News et communiqués de presse

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 rejoint l'eFuel Alliance

Liebherr a rejoint l'eFuel Alliance e.V. le 1er juin 2021. L'initiative, fondée en 2020, s'engage en faveur du développement et la promotion de la production mondiale de carburants synthétiques issus d'énergies renouvelables et de leur application dans de nombreux domaines. Liebherr est le premier représentant du secteur «Off-Highway» (véhicules hors route). En collaboration avec plus de 135 entreprises et associations, le Groupe poursuit l'objectif de promouvoir davantage la production et la large acceptation des e-carburants (= eFuels) en tant que carburant alternatif afin d'apporter une contribution commune à la protection du climat. L'adhésion de Liebherr démontre l'approche à la fois ouverte sur la technologie et orientée vers l'avenir du Groupe en matière de recherche, de développement et de promotion de concepts d'entraînement alternatifs.

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.

Liebherr et GM développent un système de génération de puissance électrique par piles à combustible HYDROTEC pour des applications aéronautiques

General Motors et Liebherr-Aerospace ont décidé de collaborer au développement d’un système de génération de puissance électrique par piles à hydrogène HYDTROTEC pour des applications aéronautiques. Les deux sociétés vont mettre à profit l’expertise de Liebherr dans l’intégration de systèmes embarqués pour l’aéronautique, ainsi que la position de leader de GM dans la technologie des piles à hydrogène, afin de développer un système adapté aux exigences de performance des avions commerciaux.

Three new Liebherr mobile cranes for Coamtra-Symco

Coamtra-Symco, a family-run company based in Argentina, has taken delivery of three new Liebherr mobile cranes. Its two new 5-axle cranes, an LTM 1230-5.1 and an 1250-5.1 were delivered to Buenos Aires at the start of this year. An LTM 1120-4.1 will arrive in June at the company’s base in Montevideo, Uruguay. Aspects of safety, economy and versatility were among the criteria behind Coamtra-Symco’s decision to buy the three cranes.

Liebherr LHM 800 takes Veemnatie to new heights

Liebherr delivers the largest crane from its portfolio of mobile harbour cranes to Veemnatie’s new terminal. Founded in 2018, the Veemnatie company merger comprises 5de Havendok NV and Steinweg Belgium. The new machine will be used at a recently developed dry bulk terminal in the Port of Antwerp.

Fourth Liebherr crawler crane in a year – Al Faris takes delivery of LR 1500

Al Faris has increased its crawler crane portfolio by taking delivery of four Liebherr crawler cranes in just twelve months. The latest purchase by the Dubai-based crane contractor is an LR 1500. It follows LR 1400, LR 1600/2 and LR 1800-1.0 cranes. High lifting capacities with compact dimensions designed for economical transport were the main criteria behind the decision to buy the Liebherr 500 tonne crane.