In the East Midlands, Liebherr is the region’s best company at the annual National Apprenticeship Award in the category BAE Systems Large Employer of Apprentices. The award takes place for the twelfth time and is organized by the National Apprenticeship Service. It is divided into two categories: apprentices who have made a noteworthy contribution to their workplaces; and businesses that grow their own talent with apprentices. Liebherr-Great BritainLtd. will now compete for the national award.
“This is an unbelievable accomplishment. Apprentices are the lifeblood of the business going forward and are definitely adding value to our workforce and support systems for our products”, stated Lee Mason, the Apprentice Programme Generalist for Liebherr-Great Britian Ltd.

19/10/2026
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Liebherr LR 11350 erects the world’s tallest wind turbine
At the end of September, what is now the world’s tallest wind turbine was completed. A Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane from Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG was used in the construction of the prototype of the so-called GICON high-altitude wind turbine in Lusatia, Brandenburg.

19/10/2026
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An investment of more than € 40 million euros, 12,000 m² of new space and 400 employees at the site by the end of 2026 are the impressive figures of Liebherr-Aerospace’s activities in Campsas, near Toulouse (France), where the company has officially opened its new industrial center of excellence for aerospace heat transfer equipment.

16/10/2026
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A historic suspension railway carriage is once again gliding through Wuppertal: using a Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane, Franz Bracht Kran-Vermietung GmbH lifted carriage 76, weighing around seven tonnes, into Wuppertal Central Station. Given the limited space available, precise operational planning and modern mobile crane technology were crucial.