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French Minister Delegate for Transport visits Liebherr

Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, the French Minister Delegate for Transport at the Ministry of Ecological Transition visited the Toulouse site of Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS on 8 July 2021 as part of a ministerial visit to the Occitanie region. An opportunity for Liebherr-Aerospace to present its product development strategy, which aims to prepare for the technological future of the company, meet environmental challenges such as the zero-carbon aircraft, and continue to pursue the diversification strategy it has been committed to for several years.

Transnacional adds used LTM 1500-8.1 to its crane fleet

Crane and passenger transport contractor Transnacional has taken delivery of a used Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane. The 8-axle 500 tonne crane was supplied by Liebherr-Ibérica, S.L from Spain to the company based in the north-east of Brazil. The versatility of the LTM 1500-8.1 and the company’s deep confidence in the Liebherr brand were the main criteria behind the decision.

Liebherr-Aerospace puts a new machining center integrating a Liebherr robot into operation

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Liebherr’s center of excellence for air management systems, has put into operation at its production site in Campsas (France), a new high capacity five-axis machining center featuring a state-of-the-art rotary pallet loading system. Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH, Liebherr’s center of excellence for gear technology and automation systems, supplied the robot. This innovation allows Liebherr-Aerospace to strengthen and modernize its production capacities and opens the door for Liebherr-Verzahntechnik to enter the aerospace market.

Everything remote: Distance not an issue for Liebherr

Remote products are the topic of the hour and due to the Covid-19 pandemic in greater demand than ever. All the better that the Liebherr Group has been working for a long time on such innovative solutions and is able to offer its customers appropriate products for various applications – for remote maintenance as well as for collaboration with local technicians.

Ten new Liebherr wheeled excavators for Julius Berger

Julius Berger has ordered ten more Liebherr A 920 Litronic wheeled excavators . In the past year the company purchased 30 earthmoving machines, including nine Liebherr wheeled excavators of the same type. The machines are to be used in the future for large-scale projects in Nigeria. The acceptance of the first five machines of the current order recently took place in Kirchdorf an der Iller.

Liebherr joins eFuel Alliance

Liebherr joined the eFuel Alliance e.V. on 1st of June 2021. The initiative, founded in 2020, is committed to the development and promotion of the worldwide production of synthetic fuels from renewable energies and their application in many areas. As the first representative from the off-highway sector, Liebherr, together with more than 135 companies and associations, is pursuing the goal of promoting the production and broad acceptance of eFuels as an alternative fuel in order to make a joint contribution to climate protection. Liebherr's membership demonstrates the Group's technology-open and future-oriented approach to research, development and promotion of alternative drive concepts.

1,300 maritime cranes – from Rostock to the world

Since the start of production in 2005, Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH has manufactured and delivered over 1,000 maritime cranes. Today, the numerous mobile harbour, ship and offshore cranes are in use in over 100 countries on all continents. Now the 1,300th crane has left the Rostock premises to its destination in Ghana.

Sand from Dubai for an experiment in Pinghu

Two Liebherr companies completed collaborative works for thorough testing of HVAC units designed for railway vehicles in the Middle East region.

“VarioBase® is the Ferrari of crane support systems”

Hildesheim-based K&W Autokrane GmbH & CO.KG has a fleet of eight mobile cranes. To date, an LTM 1030-2.1 and a compact LTC 1050-3.1 were its only machines bearing the Liebherr logo. Now the company has ordered three LTM mobile cranes from the Ehingen-based crane manufacturer. The reason behind the change of manufacturer – the extremely successful VarioBase® crane support system.

Rhenus Group relies on Liebherr

Rhenus Midgard is replacing a more than 20-year-old Liebherr LHM 320 with a new Liebherr machine. The LHM 420, recently delivered by project logistics specialist Rhenus Project Logistics, will mainly handle breakbulk and containers at the Dradenau Terminal in the Port of Hamburg.

Hüffermann sets up new rental fleet with tower cranes from Liebherr

Hüffermann Krandienst GmbH has purchased 70 Liebherr tower cranes in one go to set up its new rental fleet. A symbolic handover recently took place during a visit to Liebherr’s production facilities in Biberach.

Sustainability Award: EcoVadis Medal for Liebherr-Hausgeräte Lienz

For the second time Liebherr-Hausgeräte Lienz GmbH has been awarded the silver medal from EcoVadis, thereby firming up its position as a sustainable brand. With this award, EcoVadis is recognising the commitment of Liebherr in the fields of the environment, ethics, labour and human rights as well as sustainable procurement.

Liebherr (China) Co., Shanghai First Branch Receives ISO14001:2015 Certification

Liebherr (China) Co., Shanghai First Branch completed a successful audit and was granted ISO14001:2015 certification by TÜV SÜD.

Klema expands fleet with Liebherr LTM 1110-5.1 mobile crane

Klema Kranverleih GmbH based in Oberschleissheim has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1110-5.1 mobile crane. The new 110-tonne model will expand the Bavarian company’s fleet. The main factors behind the decision included the high performance and great variability of the LTM 1110-5.1 in terms of axle loads and transport weight.

First job in the Netherlands – Sarens erects wind turbines using Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane

Global green and heavy haulage contractor Sarens, whose head office is in Wolvertem, Belgium, took delivery of a new LR 11000 crawler crane from Liebherr in the spring. For its first job, the new 1000 tonne crane was assembled at Oostpolder wind farm, which is currently being built to the south of the Dutch port of Eemshaven. Sarens received the order from there to erect Enercon E-136 EP5 wind turbines with a hub height of 155 metres.

ALL relies on two Liebherr cranes for dual pick at bridge in Cleveland

Building bridges is never an easy job. Especially if this bridge runs over busy railway tracks. ALL Crane, one of the largest crane rental companies in the United States, relies on Liebherr cranes to place the bridge span in an ambitious time frame. The LTM 1450-8.1 and the LTM 1250-6.1 mobile cranes were the cranes of choice for this project in Cleveland, Ohio.

Liebherr mobile crane helps place explosives at a height of 140 metres

Two sites from a single location – whilst preparing explosives to demolish a coal-fired power station in Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia, the Liebherr mobile crane was working on another site at the same time due to high time pressure. Fitted with a luffing lattice jib with a maximum length of 91 metres, the new LTM 1650-8.1 from Bergheim-based crane contractor Wasel GmbH had to hoist explosives experts up to a platform on the chimney of the decommissioned power plant at a height of 140 metres. Façade components on the boilerhouse also had to be removed at the same time using radii of up to 80 metres.

Only truck-mounted cranes in the fleet – Krösche takes delivery of Liebherr LTF-1045 4.1 crane

Krösche-Kran Service GmbH has established itself as a special contractor for assembling prefabricated houses. The company’s headquarters are in Holzminden, Lower Saxony and exclusively uses telescopic cranes mounted on a standard truck chassis for its work throughout Germany. Liebherr handed over the second LTF 1045-4.1 truck-mounted telescopic crane this year to Krösche-Kran in May. They will replace old cranes in the fleet.