Liebherr says it will invest a nine figure sum to modernise its Biberach tower crane production facilities by 2034. The first phase involves the renovation and expansion of the current production plant.
The current Liebherr tower crane site on Memminger Straße in Biberach
The project will replace or renovate production buildings dating from the early 1980s on Memminger Straße in southern Germany. The modernised facility is designed to manufacture around 500 top slewing cranes, 200 mobile self-erecting tower cranes and 3,000 tower sections a year.
Werner Seifried
Development managing director Werner Seifried said: “We are building one of the most state of the art crane production plants in the world here in Biberach. The market is changing, competition is growing and our customers' requirements are increasing.”
The modernisation will be carried out in five phases without disrupting ongoing operations. Initial investments include automated welding robots, linked edge rounding system with robots, a metal processing centre and an assembly assistance system.
A computer generated visual of the new production facilities
Liebherr's international tower crane production sites will be integrated, with Pamplona in Spain focusing on bottom slewing cranes and Pune in India concentrating on top slewing cranes. The Tower Crane Centre will relocate from Bad Waldsee to Bad Schussenried, with a new centre for rentals, repairs and testing.
Liebherr has been manufacturing cranes at Biberach since 1954.
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