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New top dog – Sommer invests in Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane

Sommer Kranverleih GmbH based in Bremen has upgraded its fleet – the 800 tonne LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane is now the company’s flagship. The Liebherr 9-axle crane is now supplied as standard with new lifting capacity values which upgrade the crane almost throughout its entire operating range. The performance of the LTM 1750-9.1 has been significantly upgraded particularly for wind power jobs.

Liebherr USA, Co. adds Lincoln Klemola as new Manager of Field Services for its Mining division

Liebherr USA, Co. announces Lincoln Klemola as the new Manager of Field Services for its Mining Sales division in the western United States.

Digitalisation in a diversified company

From remote services through condition monitoring to jobsite installations – with the aid of new information technologies and digital data, the Liebherr Group develops new solutions and business models.

Training start 2020: this is how 400 apprentices started their careers at Liebherr

This year, too, numerous young people started their careers at Liebherr and begun their studies or classic apprenticeship.

“The V-frame makes us extremely flexible”

The fourth generation of the owner family of crane and heavy haulage contractor Wiesbauer GmbH made their first trip to the Liebherr plant in Ehingen to take delivery of a crane. This traditional family-run company based in Bietigheim-Bissingen (Baden-Württemberg) has significantly upgraded its crane fleet. Not only did the Swabian company take delivery of another LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane, but an LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane and a new 1000 tonne crawler crane were also added to its fleet. This LR 11000 celebrated a fantastic premiere in summer by hoisting a bridge to the north-east of Stuttgart.

Liebherr fleet of five T 264 mining trucks goes to Australia

Five 240 tonne Liebherr T 264 off-highway haul trucks were commissioned in early 2020 for use at Dawson Mine in Queensland, Australia.

German Embassy Delegates visit Liebherr Singapore

In September 2020, Liebherr-Singapore welcomed the Armaments Attaché as well as the Defence Attaché from the Embassy of Germany to Singapore.

Chantiers de France and DLR Grand Prix Matériels: Martin Schickel named person of the year

Martin Schickel, managing director of Liebherr-France SAS, Colmar (France), has been named person of the year. Awarded by the jurors for the Grand Prix Matériels (Grand Prize for Equipment) from trade magazine Chantiers de France and French professional association DLR, this prize honours not just a year but an entire career in equipment distribution, rental and production. This journey through a profession and an industry has been closely intertwined with the Liebherr brand.

Liebherr Mining and VA Erzberg: an innovative partnership

At Bauma 2019, VA Erzberg and Liebherr have concluded a development contract for a Trolley assist system for the T 236 (100t mining truck). Since then the iron ore mine has been testing the diesel-electric truck in Austria.

Liebherr supplies landing gear actuators for Boeing’s 777 and 777X aircraft

Liebherr delivered two main gear steering power control actuators to Boeing’s testing laboratory in Seattle.

New at Liebherr: Electronic Manufacturing Services

The Liebherr Components Division is growing and expanding its service portfolio at the Lindau site. In addition to comprehensive services relating to the Test Center for electronics, Liebherr now also offers Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS).

First Step into Space: Liebherr-Aerospace to Develop Thermal Management Capabilities for Satellites

Gaining a partnership with European space manufacturer Thales Alenia Space and Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Liebherr is entering a new market: Liebherr-Aerospace, who has been active in the aviation industry for decades, is developing thermal management capabilities for a Mechanically Pumped Loop (MPL) cooling system for satellites.

From Bauma to Brandenburg: New L 586 XPower® for Meyer Erdbau GmbH & Co. KG

At Meyer Recycling GmbH, the subsidiary of Meyer Erdbau GmbH & Co. KG from Schönwalde-Glien (Brandenburg, Germany), a special wheel loader recently started operations at the company's recycling site: The L 586 XPower® that Liebherr exhibited at Bauma 2019. At the world's largest construction machinery trade fair, the wheel loader, with just joystick steering, was a magnet for visitors. Since the fair, Liebherr had been using the L 586 XPower® for internal purposes, now the machine - weighing almost 33 tonnes - is recycling building materials for Meyer Recycling GmbH.

Liebherr MK 88-4.1 mobile construction crane handover in Andalusia

Grúas Alhambra, a Spanish lifting and transport service company based in Granada, continues to opt for Liebherr and has taken delivery of a new MK 88-4.1 mobile construction crane.

Liebherr Overhauls Landing Gears for Austral

Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by Austral Líneas Aereas to overhaul the landing gears of the airline’s Embraer E-Jet E190 fleet. It is the first major contract for Liebherr in Argentina. The overhaul activities have already started in July 2020 and are performed by Liebherr-Aerospace’s customer service facility in Saline, Michigan (USA).

A new Liebherr crawler excavator: R 940 Demolition replaces R 944 C

The Liebherr-France SAS development and production site launches a new machine on the global market: As a successor to the R 944 C, the R 940 Demolition complements the product range, which already includes the R 950 Demolition and the R 960 Demolition.

Winds of change: Liebherr Components in Brazil

With continental dimensions being as vast as they are, Brazil is a country of great contrasts. They reach far beyond the environmental ones with versatile climatic regions and terrain, like the Amazon Jungle, rough mountains and over 7,000 kilometers of beaches. The cultural, social and economic diversity add to it and mark the grandeur of this Latin American country.

On the Way from Paris to Prague

The LB 45 is the successor of the proven drilling rig LB 36. For the rebuilding of the Neckartal Bridge at Heilbronn the company Hochtief Infrastructure GmbH installed successfully the foundation piles.