News and press releases

Joryf expands crane fleet with 220 EC-B 10

The French construction group Joryf has ordered another Liebherr tower crane, a 220 EC-B 10 flat-top crane. The company had already taken an order for ten 150 EC-B 8 cranes from Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH in 2020.

Liebherr breaks ground for new hydraulic cylinder plant in Oberopfingen

Liebherr’s components product segment is expanding hydraulic cylinder production with a new building at the Oberopfingen site. With the new plant, the mechanical production for hydraulic cylinders will join the existing main plant starting from 2024.

Railway industry in China: Liebherr expands its own market access

Liebherr sells its shares of the Joint Venture Zhejiang Liebherr Zhongche Transportation Systems Co., Ltd. and focuses on fully owned company.

The order from the far north

The Liebherr service team was astonished when they received a call with a surprising request shortly before Christmas.

Liebherr large order: WASEL invests 60 million euros

As a new subsidiary of the Hagedorn Group, WASEL GmbH is continuing and expanding its close cooperation with Liebherr. In a new major order worth 60 million euros, WASEL has bought an LTC 1050-3.1E, an LRT 1130-2.1, an LTM 1750-9.1, an LR 1700-1.0 and an LR 11000, in addition to other Liebherr machines.

Entry into Service: Liebherr-Aerospace on board the C919

On December 9, 2022, COMAC delivered its first C919 to launch operator China Eastern Airlines. Liebherr supplies major systems for this new aircraft.

LiMain remote maintenance showcased live

Well-known representatives from the offshore wind industry were convinced live of the benefits of remotely maintaining cranes with the help of LiMain – Liebherr Intelligent Maintenance. LiMain is a fully digital, remote, and semiautomatic maintenance system that saves platform operators significant investments and resources. Thanks to remote maintenance, platform operators can remotely maintain the crane on manned or unmanned platform.

Faster rail travel: Liebherr cranes help build the Filstal Bridge

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is set to open the new Wendlingen-Ulm line, and with it the Filstal Bridge near Mühlhausen im Täle, as changes to the rail timetable take effect on 11 December 2022. Four reliable Liebherr high-top cranes have been involved in the construction of Germany's third-highest railway bridge: a 280 EC-H 12 Litronic, two 280 EC-H 16 Litronic and a 630 EC-H 40 Litronic.

Successful business deal at Bauma 2022: LEONHARD WEISS orders ten Liebherr railroad excavators

LEONHARD WEISS GmbH & Co KG, one of the leading construction companies in Europe, is expanding its machine portfolio and once again relying on Liebherr. The order for ten new A 922 Rail Litronic was concluded at Bauma 2022.

Monnis and Liebherr finalised substantial supply contract at Bauma 2022

During the 2022 Bauma trade fair, Monnis – a large technology and equipment supplier within the Mongolian mining industry – and Liebherr confirmed a significant supply deal.

“There’s no getting around the LTM 1650-8.1”

Autokrane Schares GmbH has reinforced its ranks with an LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane. The 700-tonne crane is the fourth 8-axle model that the crane and heavy-haulage company from North Rhine-Westphalia has purchased from Liebherr since 2015.

Liebherr supports safety simulations at US operations

The Newport News Technical Rescue Team (TRT) visited Liebherr USA, Co. for three days to simulate various rescue scenarios with onsite heavy equipment.

“On Your Site” with 16 new Liebherr cranes

Saudi Arabian crane and heavy haulage company Rezayat Sparrow has taken delivery of 16 new Liebherr mobile cranes, including two rough terrain cranes and 14 all terrain cranes with lifting capacities of up to 700 tonnes. The symbolic handover of the keys took place at Bauma.

18 Liebherr mobile cranes for Saudi Arabia: GHHL signs contract at Bauma

Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company (GHHL) signed a contract at Bauma for the delivery of a total of 18 mobile cranes. The new cranes will expand the Saudi Arabian crane and transport company's fleet of cranes between 100 and 300 tonnes lifting capacity. For GHHL, the high quality and the good after-sales service were important decision-making criteria for ordering from Liebherr.

Ten Liebherr tower cranes are helping to build the largest timber campus in Europe

Birds singing, a park with 1,000 planted trees and modern workplaces surrounded by an abundance of wood: this is the vision for “Arboretum”, the largest timber campus in Europe. Ten Liebherr EC-B series tower cranes are involved in the 650 million Euro project in Nanterre near Paris, France. The campus is designed to create a new connection between nature and the workplace and is sustainable thanks to its solid wood construction.

Nine axles for Saudi Arabia: Bin Quraya adds an LTM 1750-9.1 to its crane fleet

Bin Quraya has strengthened its crane fleet with an LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane. Liebherr handed over the symbolic key to the Saudi Arabian company at the Bauma stand in Munich.

Eight new cranes in eight years: Rahlf strengthens fleet with an LTM 1160-5.2

The German Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn is getting a new Liebherr mobile crane. Rahlf-Krane GmbH, based there, has strengthened its crane fleet with an LTM 1160-5.2. The 180-tonne crane is the eighth new crane in eight years that the family-owned company has procured. All of them were made by Liebherr.

Using lava stones in cooling and freezing facilitates a quantum leap in energy efficiency

Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH is revolutionising technology in its fridges and freezers. Liebherr is the only manufacturer in the world to use a vacuum in conjunction with finely ground lava stone, the raw material perlite, to insulate its appliances. The first vacuum perlite models, named BluRoX, will be on the market as early as January 2023. For the very first time, it is possible to produce freezers with the energy efficiency class “A” and “B” in accordance with EU legislation thanks to the innovative technology.