Turnover: 12.5 billion EUR (2022)
Country: Germany
- The company was founded in 1949 and specializes in the production of construction machinery, machine tools, refrigerators and aeronautical equipment.
- The company has a major plant in Colmar for the manufacture of public works equipment
- In recent months, Liebherr has returned to the forklift market with 8 new platforms available in 26 different configurations
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Liebherr-Aerospace strengthens its position in surface treatment 17/04/2024
- Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse manufactures air sampling and conditioning systems for Airbus, ATR, Dassault, Embraer, Bombardier aircraft.
- 1.700 employees and sales of 690 million euros in 2023.
- Takeover of Galvanoplastie Industrielle Toulousaine, which provides surface treatment for its parts.
- This SME employs 80 people and achieved sales of 8 million euros in 2024,
- In January, the equipment supplier acquired the Sibi sheet metal shop in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) from the family-owned Kep Technologies group.
- This sheet-metal shop manufactures boilerwork and welded parts for aircraft, and is expected to generate sales of 11 million euros by 2022, with 120 employees.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse acquires KEP Technologies subsidiary to expand capacity 06/02/2024
- Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse announced on January 26 that it had acquired the activities of Sibi, a subsidiary of the family-owned KEP Technologies group specializing in precision mechanics for the aerospace industry.
- Liebherr Group, a major supplier of systems for the aerospace industry.
- Sibi, 120 employees
- By 2022, Sibi Sas had achieved sales of 11 million euros,
- Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS posted sales of 690 million euros in 2023.
- 1,600 employees at the Toulouse and Campsas sites.

Liebherr decides to repatriate its mechanical welding production 05/07/2023
- German Liebherr group invests 170 million euros in Haut-Rhin.
- Sales of Liebherr France SAS in Colmar, France, in 2022: 534 million euros.
- The company employs over 1,200 people.
- The site will supply four of the group's plants in France, Germany and Austria, with a production capacity of 7,000 to 8,000 parts per year for the mechanical welding site, and 10,000 cabins per year for the second site.

Liebherr to create 300 jobs near the former Fessenheim power plant 27/06/2023
- Liebherr invests 170 million euros in a new plant in Alsace, France.
- More than 300 jobs will be created.
- The plant will produce components for earthmoving machines for the public works sector.
- Liebherr employs 51,000 people worldwide and has sales of 12.5 billion euros in 2022.

Liebherr chooses Taverny for its second Ile-de-France site 18/06/2023
- Liebherr is already present in Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille and Colmar.
- Liebherr has 140 companies worldwide.
- The group employs almost 50,000 people.
- Group sales are 12.5 billion euros.

In Toulouse, Liebherr-Aerospace is back on track 21/01/2023
- Liebherr-Aerospace ,manufacturer of air systems for airplanes and helicopters
- Health crisis reduced sales by 40% in 2020
- This has risen to 457 million euros in 2021, a far cry from 2019's 672 million
Financial Data
DUNS: 527860555
Legal Name: LIEBHERR-MINING EQUIPMENT COLMAR
Address: 49 RUE FREDERIC HARTMANN , 68000 COLMAR
Number of employees: Entre 500 et 999 salariés (2021)
Capital: 107 927 925 EUR
Financial Data:
Year | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover | 639 585 411 | 499 011 488 | 447 707 705 | 512 694 518 | 558 688 570 | 439 424 861 | 245 604 623 |
Gross margin (€) | 258 790 099 | 198 656 622 | 188 118 693 | 202 043 919 | 229 258 246 | 175 552 242 | 121 199 948 |
EBITDA (€) | 107 580 066 | 68 203 838 | 62 623 597 | 67 546 899 | 102 268 968 | 54 214 709 | 6 713 712 |
Operating profit (€) | 106 014 289 | 63 070 404 | 57 917 045 | 63 659 333 | 97 748 390 | 55 400 817 | 7 283 949 |
Net profit (€) | 67 524 786 | 48 383 750 | 40 115 748 | 46 164 725 | 70 203 021 | 42 644 256 | 20 066 022 |
Turnover growth rate (%) | 28,2 | 11,5 | -12,7 | -8,2 | 27,1 | 78,9 | - |
Ebitda margin rate (%) | 16,8 | 13,7 | 14 | 13,2 | 18,3 | 12,3 | 2,7 |
Operating margin rate (%) | 16,6 | 12,6 | 12,9 | 12,4 | 17,5 | 12,6 | 3 |
Working Capital (turnover days) | 296,5 | 247,7 | 343,9 | 320,5 | 204,9 | 212,2 | 370,2 |
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | 303,3 | 255,9 | 351,6 | 327,7 | 232,1 | 227,4 | 370,6 |
Net margin (%) | 10,6 | 9,7 | 9 | 9 | 12,6 | 9,7 | 8,2 |
Added value / Turnover (%) | 24,8 | 23,5 | 24,7 | 22,8 | 26,5 | 21,7 | 19,1 |
Wages and social charges (€) | 48 118 073 | 46 050 365 | 44 002 168 | 45 944 631 | 41 791 488 | 37 367 611 | 36 862 687 |
Salaries / Turnover (%) | 7,5 | 9,2 | 9,8 | 9 | 7,5 | 8,5 | 15 |
Company Managers:
Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Directeur général | Francis | Maechling | 57 | |
Directeur général | Yves | Mermet | 50 | |
Directeur général | Burkhard | Richthammer | 51 | |
Commissaire aux comptes suppléant | Pierre | Joffredo | 63 |
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