News and press releases

World class – Team Liebherr plays at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

Legendary football stadium Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid is currently being refurbished. It will reopen in 2022 in the form of a superb, ultra-modern stadium with a wide range of positive features. The professionals at Spanish championship record holders Real Madrid CF have therefore had to leave the pitch – to be replaced by a whole team of cranes and construction machinery, playing a fascinating game, featuring an LR 1800-1.0 from Eurogruas 2000 together with an LR 1600/2 and an LR 1600/2-W from Gruas Aguilar.

Wagstaff chooses 900 ton Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 with new software upgrade for critical lift

A Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 with a new crane software upgrade kit provided the lifting power for Wagstaff Crane Service during an expansion project at the Hunstman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.

Order for 33 G-BKF armoured recovery and crane vehicles for the Bundeswehr completed

In June 2017, Liebherr received an order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to deliver a total of 71 armoured mobile and recovery cranes worth around 150 million euros. The final two of the total of 33 type G-BKF armoured recovery cranes left the Liebherr plant in Ehingen on 10 December. The majority of the total of 38 type G-LTM armoured mobile cranes have also been delivered. The final six machines are scheduled for delivery in 2021.

Bay Ltd. to take delivery of 15 new Liebherr cranes by December 2020

Bay Ltd., one of the largest privately owned crane companies in the United States, took delivery of 15 new Liebherr cranes in 2020 adding to the 45 Liebherr cranes already in their fleet.

Liebherr machines used for the construction of American landmarks

Changing our world, shaping the skylines of our cities: new architectural masterpieces are built every day. Liebherr machines are involved in the construction of many of them.

LR 11000 from Felbermayr unloads 450 tonne generator from barge

Austrian crane and heavy haulage contractor Felbermayr hoisted a 450 tonne generator off a barge in Herne using its Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane. The 1000 tonne crane then placed the massive load on SPMTs (self-propelled modular transporters), which transported the generator to the extension of a nearby power plant.

Liebherr’s new 1110-5.1 – an all-rounder in action

A new Liebherr LTM 1110-5.1 mobile crane was in action in Switzerland, replacing system components at a dry concrete production plant. The machine operated by Zaugg AG Rohrbach based in the Canton of Berne was one of the first of its kind to be delivered to customers. Zaugg uses the new mobile crane for a range of tasks including erecting construction cranes thanks to its 60 metre telescopic boom.

New alternative – using SPMTs as ballast trailers for Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane

Liebherr has developed an interesting alternative for the derrick ballast of crawler cranes, working closely with global crane and heavy haulage contractor Sarens and heavy haulage vehicle manufacturer KAMAG – SPMTs from KAMAG are used as ballast trailers.

Creating trust in the Caribbean – crane and heavy haulage contractor Força chooses Liebherr for used crane purchases

Buying used cranes requires a good deal of trust. Since it was founded, Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH has delivered more than 10,000 used cranes to customers throughout the world. The market leader for mobile cranes is in fact also the largest used crane dealer in the world. Crane and heavy haulage contractor Força Diseño & Ingenieria SRL based in the Dominican Republic has shown great trust in Liebherr and has taken delivery of six used cranes in a short period of time.

The 40,000th Liebherr mobile crane ever goes to Poland

Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH celebrates the delivery of its 40,000th mobile crane. An LRT 1100-2.1 rough terrain crane was officially handed over to Polish energy company PGE GiEK on 10 November – in virtual form due to the coronavirus pandemic. Liebherr first opened its plant for mobile cranes in Ehingen in 1969 and supplied its 20,000th crane in 2006. Number 30,000 followed just eight years later. The next 10,000 cranes were built in just six years.

Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane in Rotterdam: cost-effective and quiet continuous operation using site power

A Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane from Dutch crane hire company Boekestijn was in operation for three months in Rotterdam for the construction of a new plant for recycling asphalt material. Noteworthy: the flexible crane operated continuously in site power mode on the construction site in the Dutch port metropolis.

LTM 1050-3.1 makes “Muse” art project possible by hoisting a grand piano into a forest clearing

ESB Kranverleih Transport und Hebetechnik GmbH received an order for a very unusual job in spring 2020 – a valuable grand piano had to be hoisted into a cleared section of forest near Erolzheim in southern Germany and set up there to be played. The order was placed by Andreas Reiner, a German photographer and artist, known by the name Sichtlich Mensch. He was producing the “Muse” project in this clearing – a short film about humanity and vulnerability.

Schuch expands fleet with three new Liebherr mobile cranes

Crane contractor Schuch is modernising its fleet with three new Liebherr mobile cranes. The LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane and two LTM 1070-4.2 mobile cranes have been added to the Schuch Group fleet in Germany. The company is readying itself to face current and future challenges on the market by means of continuous new and replacement purchases as well as innovative crane technology.

Bridge-builder – LR 1800-1.0 links previously divided Berlin neighbourhoods of Moabit and Mitte

“What belongs together will grow together” was how Willy Brandt, the former German Chancellor, described the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. Over 30 years later, another example of how the country is still growing together was played out in Berlin. By completing its very first job, the new Liebherr LR 1800-1.0 crawler crane owned by crane and heavy haulage contractor MaxiKraft played a major role in this process.

Extraordinary project – Liebherr 5-axle crane floated to site on a barge

It was not the job but accessing the site which posed a major challenge to crane contractor Movitram Grúas in Colombia. An LTM 1220-5.2 was required in the mountainous, forested coffee region to install a bridge. Movitram Grúas did everything it could possibly do to get the crane to the remote site. This included the Liebherr 220 tonne crane undergoing an eight kilometre river voyage on a barge on the Rio Cauca. Movitram Grúas S.A.S. based in Pereira, Dosquebradas, Risaralda, Colombia, provides integrated solutions for hoisting and transport work in the coffee region of Colombia.

Space limited in Downtown Milan: Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 convinces with Y-guying

Being involved in supporting activities for the redevelopment project of a skyscraper complex in downton Milan, Italy, Casella Autogrù choose their Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 mobile crane to place air conditioning units on the rooftop of a 63 m skyscraper. Crane operator Claudio Lozza lifted the 12.5 t weights carefully with a radius of 45 m under a bit of time pressure, as the road traffic had to be cut off for all the activities period in the sprawling city center.

Fleet modernised – LENZ-KRAN takes delivery of Liebherr LTM 1110-5.1 mobile crane

Crane and heavy haulage contractor LENZ-KRAN from Bremerhaven has modernised its fleet with a new Liebherr LTM 1110-5.1 mobile crane. The 110 tonne crane is one of the latest crane models in Liebherr’s LTM product series. Its main features are its high lifting capacities and a long telescopic boom combined with good mobility and flexibility.

BKL takes delivery of the very first LTM 1650-8.1 in Germany

BKL Baukran Logistik GmbH has added a Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 to its fleet of mobile cranes. The company took delivery of the first crane of this type in Germany at the beginning of November. The main criterion for BKL was the high lifting capacity of the new 8-axle mobile crane.