan 2022

The Svenska Maskinmässan, a trade fair for construction machines, takes place in Stockholm (Sweden) from 2 to 4June 2022. There, Liebherr presents an extensive range of earthmoving and material handling machines on an area of 2,000 m².

Liebherr at IFAT 2022 in Munich

Liebherr has a booth with approximately 280 m² of floor space at the IFAT 2022, the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, which is being held in Munich from 30 May to 3 June 2022. On booth 151/250 in Hall C5, Liebherr is exhibiting machines specially designed for operation in the waste management industry and in recycling. These include two representatives of the Liebherr wheel loader range, one of which – the L 538 – is celebrating its German trade fair premiere.

Smart equipment solutions: Liebherr presents new multi-tine grab

Liebherr presents its newly developed multi-tine grab GMM 50-5. The intelligently designed five-tine grab was not only developed for customers, but also developed together with them.

Customer Day at Liebherr: Expanded Operations, Expanded Solutions

Liebherr USA, Co. hosted visitors from across the globe at their first Customer Day on May 12. The company highlighted and demonstrated a diverse range of products across all ten segments including earthmoving, material handling technology, deep foundation machines, tower cranes, mining, mobile and crawler cranes, maritime cranes, concrete technology, components as well as refrigerators and freezers.

Liebherr appoints Dr. Tim Gerhardt as new Managing Director of Liebherr USA, Co.

Dr. Tim Gerhardt, an experienced business executive within the Liebherr Group has joined Liebherr USA. Co. as one of the new Managing Directors for the U.S. operations. Dr. Tim Gerhardt shares Liebherr USA, Co. executive responsibilities with Kai Friedrich, Managing Director for Liebherr USA, Co. and Divisional Director for the construction equipment product segment in Newport News, VA.

Mazeau Recyclage welcomes a new Liebherr LH 80 M High Rise materials handler

Mazeau Recyclage was looking for a new materials handler to improve the site’s productivity and reduce boat loading times. This one is an addition to the existing Liebherr A 944 C HD High Rise Litronic handling machine. The LH 80 M High Rise is being used in the Paris region for materials handling tasks at Mazeau Recyclage’s Gennevilliers centre.

Liebherr at Pollutec 2021

From october 12th to 15th, Liebherr will have a booth at the 2021 edition of the Pollutec trade fair in Lyon. At the heart of hall 3, dedicated to recycling – material and material reuse, the Liebherr stand (No. 119, aisle C) will unveil many new products from the earthmoving, handling and internal components sectors.

Kai Friedrich appointed new Managing Director of Liebherr USA, Co.

Liebherr is pleased to announce the appointment of Kai Friedrich as Managing Director of Liebherr USA, Co., the sales and service organization based in Newport News, Virginia. Friedrich will be taking over the role previously held by Peter Mayr.

Versatile Liebherr material handling machine in operation at Leutkircher Wertstoffhof recycling centre

An LH 26 M Industry Litronic material handling machine has been in operation for some time at a recycling and disposal specialist at Leutkirch im Allgäu (Ravensburg district). Andreas, Thomas and Jürgen Mayer, company owners and long-time Liebherr customers, are impressed by the versatility of their new material handler. Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH accompanied the customer in their first tree maintenance operation with the LH 26 M.

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.

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.

In case of imminent accident, new brake assistant for Liebherr wheel loaders reduces stopping distance

Active personnel detection is an innovative assistance system for the Liebherr L 526 to L 586 XPower® range of wheel loaders. Liebherr has now added two extra functions - the brake assistant and incident map - to active personnel detection. The brake assistant automatically slows the speed of the wheel loader to a standstill the moment the active personnel detection issues a warning signal. The incident map displays potential risk zones on the site using GPS data in LiDAT - Liebherr’s in-house transfer and location system.

Largest Liebherr material handling machine in France delivered

The largest Liebherr material handling machine to be delivered in France to date, an LH 110 M Port Litronic, will be operated at the harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, near Lyon. The harbour is located directly on the wide-gauge axis of the Rhône-Saône rivers, acting as a trimodal location linking waterways, road and rail carriers across the whole of France.

A greater reach for tree care and the timber industry: Liebherr presents new equipment combinations

In addition to typical applications such as waste management or scrap handling, powerful and efficient Liebherr material handlers are also used in tree care or the timber industry. For an even greater reach Liebherr provides new solutions which are available for LH 22 to 35 Industry Litronic material handlers.

Liebherr USA, Co. headquarters opens at expanded campus in Newport News, Virginia

Liebherr USA, Co. marked a milestone on April 6, 2020 – the company formally moved in to a newly expanded campus. The facilities house employees who work in administration, finance, human resources, sales, information technology, marketing, product support and distribution for nine different product units under the Liebherr USA, Co. umbrella.

Powerful and efficient: Liebherr material handlers for scrap handling at the Conexpo-Con/Agg 2020 construction trade show

With the two material handling machines LH 30 M Industry Litronic and LH 60 M Industry Litronic, Liebherr is presenting two models specifically designed for scrap handling at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2020. The handling of scrap steel metal and other metals is one of the toughest applications in industrial material handling. Especially when loading and unloading trucks and ships, loading shredder conveyors or sorting out different kinds of metals, robust, reliable, high-performance and also economical material handlers are required.