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South Africa: Bell welcomes Liebherr to the family

December 4, 2011
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South Africa: Bell welcomes Liebherr to the family

One hundred and fifty Bell Equipment customers and media representatives gathered at the Bell Equipment Sales Southern Africa (BESSA) head offices at Jet Park in mid-November 2011 to officially welcome Liebherr excavators to the Bell product offering.

The South African manufacturer signed a distribution agreement in May with Liebherr, one of the world’s leading construction companies, which will see Bell distributing Liebherr’s tracked hydraulic excavators ranging from 20t to 85t, namely the R906C to the R974C into the Southern African and African markets.

Guests at the product launch were given a tour of Bell Equipment’s state-of-the-art Global Logistics Centre, which will play an integral role insofar as product and parts support for the Liebherr excavators, as it does for the rest of the Bell product range.

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Liebherr optimism for slow recovery worldwide

March 22, 2011
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At a pre-ConExpo press event, a few hours before the opening of the show in Las Vegas, Liebherr said that the difficult times were behind them. The company has seen a signification increase over 2009 and the company and that by the end of this month (march 2011), orders were already exceeding those for the whole of 2010.

"The upturn was especially strong in the Asian markets where domestic product rose by about 10%. World trade expanded significantly by 12%" said Winfried Boehm, Member of the Board of Directors of Liebherr-International. The Liebherr Group was able to increase its turnover by 9% with most growth coming from the construction machinery business which increased turnover by 16%. In the USA, Duane Wilder, President of Liebherr Construction Equipment (USA), said that sales were up by more than 25% in 2010 and that the aged inventory was greatly reduced. With customer becoming more aware of the ever increase fuel costs, Tier IV engines will not be introduced before 2012.

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ITALY: Winners of SAMOTER Innovation Awards

January 28, 2011
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The Samoter International jury comprising highly qualified specialists  from across Europe has announced the winners of the Samoter Technical Innovation Competition 2011.

The awards go to:

  • Merlo for its PANORAMIC P 41.7 Hybrid lifting appliance,
  • Liebherr-Emtec Italy with its LIEBHERR ER 934 electrical industrial loader
  • SIMEM for its MMX3500 plant.

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