News and press releases

Handover of keys at Bauma 2019: Family-run company is pleased with new Liebherr duty cycle crawler crane

Shortly after Bauma 2019 opened its doors, the first customer already received a new machine. The Spanish company Cimentaciones Abando received the key for a brand new HS 8070.

All Family of Companies takes delivery of 1,000th Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane produced

Representatives from Liebherr and the ALL Family of Companies recently celebrated a milestone – the handover of the 1,000th LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane ever produced.

Alternative drive concepts by Liebherr – the ideal solution for every application

At Bauma 2019, Liebherr will be presenting innovative drive concepts for various applications. Liebherr is continuously developing drive concepts so that the Group is prepared for future requirements and can offer its customers solutions for today and tomorrow.

Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane delivers top load capacities on eight axles with telescopic boom lengths of 54 and 80 metres

Liebherr unveils a new 8-axle mobile crane at the Bauma. The LTM 1650-8.1 is designed to deliver maximum performance. The new Liebherr mobile crane has large shoes to fill as it is the successor to the best-selling large crane of all time – with almost 600 units of the LTM 1500-8.1 have been delivered to date.

Cost-effective transport with a 60 metre telescopic boom – Liebherr unveils its new LTM 1110-5.1 at the Bauma

High load capacities with a long telescopic boom together with excellent global mobility are the main features of the new LTM 1110-5.1 to be unveiled by Liebherr at the Bauma. The new 5-axle crane achieves axle loads of 12 tonnes with 13.1 tonnes of ballast, but can also be driven with a gross weight of less than 48 tonnes with a maximum axle load of 10 tonnes.

Further Development of the MyLiebherr Online Portal

Customers, service partners and Liebherr employees can access an extensive range of online services provided by the Liebherr Group via the MyLiebherr platform. Various additions and new features are also in the pipeline.

Liebherr to present numerous earthmoving innovations at Bauma 2019

At Bauma 2019 Liebherr will present numerous innovations and product innovations for its earthmoving range. In the range „Innovation. Share&Explore“ and at daily shows visitors will be able to experience at the stand clearly the effects of future-focused technologies to the range.

Facelift: Liebherr mobile construction crane MK 88-4.1

Liebherr has updated its existing four-axle crane and will present the new MK 88-4.1 at Bauma 2019. The additional number at the end of the product name reflects the 4 axles and that it is the first version of this crane type. Featuring proven MK technology, this mobile construction crane is even more powerful and flexible than its predecessor. This is especially evident in a luffed jib position.

An addition to Liebherr's L1 series: the L1-32

Liebherr expands its L1 series and presents the L1-32 at Bauma 2019. The powerful lightweight crane is particularly characterised by its efficient transport logistics and its flexible ballast concept.

Hatton Crane & Rigging expands fleet with two Liebherr rough terrain cranes

When Hatton Crane & Rigging needs to perform a lift, their first choice recently has often been to put a Liebherr LRT 1100-2.1 rough terrain crane on the job.

The first LTM 1230-5.1 mobile crane goes to Switzerland – Christen takes delivery of new Liebherr 230-tonne machine

In mid-March, Swiss company Christen took delivery of the first ever new LTM 1230-5.1 mobile crane, which Liebherr unveiled at its Customer Days last year in Ehingen.

The first LTM 1230-5.1 mobile crane goes to Switzerland – Christen takes delivery of new Liebherr 230-tonne machine

Long, powerful and versatile is how Liebherr presented its new LTM 1230-5.1 mobile crane at its Customer Days last year in Ehingen. Swiss company Christen was quickly persuaded by the features of the 230-tonne crane with its 75 metre telescopic boom and immediately placed an order for one. The management team took delivery of the first model of this new crane at the manufacturing plant on the River Danube in mid-March this year.

Frost protection for King Ludwig II’s palace garden

Every autumn, when the streams of visitors to Herrenchiemsee Palace start to dwindle, the park next to this magnificent building on the island in Chiemsee is made ready for winter. In addition to clearing thousands of plants in the gardens, this also includes protecting the fountains there from frost. A mobile crane owned by BKL Baukran Logistik GmbH was driven from the company’s headquarters to the largest of the Bavarian lakes in November with the job of hoisting large scaffold hoods over these fountains, some of which are enormous.

RMS Cranes selects Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane for gas and oil industry construction project lift in Texas

RMS Cranes selected a Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane to lift three demethanizer towers for a major cryogenic gas processing plant in Reeves County, Texas. One tower has been completed with two left to set next month. Each tower weighs approximately 231 US tons, and are more than 197 feet tall and 11 feet in diameter.

Two used Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes and a new LR 1750/2 crawler crane for Burger

Chilean crane contractor Burger Grúas has had two used LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes retrofitted at the Liebherr manufacturing plant to suit the special needs of the numerous climate zones in the country. Currently the two cranes are erecting turbines at a wind farm in southern Chile. A new Liebherr LR 1750/2 crawler crane with the innovative SX boom system is already in action at a mine in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Later, it will also be used for erecting wind turbines.

Liebherr USA, Co. announces new national sales manager for used crane mobile and crawler crane products

Liebherr USA, Co., Mobile and Crawler Cranes Division is pleased to announce that Reese Barnes has joined Liebherr as the sales manager for used mobile and crawler crane products.

Trand set to take delivery of first Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane in the United States

Trand Inc. is scheduled to take delivery of the first Liebherr LG 1750 in the US on March 22 at the Port of Galveston, Texas.

United Crane & Rigging takes delivery of Liebherr LRT 1100-2.1 rough terrain crane

United Crane & Rigging (UCR) recently took delivery of its first Liebherr LRT 1100-2.1 rough terrain crane.