News and press releases

Liebherr to supply and overhaul HVAC systems for Great Western Railway’s Class 158 trains

Liebherr will deliver and overhaul heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for Class 158 diesel multiple- unit trains operated by Great Western Railway Ltd. (UK).

Kamaz trucks with Liebherr diesel engines again among the winners of the Dakar Rally and Africa Eco Race 2016

Truck racing team Kamaz Masters sets forth its success story also this year: In the trucks equipped with Liebherr diesel engines, it finishes the Dakar Rally second and wins the Africa Eco Race 2016 in two categories.

Liebherr-Aerospace and Liebherr-Transportation Systems feature new pages on liebherr.com

Within the frame of Liebherr’s website revamping process, the division Aerospace and Transportation Systems represents its product areas with a new web design as of January 27th, 2016, under the liebherr.com umbrella.

World's first hydrostatically powered crawler tractor in the 70 tonnes category: Liebherr PR 776

Liebherr unveils its first crawler tractor in the 70 tonnes category – the New PR776. Designed for tough mining and quarry operations.

Liebherr SCRFilter: Exhaust-gas-aftertreatment system for diesel engines stage V

At the Bauma 2016, Liebherr presents a solution to comply with the EU emissions standard of the future stage V for diesel engines. The SCRFilter has already been certified for diesel engines stage IV and the Swiss market. The SCRFilter complies with the regulations planned for diesel engines stage V and is now being used in machines for tunnel construction. The SCRFilter system is part of the modular Liebherr engine concept, extremely compact and is characterised by long service intervals of over 4,500 hours.

Liebherr presents itself as full-service provider for deep foundation applications at the Bauma 2016

At the Bauma 2016 Liebherr emphasizes its function as full-service provider for deep foundation applications with the trade fair premiere of its piling and drilling rig LRB 355 and its duty cycle crawler crane HS 8130 HD. Furthermore, the popular LB 36 rotary drilling rig will be displayed in Munich with Kelly drilling equipment. All three deep foundation machines have already successfully proven their efficiency on jobsites throughout the world.

Three trade show premieres from the Liebherr Mobile Crane Division – innovations for efficient crane jobs

Liebherr will be presenting three trade show innovations from its mobile and crawler crane product range at Bauma 2016. The new cranes feature innovations to make crane jobs particularly efficient.

Flexible high performance: the new mobile concrete mixing plant Mobilmix 2.5 by Liebherr

The new concrete mixing plant Mobilmix 2.5 by Liebherr offers especially flexible operation, as it is easy to transport and can be set up within two days. This is advantageous for operating at sites with limited concrete production times or other challenging projects. Equipped with a state of the art twin shaft mixer, it is comparable to a stationary mixing plant with regard to performance and comfort.

New Liebherr Port Material Handler for powerful work cycles: The LH 110 C High Rise Port

Liebherr presents the LH 110 C High Rise Port Litronic material handler at Bauma 2016. The new Port series handlers complement the existing Industry and Timber product lines. The LH 110 Port is available in wheeled, crawler or gantry undercarriage variants with standard or high-rise cab configuration. LH 110 Port handler’s remarkable power capacity and low fuel consumption sets new standards in terms of efficiency.

High customer benefit through innovative design: the new Liebherr crawler crane LR 1100

At the Bauma 2016 Liebherr will present an innovative crawler crane concept for the 100-tonne class. The new LR 1100 will be available worldwide from summer 2016. Transport, set-up, lifting capacities and user-friendliness focus on optimizing customer benefit.

Liebherr XPower® wheel loaders with power-split driveline tested over 70,000 operating hours

The latest XPower® large wheel loaders with emission Stage IV / Tier 4f represent a milestone in the technological history of Liebherr wheel loaders. Due to the wide range of innovations, such as the power-split driveline installed as standard, Liebherr has subjected its new wheel loader generation to much tougher, more thorough and more extensive testing than ever before. Important main components, such as the innovative XPower® driveline and the larger axles, were found to be particularly durable in testing over 70,000 operating hours. The load programme in the test phases included traditional back loading as well as customer-specific special operations.

Liebherr and Teufelberger develop a high-strength fibre rope for crane operation

Together with the Austrian rope manufacturer Teufelberger Holding AG, Liebherr is developing a new type of high-strength fibre rope for hoisting operations. This project is based on a systematic cooperative venture between Liebherr engineers from various divisions, including Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH, as well as the three Liebherr manufacturing plants for tower cranes, mobile and crawler cranes and maritime cranes.

New Liebherr R 9200 Mining Excavator to be unveiled at Bauma 2016

At Bauma 2016, Liebherr will unveil its new entry into the 200 tonne excavator class: the R 9200, built to complement the broad Liebherr mining product range. The 12.5m³ bucket is the biggest in its class, and offers sustainable performance while delivering peak fuel burn efficiency, even in the most challenging conditions. This world-class mining excavator is designed to match mining trucks with payloads of up to 140 tonnes.

"Be Part of Something Bigger": Liebherr at Bauma 2016

At the 2016 Bauma trade fair from April 11 - 17, the Liebherr Group is showcasing many new and further developed products from every area of its extensive range of construction machines, mobile and crawler cranes, material handling technology, mining, as well as components, on a total display area of more than 14,000m².

Medium pressure pump added to Liebherr hydraulic portfolio

Liebherr component division presents at the Bauma 2016 the newly developed LH30VO axial piston pump of swash plate design. The medium pressure pump complements the existing product portfolio in the range of 280 bar nominal pressure and is suited for use in mobile machinery. The pump for all mobile applications with open circulation has a specific delivery rate of 45cm³ per rotation and is already available with two of the most common controls.

Liebherr Maritime Cranes: Next step in Transition to Rostock plant

With beginning of 2016, further design, sales and customer service resources for mobile harbour cranes, reachstackers, ship cranes as well as offshore cranes will operate out of our maritime production site in Rostock, Germany.

Liebherr Maritime Cranes: Next step in Transition to Rostock plant

With beginning of 2016, further design, sales and customer service resources for mobile harbour cranes, reachstackers, ship cranes as well as offshore cranes will operate out of our maritime production site in Rostock, Germany.

New Liebherr energy storage system Liduro increases productivity of electric drive systems

At the Bauma 2016, Liebherr is presenting for the first time its in-house developed energy storage system "Liduro". This new powerful and flexible system for electric drive systems is based on double layer capacitors.