21 January 2010 | EARLIER this year, seven mobile cranes and two lifting platforms belonging to Eisele AG were hard at work installing the roof of a new coal depot at the Staudinger power station in Germany. To modernise the power plant, the facility is being provided with a new enclosed coal depot.
20 November 2009 | THIS June, Maxikraft became the first German crane company to take charge of the new Liebherr LR 1600 2 crawler. Since then, the 600t crane has been at work, installing windmill towers. Eight Enercon E 82 type systems, with a capacity of 2 MW each, are presently being erected at the wind farm near Forst in Germany.
5 November 2009 | Liebherr has developed a solution for the Machine Technology Service Center operated by Bilfinger Berger AG. The KFA Crane Conveying System handles the special hoisting tasks encountered in tunnel projects. Crane conveying systems enable the horizontal transport of loads in one direction, similar to stationary gantry cranes.
30 October 2009 | SIMS Metal management recently added two Liebherr units to its fleet each with a specific metal handling task. Operator safety in the industry's tough working conditions has received particular attention.
30 September 2009 | In June 2009, the Liebherr Group celebrated 60 years of operation and also marked 40 years in the crane manufacturing business. The company invited close to 3,000 customers to spend time at its mobile crane plant in Ehingen, Germany.
25 May 2009 | In March this year, the prototype of the new telescopic crawler crane LTR 11200 moved out of the newly constructed shop for large cranes at the Liebherr factory in Ehingen.
5 May 2009 | Liebherr showcased their new series of machines, the Generation 6 crawler excavators, at the 2009 Intermat, setting new standards for crawler excavators in the 21 to 28 tonne category.
7 April 2009 | Liebherr's new 1,200t telescopic crawler crane, LTR 11200, has been rolled out at the company's Ehingen facility in Germany.
12 March 2009 | Companies will be preparing for tough questions from customers who paid top price a year ago, to see the same machine now being sold at up to 40 per cent discount.
24 February 2009 | The lack of agreement on crane safety standardisation could force manufacturers to make four variants for every mobile crane model produced.
30 September 2008 | The sky above the Las Vegas Convention Centre was full of jibs and booms of various dimensions all fighting for dominance.
2 September 2008 | With the colour display of the data on the LICCON monitor in the crane cabin, the readability and the clarity are intrinsically enhanced.
28 February 2008 | The Division is responsible for mobile cranes and large crawler cranes. In about three years the company plans to move to a larger, more sophisticated purpose-built facility.
28 February 2008 | “We liked the quality, reliability and innovation of the Liebherr brand,” says Sunraysia’s Martin Hurley.
28 February 2008 | The basic design and the boom systems of the LG 1750 are designed for assembling wind power plants.