Liebherr in France

Liebherr-France SAS was founded in 1961 as the first Liebherr company in France. At its production site in Colmar, it produces 15 different models of hydraulic excavators on a crawler-track travel gear, and different specialized machines such as electric excavators, tunnel excavators, and demolition excavators. The machines with operating weights from 14 to 100 tons.

The hydraulic excavators and specialized machines manufactured by Liebherr-France SAS are used in earthmoving, civil engineering, selective dismantling and demolition, tunneling, the steel industry, mining, as well as industrial handling.

Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS is a production company in the Liebherr Mining Division. The company manufactures mining and dredging excavators with operating weights from 100 to 800 tons and bucket capacities up to 47.5m³. These machines are powered by diesel engines or electric motors. Mining excavators made by Liebherr are mining raw materials from open-cast mines in Russia, Australia, and Argentina, for example.

Liebherr-Components Colmar SAS is a production company in the Liebherr Components Division. The company is dedicated to the development, design, assembly, as well as the testing of large diesel engines.

Liebherr-Mining Equipment SAS, based in Colmar, is one of the eleven divisional control companies in the Liebherr Group and coordinates all the operations in the Mining Division. The division includes two production companies at the Colmar and Newport News (USA) sites that are responsible for development and manufacture of large hydraulic excavators and large dumper trucks for the mining industry. A worldwide sales and service network ensures customer proximity and guarantees high machine availability.

The company Liebherr-Location France SAS founded in 2000 and based in Niederhergheim is responsible for rental of Liebherr earthmoving machines in France.