In recent months, Liebherr-Aerospace has signed many agreements, broken ground and inaugurated new buildings. Liebherr is continuously updating and expanding its sites for increased capacities, new production technologies or customer service excellence. An overview of current projects and developments.

The commercial aviation market is set for significant growth following a recovery to pre-pandemic levels in early 2024. The increasing demand requires over 40,000 new passenger aircraft in the next 20 years, with around 15,000 already in the order books of major aircraft OEMs. Furthermore, high aircraft utilization drives significant global demand for MRO services. Business jets, helicopters, and defense aircraft markets are also poised to grow.

In light of this, Liebherr-Aerospaceʼs new investments focus on securing and developing its industrial and customer service capabilities. This includes the extension of the Campsas facility in Toulouse (France) as well as the facility in Guaratinguetá (Brazil), the enhancement of HVOF coating capabilities in Lindenberg (Germany) and the improvement of heat transfer equipment re-coring in Shanghai (China), Singapore and Saline (Michigan, USA). Furthermore, a new Liebherr-Aerospace service center will start its business in 2026 in Dubai (UAE) covering the Middle East region; and last but not least, two suppliers in Toulouse were acquired to strengthen core competencies in manufacturing and surface treatment for Liebherrʼs air management portfolio.

Growing in France

In Southern France Liebherr is investing in the future with a new industrial building at its Campsas site in the Tarn-et-Garonne region. The facility started operations in 2025 and is located close to the current plant, which specializes in the machining of high-precision mechanical parts. These include turbine and compressor wheels and high-temper¬ature valve bodies, which are integrated into bleed air and air-conditioning systems.

With a surface area of 12,000 sqm, the new low-energy building will be dedicated to the production of heat exchangers, key components in aircraft air-conditioning systems, currently carried out at the Toulouse site. This eco-responsible building is also the companyʼs “industry 4.0” showcase, featuring advanced production technologies and industrial processes.

At Liebherrʼs facility in Toulouse, the area freed up by the relocation of the heat exchanger production activity will enable a significant increase in industrial capacity for the assembly and maintenance of other equipment for air systems.

With an investment of almost €30 million, Liebherr confirms its roots in Campsas, and its determination to continue developing its expertise in France.

Trusting in Brazil

Liebherr expands the surface area of its production company in Guaratinguetá by 8,000 sqm. The new facility is expected to be fully operational in 2027. Over the next 10 years, around €45 million will be invested in the manufacturing site. The expansion will create hundreds of new jobs and thus strengthen the local economy.

The ceremonial groundbreaking took place at the beginning of 2025 and transfer of work from Liebherr-Aerospaceʼs European Original Equipment Manufacturing sites in Lindenberg and Toulouse is planned to begin already in 2026 and ramp-up in the years to come. The production activities will comprise machining and surface treatment of high-precision aircraft components made of aluminum and steel.

The decision to invest in Guaratinguetá is based on Liebherrʼs trust in the local economic market conditions and related governmental support, as well as on the availability of a highly skilled workforce in the region.

Since 2005, Liebherr Aerospace Brasil produces critical high-tech components for flight control and actuation, environmental control and thermal management systems, landing gear systems, as well as for aircraft engines.

Securing expertise in Lindenberg

At its site in Lindenberg Liebherr has put a newly added production area of 1,000 sqm into operation. The new building features state-of-the-art heating technology that is already used in existing areas of the company: heat recovery with heat pumps, which are operated with gas instead of refrigerants. Furthermore, a photovoltaic system was installed on the gras-covered roof.

In the new facility Liebherr has set up a center of excellence for coating with a focus on more sustainable surface treat¬ment. The key task in developing state-of-the-art coating processes is to identify and use alternative materials and more environmentally friendly processes – a challenge in aviation, because not all materials meet the high safety standards of the industry.

With high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) spraying, Liebherr- Aerospace offers a solution to replace the currently used chrome-plating process without jeopardizing the quality or safety of aircraft components.

The new extension building is equipped with the latest technology for implementing this coating method in order to increase capacities for the HVOF process. Liebherr is thus not only securing its well-founded expertise at the site in Lindenberg but is also able to significantly reduce transport routes within the production process.

Liebherr-Aerospace is already using the HVOF process in series production – not just for the exterior, but also for the interior of components.

Heat transfer servicing in the USA, Singapore and China

In Saline, Liebherr is enhancing its aftermarket service capacities with the fifth expansion since 1993. Spanning 3,065 sqm, the new expansion adjoins the existing heat transfer facility, which commenced operations in 2016.

The new facility will cater to the growing aftermarket demand for testing, repair, overhaul, and re-coring of Liebherr products installed on Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Mitsubishi, and Bombardier aircraft. Additionally, the new facility will accommodate the internal movement of certain other products, thus increasing the required landing gear processing capacity at the main facility.

The positive and overwhelming acceptance by Liebherrʼs customers of the heat transfer servicing set-up in Saline has allowed the company to expand its offerings worldwide, thus validating its strategy to be close to its customers.

In Singapore, Liebherr extended its capabilities regarding the full overhaul and re-coring of heat transfer equipment on site. Thanks to the excellent collaboration with Liebherr-Aerospaceʼs own centers of excellence in Lindenberg, Toulouse and Saline, this major milestone was success¬fully accomplished according to the customized require¬ments of the regional service center in Singapore.

This substantial investment enables the company to offer state-of-the-art repair capabilities for a further extended scope of Liebherr components to APAC customers. It also underlines once more Liebherrʼs commitment to the region and service excellence for its customers in Asia-Pacific.

In Shanghai, Liebherr is ramping up its offer to Chinese customers regarding the servicing of aircraft equipment. The company continues building up its industrial footprint at its MRO facility as well as for testing and reconditioning of its OEM heat transfer equipment directly on site and close to the customers.

To make the relevant and required know-how available to its employees, Liebherr relies on intensive training. For this reason, employees from Shanghai joined their colleagues at the Liebherr facility in Singapore where they participated in a combined product and process training.

By expanding the heat transfer equipment MRO network in the USA and Asia, Liebherr-Aerospace is shortening the overall Turn Around Time by eliminating transportation time, cutting down on cost and lowering its carbon foot¬print.

Expanding in the Middle East

Liebherr-Aerospace is enhancing its aftermarket service capacities with a new 2,400 sqm facility, planned to be put into operation in early 2026. The new service center at the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub in Dubai South will cater to the Middle Eastʼs growing demand of aftermarket repair capacity for Liebherr products that are on board a wide variety of commercial aircraft, business jets and helicopters. The new facility will be an EASA Part 145 certified Service Center with focus on air management systems components repair.

The expansion of Liebherrʼs MRO capacities in Dubai is one of the key elements for continuous extension of its customer support and services portfolio in the Middle East region.

Consolidating presence in Occitania

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Liebherrʼs center of excellence for environmental control and thermal management systems, has acquired two of its suppliers to reinforce its industrial capabilities and meet the growing needs of the aviation sector in context with the increasing aircraft production rates.

SIBI SAS, a subsidiary of the Industrial Family Group KEP Technologies, was acquired in December 2023 and integrated into the Liebherr Group under the name Liebherr-Aerospace Montauban SAS.

The company specializes in the industrialization and production of metal assemblies and is a key player in precision mechanics for the aerospace industry, particularly in the sheet metal sector, in machining of complex parts, welding, and assembly.

Only three months later, in March 2024, the company GIT Galvanoplastie Industrielle Toulousaine SAS was bought and also integrated into the Liebherr Group as Liebherr- Aerospace Coatings SAS. Based in Cugnaux, in the vicinity of Toulouse, the company specializes in surface treatment and the application of liquid paint on various materials for the aerospace industry.

Its industrial capacity and new cutting-edge processes enable Liebherr-Aerospace to support its growth and that of its customers.