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Press releases | 09/10/2015

Impressive simultaneous job on the banks of the Rhine – Two Liebherr mobile cranes shorten giant electricity pylons near Voerde

Specialists from heavy load logistics provider and crane operator Wasel in Bergheim completed an impressive job in the summer on the Rhine near Dinslaken using two Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes. Two 138-metre-tall electricity pylons had to be shortened and their mastheads rebuilt. In addition to their own 500-tonner, Wasel deployed another LTM 1500-8.1 from Cologne-based crane rental company HKV Schmitz + Partner to complete the job, which required simultaneously working on both sides of the river. Find out more

Press releases | 09/10/2015

Liebherr to Present its Latest Construction Machinery in Finland at the 2015 Maxpo

The Liebherr Group is present at Finland’s largest trade fair for construction machinery Maxpo, which is held from 10 to 12 September in Hyvinkää. On stand A 60, measuring 1500 m², Liebherr offers trade visitors a range of construction machinery from the fields of earthmoving, material handling and mobile cranes. Find out more

Press releases | 09/09/2015

Liebherr extends its crawler tractor generation 6 downwards – model premiere of the PR 726 at NordBau 2015 trade fair

Liebherr extends its generation 6 crawler tractor series to include the PR 726 Litronic. The series now totals four models with operating weights of approximately 16 tonnes to 41 tonnes, which comply with the emissions standards of Stage IV / Tier 4f. Find out more

Press releases | 09/09/2015

Liebherr Supplies Anti-Buckling System for Low-Floor Tram to the Chinese City of Huainan

Liebherr-Transportation Systems has recently delivered anti-buckling systems for low-floor trams to Chinese rail vehicle manufacturer Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. The trams will be used in the city of Huainan (China). Find out more

Press releases | 09/08/2015

Liebherr Tower Cranes enjoys success in India

Day by day, high performance tower cranes from Liebherr are proofing their performance and dependability in major projects all over the world, including India. To cope with the growing market for tower cranes in India, Liebherr held open days this year in Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. Find out more

Press releases | 09/04/2015

Buckner's Liebherr crawler cranes building the giant roof structure over the largest tennis stadium in the world

The Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York is the largest tennis stadium in the world and the venue for the US Open. The stadium is now getting a retractable roof to avoid the frequent match postponements at the US Open caused by rain. Over a period of ten months, a Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane and two LR 1600/2 operated by American crane contractor Buckner HeavyLift Cranes have been putting the steel structure for the roof in place. Find out more

Press releases | 09/03/2015

Dependable in operation: HKV uses a Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 to erect a bridge overnight

The motorway section of the A3 between Cologne-Mülheim and Leverkusen is being expanded to eight lanes. However, since the old motorway bridges are not long enough for the expansion, new bridges are needed. As a temporary solution during the construction work, a Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane was used by the company HKV Schmitz + Partner to erect a makeshift bridge overnight. Find out more

Press releases | 09/02/2015

Liebherr Seals Its Participation in Clean Sky 2

Three Liebherr companies have confirmed their participation in the Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative (JTI): While Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg (Germany), one of the founding members of Clean Sky 2, has recently signed the Grant Agreement Papers, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Toulouse (France) and Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH, Lindau (Germany) have joined the consortium as affiliates. Find out more

Press releases | 08/28/2015

Maxikraft handles heavyweight goods in Dresden's Alberthafen dock with two large Liebherr mobile cranes

Crane and heavy load logistics contractor Maxikraft used two large Liebherr mobile cranes in July to load two condensers and a turbine from low loaders into ships in Dresden's Alberthafen dock. The challenge was that the giant components had to be moved in tandem hoists between the LTM 1500-8.1 and the LTM 1750-9.1 before they could be lowered into the dock basin. Find out more

Press releases | 08/20/2015

Major duty cycle crawler crane contract for Liebherr

Liebherr secured a major contract with a Turkish customer comprising 51 HS 825 HD duty cycle crawler cranes at the end of last year. Following a successful acceptance test this spring the first 20 machines left the Liebherr factory in Nenzing for delivery. Find out more

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