News and press releases

Liebherr-Aerospace to Supply Main Gear Steering Equipment for Boeing’s 777 and 777X

Boeing Commercial Airplanes has awarded Liebherr-Aerospace another contract for their 777 and 777X programs. Liebherr-Aerospace will deliver two electronic components of the main gear steering system for the two wide-bodies: the main gear steering control unit and the nose gear steering position transducer.

Günter Jung GmbH relies on Liebherr L 580 XPower® wheel loader for greywacke extraction

Rugged American lorries for bulk material transportation are pairing up with high-performance Liebherr equipment for the greywacke extraction process. Based in Germany’s Sauerland region in North Rhine-Westphalia, quarrying company Günter Jung GmbH operates a very special fleet of machinery, which boasts the L 580 XPower® wheel loader as its latest addition. About a year on from purchasing it, company owner Günter Jung is very satisfied with the machine: ‘We are glad to have chosen the XPower® wheel loader from Liebherr. It delivers loads of power while being efficient and reliable’, he said. The L 580 XPower® is predominantly used in load-and-carry applications and feeds material into crushers and lorries. An eye-catcher in its own right, the wheel loader turns even more heads when it is loading one of the American lorries.

Liebherr hydraulic injection components for heavy commercial vehicles

Liebherr exhibits at the leading trade fair for the commercial vehicle industry, the IAA Commercial Vehicles, for the first time in 2018, and presents the newly-developed hydraulic injection components for heavy commercial vehicles to trade visitors. With the LI1 injector platform and the matching LP7.2 high pressure pump, Liebherr's component division is expanding its portfolio of injection technologies for use in light-, medium- and heavy-duty engines.

Premiere at InnoTrans: Voith and Liebherr unveil their brand new ˮVoith Rail Engine”

Today, Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Ing. (ETH) Willi Liebherr, President of the Administrative Board of Liebherr-International AG and Dr. Uwe Knotzer, Member of the Corporate Board of Management of Voith and Chairman of the Management Board of Voith Turbo, unveil the ˮVoith Rail Engine” at InnoTrans in Berlin. Showcased as one of the trade fair highlights of global technology group Voith, the powerful and low-emission engine for rail vehicles is the result of joint development efforts of both technology-leading companies.

Holding Graz relies on service expertise of Liebherr-Transportation Systems

Liebherr-Transportation Systems will maintain the air conditioning systems in the Graz Variobahn.

Liebherr Components premieres at Electra Mining Africa 2018

For the first time, Liebherr presents its mining diesel engine portfolio on the African market. Southern Africa's biggest tradeshow since 1972, the Electra Mining Africa in Johannesburg, offers the right platform to showcase the latest innovations and technologies. Therefore, the Liebherr Components division has chosen the show to present its D98 diesel engine series to the professional public in South Africa.

First H145 helicopters delivered to Rega – Liebherr-Aerospace Technology on Board

Swiss Air-Rescue Rega has received its first new H145 helicopter. Liebherr-Aerospace provides important components for this rotor wing program.

Reach for the Sky: Housing Project in Hong Kong

Three Liebherr duty cycle crawler cranes were recently involved in the deep foundation work for a housing project in Hong Kong. Piles with a volume of 300 m³ each were installed in a restricted space with especially difficult ground conditions.

Getting tested: R 9400 with Liebherr D9812 engine in Héming, France

The Liebherr R 9400 powered by a D9812 Liebherr engine is getting tested on a cement plant in Héming in the Northeast of France.

Liebherr at InnoTrans 2018

From 18th to 21st September, Liebherr presents at InnoTrans in Berlin (Germany) a wide range of systems and shows its strong innovative capacity in the areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, hydraulic actuation systems and rail excavators as well as components.

New power electronics for maritime applications by Liebherr at SMM 2018

At SMM 2018, the leading international maritime trade fair, Liebherr unveils the low-voltage frequency converter system Liduro Marine for applications with a drive power of up to 5,000 kW to the professional public.

Ibarrondo receives first Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane with new SL20F2 boom system in Spain

The Ibarrondo Group has purchased a Liebherr LG 1750 for erecting wind turbines. The new 750 tonne lattice boom mobile crane features the new SL20F2 boom system which is designed for the low cost erection of heavy equipment on wind turbine towers up to 100 metres in height. The elimination of a derrick system means fast set up, easy manoeuvring from one wind power generator to the next and a reduction in the number of transport units.

23 Liebherr tower cranes at the airport expansion project in Santiago de Chile

The Liebherr Tower Cranes Division is once again proving its expertise in airport construction: A total of 23 Liebherr tower cranes are being used for the extension of the "Santiago Nueva Pudahuel International" in Chile. 15 Flat-Top cranes and three High-Top cranes have already been assembled and are providing optimum load handling.

Liebherr services air conditioning units of Ningbo Underground in China

Maintenance of the air conditioning systems for Ningbo Metro Line 1 will be provided by Zhejiang Liebherr Zhongche Transportation System Co. Ltd.

First Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane in the Baltic states

Crane contractor JSC "Strele logistics" has added to its fleet with a new Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane. The long telescopic boom, outstanding load charts and the economy of the Liebherr single-engine concept on the eight-axle crane were the main points behind the investment in the new crane.

TPV adds new Liebherr R 914 Compact crawler excavator to its fleet

The Alsace-based construction company TPV (Travaux Publics du Vignoble) from Sundhoffen has acquired a new Liebherr R 914 Compact crawler excavator with Stage IV / Tier 4f engine. The new compact excavator is to be used primarily for earthmoving tasks, the development of water supply networks and the construction of outdoor areas for private homes.

Liebherr lattice boom mobile crane hoists giant lock gates

All six gates on the barrage of the fishing and yacht dock had to be removed for the refurbishment of the dock gates in Büsum. A Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane had a genuine challenge on its hands, namely hoisting the 90 tonne steel gates. With a radius of 67 metres, the massive crane had to manage a gross load of over 100 tonnes.

Liebherr mobile cranes install a weight of 180 tonnes in a tandem hoist

Teamwork in our home town – in June two Liebherr mobile cranes replaced a 20 year old debarking drum at the Sappi paper factory in Ehingen. This is also the location of the Liebherr manufacturing plant for mobile and crawler cranes. An LTM 1350-6.1 from Rieger & Moser and an LTM 1400-7.1 from Fricke-Schmidbauer worked together to carefully hoist the 90 tonnes load.