Liebherr achieves the highest turnover in the Group's history

In 2017, the Liebherr Group achieved the highest turnover in the Group's history, with total sales of € 9,845 million.

Compared to the previous year, the family-run company increased its revenue by 9.3 percent. The Group is expecting further sales growth for 2018.

In the construction machinery and mining segments, as well as in other product areas, Liebherr recorded an increase in turnover. Sales of construction machinery and mining equipment rose by 14.5 percent to € 6,182 million. In other product areas overall turnover was up by 1.5 percent to € 3,663 million compared with the previous year.

The Liebherr Group posted a net result of € 331 million for the year. Compared to the previous year, this represents an increase of € 33 million or 11.1 percent. In the reporting year, there was a significant improvement in the operating result. Following the positive effects of currency movements in the previous year, the financial result, on the other hand, fell sharply.

Further sales growth expected

The Liebherr Group expects a further increase in turnover for 2018. Liebherr anticipates growth in the construction machinery and mining segments, as well as in the other product areas. Appreciable gains are forecast in the Mining, Concrete Technology, Machine Tools and Automation Systems and Earthmoving divisions.

Research and development

Important issues across the wide range of products and services include increasing energy efficiency, networking, automation and lightweight product design. As the current financial report of the Group documents, substantial progress was made here in the past year in all product divisions. An important project in 2017 was the development of the HLC 295000 heavy-duty crane. This heavy-lift crane, with a load capacity of 5,000 tonnes and a maximum lifting height of more than 170 metres, will be the largest crane Liebherr has ever developed. It is intended for use in the installation of wind farms, in the decommissioning of offshore installations and in the oil and gas sector.