News and press releases

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.

In the spotlight: Liebherr cranes help create impressive stage sets

LED cubes instead of concrete blocks, Roman antiquity instead of modern apartments, culture instead of construction sites: Liebherr cranes help to build and dismantle sets, and are even sometimes part of the production, so that theatres across Europe are never left with an empty stage. From bottom- and top-slewing cranes to mobile construction cranes, various machine types have impressed with their intelligent assistance systems, long reach and high load capacity in Verona, Frankfurt and Bregenz this season.

Liebherr tower cranes get new touch display with smart operating system

It’s essential for crane operators to have key operating settings in view at all times to ensure safe and precise lifting – and these need to be presented with clarity. Along with its intuitive TC-OS user interface, the new-generation EMS-4 brings together these two requirements in a twelve-inch display. Crane operators and assembly engineers will now be able to navigate their way through a menu structure geared to their needs via multi-touch technology

New York: Liebherr 125 K crane erects eight-storey residential building

Maximum reach, an external cab and a special paint finish: The American customer Extreme Construction Inc. has opted for the Liebherr 125 K crane for the construction of an apartment building near New York. It’s the largest fast-erecting crane in its class and has been specifically designed for residential, industrial and road construction purposes.

Looping the cosmic loop

At the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, one of the largest research facilities on the development of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present day, is being built: FAIR. The heart of the facility is a 1.1-kilometer-long particle accelerator. A structure with cosmic dimensions...

Smart support from Liebherr High-Top crane boosts production

Powerful, space-saving and solid – this is how Antonio Basso S.p.A, an Italian manufacturer of pre-cast concrete parts, describes the 1000 EC-H 50 Litronic crane from Liebherr. The crane moves pre-cast concrete parts weighing several tonnes on a daily basis at the company’s headquarters in Treviso and is intelligently networked with the ERP system there. The incline of the on-site crane track also played a pivotal role in opting for the new machine from Liebherr.

Liebherr sells its 2000th 34 K fast-erecting crane

Liebherr has sold its 2000th 34 K fast-erecting crane to Mathis Bau AG. The Swiss construction and transport company is a long-standing customer of the construction machinery manufacturer and already uses several Liebherr cranes in its diverse areas of operation.

Liebherr fast-erecting crane 34 K at work on the tallest building in the Benelux region

The Liebherr 34 K crane, part of the rental fleet of Netherlands-based crane specialist Van der Spek Vianen B.V., had been commissioned to work on the tallest building in the Benelux region by customer Civiele technieken deBoer bv. An overhead crane had been used to lift the bottom-slewing crane 190 metres into the air, where the roof of a lifting platform was dismantled.

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.

Hüffermann sets up new rental fleet with tower cranes from Liebherr

Hüffermann Krandienst GmbH has purchased 70 Liebherr tower cranes in one go to set up its new rental fleet. A symbolic handover recently took place during a visit to Liebherr’s production facilities in Biberach.

Liebherr transfers rental business for tower cranes in Paris and Northern France to Hexagone Services S.A.S.

On 1 September 2021 Liebherr will hand over its rental business of tower cranes in the French region Ile-de-France and Northern France to Hexagone Services S.A.S. In this context, Liebherr-Grues à Tour SAS in Fontenay-Trésigny, the technical support centre for the Tower Cranes product segment, will become the National Technical Centre for Liebherr Tower Cranes in France.

Top-class logistics: 25 Liebherr tower cranes at work on the Überseequartier district in Hamburg’s HafenCity area

25 Liebherr tower cranes are involved in the construction of the Überseequartier, a new district in Hamburg. This is part of the well-known HafenCity urban development project and comprises 14 buildings of various types. Liebherr is working closely with dealer Feurig and contractor Züblin on the project’s planning and implementation.

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.

Niederstätter expands sales and service activities for Liebherr tower cranes in Italy

Niederstätter AG, service provider for the construction industry, is now the official sales and service partner for Liebherr tower cranes in the whole region of Lombardy. Both companies look back on several decades of successful collaboration. Niederstätter has already been responsible for the sales of Liebherr tower cranes in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto as well as the province of Pordenone in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, and operates multiple branches in the regions. In order to be close to customers in Lombardy, too, a service and training facility will open soon in Castelli Calepio near Bergamo.

Family outing: Four Liebherr K series cranes support bridge construction project

Great teamwork by four Liebherr K series tower cranes in the centre of the Emsland region in North West Germany: two 81 K.1 and two 53 K cranes are currently being used for concrete work and formwork transport purposes during the construction of a bridge measuring over 200 metres in length.

Liebherr MK 88-4.1 mobile construction crane handover in Andalusia

Grúas Alhambra, a Spanish lifting and transport service company based in Granada, continues to opt for Liebherr and has taken delivery of a new MK 88-4.1 mobile construction crane.

Cranes in black: Three Liebherr L1-32 fast-erecting cranes for Heims Holzbau

Family-run general contractor Heims Holzbau has ordered three new Liebherr L1-32 fast-erecting cranes. All three are already in operation; Heims is happy.

Liebherr machinery was involved in constructing German landmarks

Construction changes our world. It creates new architectural masterpieces and shapes the skylines of our cities. A lot of famous landmarks in Germany were built using Liebherr machinery.