News and press releases

Allamanno: Liebherr wheel loader and crawler excavator in the French département of Hautes-Alpes

Allamanno has recently purchased an L 538 wheel loader and an R 922 crawler excavator. The machines meet all the customer's safety and quality requirements. In the future, they will work both in urban environments and in the preparation of ski slopes at higher altitudes.

LTM 1450-8.1 from Advanced Cranes dismantles weir in Victoria

The restricted set-up area for a crane made this job a real challenge – an LTM 1450-8.1 from Australian crane contractor Advanced Cranes and Rigging dismantled a weir in Maffra. The hoisting equipment on the 60 year old structure and its concrete bridge were replaced. The weir is on Macalister River, around 200 kilometres east of Melbourne.

The first Liebherr R 936 Compact crawler excavator on Corsica

The Lanfranchi company performs earthworks and rock filling work in the Porto-Vecchio region on the island of Corsica, as well as work on traffic routes and various pipeline networks. The company was looking for an excavator with a weight of approx. 35 tonnes so that it could also handle more complex projects. It was to be versatile, easy to handle in confined spaces and comfortable for the operator.

Looking towards the future

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority recently took delivery of new Liebherr mobile harbour crane technology. The port is already successfully operating two LHM 280 for bulk handling operation since many years and is now preparing for future challenges. A new LHM 550 will give TLCPA the opportunity to handle bigger grabs and heavier project cargo goods.

Third Liebherr L 586 XPower® wheel loader for the Rinsche gravel plant

Liebherr L 586 XPower® wheel loaders perform impressively in load-and-carry operations.

Economical in mining operations: third Liebherr L 586 XPower® wheel loader for the Rinsche gravel plant

In the Soest Börde in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rinsche stone quarry extracts “German bluestone” and “Anröchter greenstone” also known as “Anröchter dolomite”. The Rinsche family business also mines large quantities of gravel. Three L 586 XPower® wheel loaders supplied by Liebherr play a significant part in this. The wheel loaders operate with impressively low consumption levels and high performance in load-and-carry operations they move up to 12 tonnes of limestone marl per loading cycle.

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.

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Air conditioning systems from Liebherr on board Hungarian passenger trains

Air conditioning systems from Liebherr ensure a high level of travel comfort in long-distance trains of the Hungarian State Railways.

Liebherr: MK 88 Plus achieves 300 lifts in three days

An MK 88 Plus belonging to crane service provider Nolte Auto-Krane has completed a veritable lifting marathon as part of a structural inspection of the North Sea barrage near Husum. During its tough eight-week assignment, the Liebherr crane lifted more than 1,800 loads of various types. The placing of the stop gates alone entailed the machine completing 300 lifts in just three days.

Darcy Pacheco increases capacities with a new LTM 1750-9.1

Cargo handling and special transport company Darcy Pacheco Soluções de Peso received its newest mobile crane: the 800-tonne-capacity giant LTM 1750-9.1 arrived in Brazil on June, 10th. Here the 9-axle-crane debuts its operations in maintenance of a thermoelectric plant in the northeast of the country. Darcy Pacheco ordered the heavy-duty crane with telescopic boom extension and 91 metre luffing jib.

The company Nouvelles Carrières d’Alsace (N.C.A) once again opts for Liebherr quality

Nouvelles Carrières d'Alsace was on the lookout for a new Liebherr excavator as a replacement for its former R 944 C excavator. Following a final test phase, Nouvelles Carrières d'Alsace opted for the R 945 G8, which has the same digging power as the R 944 C.

At a glance: Digital solutions from the world of Liebherr

A new website section on liebherr.com now offers customers a complete overview of a wide range of the Group’s digital solutions.

XpertAssist – real-time remote support

Liebherr enhances its existing remote service app and takes service to the next level. XpertAssist is not just an audio-video connection but combines remote service and traditional technical expertise with a number of technical tools to provide advanced support for customers. The new service is available for crawler cranes, deep foundation equipment and maritime cranes.

Liebherr-Transportation Systems: A hub for support and maintenance in the UK

Liebherr-Transportation Systems has a dedicated service facility in the UK with an experienced team of technicians.

The duty cycle crawler crane that changed Liebherr

Sometimes a single decision can establish a new era. Building the first Liebherr duty cycle crawler crane and presenting it as a world-first at Bauma 1980 was one of them. Now the first HS 870, the forefather of construction machinery production in Nenzing (Austria), has returned.

Liebherr USA. Co. launches partnership with Advance Technical Institute in new Co-op program for service technicians

The new Co-op program offers a unique opportunity for students in Advance Technical Institute’s (ATI) Heavy Vehicle Technology program to train and get hands on experience with Liebherr construction equipment.

Compact crane – Leitl adds LTC 1050-3.1 to its crane fleet

LK Leitl GmbH & Co. Kran KG based in Eggenfelden has extended its fleet with the purchase of a Liebherr LTC 1050 3.1 compact crane. The company plans to use this new crane particularly for jobs inside industrial buildings and in constricted environments. The Bavarian contractor decided to buy the elevating cab option which provides the crane operator with improved visibility of the site situation.