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.

Liebherr Indonesia’s established service leads to customer satisfaction

Liebherr Indonesia's commitment to provide the utmost quality of service has satisfied PT Hillconjaya Sakti (Hillcon), a new customer operating in Sebuku Tanjung Coal, South Kalimantan.

Three Liebherr Auto RMGs enter service at CSX Intermodal in North Carolina

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. are delighted to have handed over three fully automated rail mounted gantry cranes to the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal (CCX) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The cabinless RMGs have been supplied with Liebherr Remote operator Stations (ROS) for supervised moves and exception handling.

Liebherr presents new compact loader series

Liebherr has overhauled its compact loaders and expanded the series with the L 504 model.

Successful Liebherr-Aerospace’s Regional Technical Workshop in the USA

At the end of 2021, Liebherr hosted the Airbus Single Aisle and A220 Regional Technical Workshop in Saline, Michigan (USA).

Experts in refrigeration to unveil largest product lineup to date at KBIS 2022

Liebherr Refrigerators and Freezers to showcase new fully-integrated refrigerators line, debut in-person the Monolith Bottom Freezers, and invite attendees to experience the global reveal of an innovative refrigeration concept.

Number 27 in the company’s 27th year – Ullrich takes delivery of Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1

Ullrich Krane GmbH has taken delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1 mobile crane. The 60 tonne machine will supplement the crane fleet in the segment between 50 and 90 tonnes. It is the 27th crane that the Chemnitz-based company has bought from Liebherr during its 27 year history. Ullrich has exclusively operated Liebherr mobile cranes since it opened for business.

New Liebherr MK 88-4.1 heads to Italy

The Italian transport and crane company F.lli Zanoletti S.p.A. is upgrading its fleet with a new Liebherr MK 88-4.1 mobile construction crane. The flexible four-axle crane is ideal for assignments in densely built-up areas and for one-person handling. Its ecological and future-oriented hybrid power concept enables all-electric operation. Completing several tasks on the same day is also no problem at all for this mobile construction crane.

Fleet addition: new Liebherr LR 1700-1.0 crawler crane for Eurogrúas 2000

Spanish crane and heavy lift company Eurogrúas 2000 has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LR 1700-1.0 crawler crane. The new 700-tonne crane replaces a 600-tonne crawler crane that the Spanish company mainly used in the wind power sector. Eurogruas 2000 chose the LR 1700-1.0 because "the machine fits perfectly with the requirements of this market in terms of the weight and height of the current wind turbines", says Javier Sato, partner of Eurogrúas 2000. The new investment goes hand in hand with the company's strategy of always keeping its machinery technically up-to-date.

Liebherr crawler excavator R 960 SME conquers the world market

The R 960 SME is more than a 50-tonne powerhouse - it is a true 60-tonne crawler excavator. With its 70 tonne excavator undercarriage, it sets the benchmark in its market segment. The further development of the R 960 SME, which has already been available in Europe since 2012, was recently also launched in Africa, Asia and South America. As of now, the SME crawler excavator is also setting its sights on the Brazilian and Russian markets.

Liebherr-Aerospace Brasil receives new Embraer approvals

Liebherr-Aerospace Brasil entered on the approved suppliers list of Embraer to carry out the mechanical assembly and component blasting process. With the approvals, Liebherr-Aerospace Brasil increases its scope of supplying qualified services to Embraer and to other customers.

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.

German Ambassador visits Liebherr Singapore

Liebherr-Singapore welcomed the Ambassador of Germany to Singapore as well as the Executive Director of the Singapore-German Chamber of Commerce

100 percent Liebherr: Hess extends fleet with LTM 1150-5.3

Düsseldorf-based company Hess GmbH has strengthened its crane fleet with a Liebherr LTM 1150-5.3 mobile crane. This specialist contractor for company relocations, machine installation and machine transport services has its own crane department. This is responsible both for the rental and for the use of the cranes for its own machine installation work. Hess relies 100 percent on Liebherr mobile cranes.

Long-term partnership for Liebherr Indonesia

Liebherr Indonesia has recently entered its new business relationship with PT Karunia Armada Indonesia, an Indonesian mining contractor, through the handover of an R 9100 hydraulic excavator at the Tabang mine site in East Borneo, Indonesia. Another R 9200 mining excavator will follow soon.

Most powerful crane in the fleet – Wasel extends crawler crane portfolio with LR 11000

Wasel GmbH has taken delivery of a Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane to add to its growing fleet of lattice boom cranes. The 1000 tonne crane is the fifth and most powerful lattice boom crane operated by the Bergheim-based company. The LR 11000 passed its first test with flying colours at a wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bridge building with AS Manutention’s new LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane

Job successfully completed in Amiens, France – a new LTM 1750-9.1 from AS Manutention recently installed a pedestrian bridge. The pedestrian bridge was completed after just two days at the site. The investment in this Liebherr heavy duty crane with a lifting capacity of 800 tonnes, sees AS Manutention create a new division – ASM Heavy Lift.

Blade replacement at a wind farm – tandem hoist by Liebherr mobile cranes

Crane and transport contractor Grúas Ibarrondo took two Liebherr mobile cranes, an LTM 1750-9.1 and an LTM 1650-8.1, the first in Spain, to the Experimental Cener-Alaiz wind farm in Navarra, Spain, to replace three rotor blades on a wind turbine. The 650 tonne crane has been added to the Grúas Ibarrondo fleet and will strengthen the company’s position on the market.