references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message liebherr group type aktiengesellschaft industry heavy equipment founded 1949 headquarters bulle switzerland key people isolde liebherr and willi liebherr ceo & chairman products construction & agriculture machinery revenue eur 8.823 billion 2014 1 net income eur 316 million 2014 2 number of employees 40 839 2014 3 website the liebherr group the liebherr group is a large equipment manufacturer based in switzerland . it consists of over 130 companies organized into ten divisions earthmoving mining mobile cranes tower cranes concrete technology maritime cranes aerospace and transportation systems machine tools and automation systems domestic appliances and components . it has a worldwide workforce of over 41 000 with 8.8 billion euros in revenue for 2014 . by 2007 it was the world s largest crane company . established in 1949 by hans liebherr 4 in kirchdorf an der iller baden w rttemberg germany the business is still entirely owned by the liebherr family . isolde and willi son of hans liebherr are the chief executive and chairman of the bulle switzerland based liebherr international ag and several other family members are actively involved in corporate management . in 2005 forbes magazine listed them as billionaires . in 1974 the franklin institute awarded hans liebherr the frank p. brown medal . 5 contents 1 history 2 products 3 gallery 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit starting by building affordable tower cranes liebherr expanded into making aircraft parts it is a significant supplier to europe s airbus plane maker and commercial chiller displays and freezers as well as domestic refrigerators . the group also produces some of the world s biggest mining and digging machinery including loaders excavators and extreme size dump trucks . the t 282 b is the world s 2nd biggest truck after belaz 75710 . the group s nine axle mobile crane the ltm 11200 9.1 with a 100 metres 328 ft telescopic boom in 2007 received the heavy lifting industry s development of the year award for being the world s most powerful example of such a machine . over the years the family business has grown into a group of varied companies and has locations in many countries including germany australia britain ireland and the united states . since 1958 its irish factory in killarney co. kerry has built container cranes exporting them worldwide through the port of fenit . in australia the group in 2013 commenced an au 65 million expansion of their local headquarters in adelaide . the development includes adding a new three storey office workshops warehouse component plant and distribution centre to the para hills facility . 6 in the u.s. the group in 2012 started spending us 45.4 million about 34.1 million on a three year renovation and expansion of its newport news virginia factory offices and warehouse . the company sought to increase its production there beyond 100 mining trucks a year . on 19 february 2013 representatives from the commonwealth of virginia and the cities of newport news and hampton announced that they would make grants and incentives available for transport improvement training and property investment . 7 in april 2014 liebherr announced they would invest 160 million euros at its production site in bulle switzerland . 8 products edit the current line of products manufactured by the company includes earth moving equipment mining equipment cranes mobile crawler tower maritime mobile construction deep foundation machines concrete handling equipment material handling equipment port equipment machine tools automation systems domestic refrigerators and freezers aircraft equipment mechanical hydraulic electrical and electronic components and subcomponents 9 liebherr currently has the world s most powerful and tallest crawler crane in lr 13000 . it is capable of lifting 3000 tonnes and has a maximum pulley height of 248 metres . this is achieved with the attachment of an additional 126m long lattice jib to the 120m main boom . the height of the crawler chassis is an additional 2m which gives the lattice structure a total height of 248m . the maximum hoisting height is 245m and the total ballast used is 1900 tons including 1500 tons of derrick ballast . 10 11 gallery edit on the right a liebherr top slewing crane of the ec h litronic series . liebherr ltm 1500 telescopic crane . liebherr t 282 b mining truck . liebherr hydraulic shovel . liebherr hs 895 hydroseilbagger mock up of the a350 nose gear at ila 2012 liebherr r926 liebherr ltm 1500 8.1 see also edit liebherr 2010 world team table tennis championships construction crane machine list of companies of switzerland list of largest manufacturing companies by revenue references edit facts & figures liebherr corporate website undated . retrieved 18 june 2015 . annual report 2014 . retrieved 18 june 2015 . facts & figures liebherr corporate website undated . retrieved 18 june 2015 . portrait of the liebherr group liebherr corporate website undated . retrieved 14 march 2013 . franklin institute laureates search liebherr starts 65m expansion australian mining 4 april 2013 . retrieved 10 january 2014 . expansion projects for manufacturing program of mining trucks liebherr group us 22 february 2013 . retrieved 14 march 2013 . liebherr to invest over 220 million in component production . construction pros . retrieved 6 april 2014 . http www.liebherr.com en deu products components components.html http www.liebherr.com en deu products mobile and crawler cranes crawler cranes lr crawler cranes details lr13000.html http www.heavyliftnews.com cranes liebherrs lr13000 lifts 3 cranes lr11350 lr1350 1 finally ltr1100 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to liebherr category official website liebherr machinery database at portvision.eu liebherr family behind bid for southampton fc obituary of markus liebherr the daily telegraph 18 august 2010 . craneception watch a crane lifting a crane lifting a crane lifting a crane companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title liebherr group & oldid 730543293 categories construction equipment manufacturersmining equipment companiesmanufacturing companies of germanygerman brandshome appliance manufacturersmanufacturing companies established in 19491949 establishments in switzerlandmultinational companies headquartered in switzerlandaircraft component manufacturerscrane manufacturersaircraft undercarriage manufacturershidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2012all articles lacking reliable referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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