Liebherr Aerospace
Liebherr-Aerospace is the aerospace equipment manufacturing division of Liebherr. The company is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM); its low visibility in the minds of end consumers can be attributed to the OEM nature of all its operations.
| Company type | Société Anonyme |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace and Transportation Systems |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Headquarters | Toulouse |
| Products | In the aerospace sector: flight control systems, landing gears, integrated air management systems, bleed air systems, wing anti ice etc. In the transportation sector: air conditioning systems, actuation and power supply systems for all kind of rail cars |
| Revenue | €1.4 billion in 2019 (€1.3bn in 2016) |
Number of employees | 6,200 (2019) |
| Website | www |
Liebherr-Aerospace contributed €1.3 billion ($1.5bn) to total Liebherr group sales of €9 billion in 2016. This represented an increase of nearly 5% in turnover for the division. The division was reported to be employing around 5400 people all over the world. It has two primary production and assembly centres: Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse and Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg.
Some of the other sites include: Liebherr-Aerospace Saline, Michigan, U.S., Liebherr-Aerospace Singapore, Liebherr-Aerospace Dubai, U.A.E, Liebherr-Aerospace Laval, Canada, Liebherr-Aerospace Maintenance centre, Shanghai, Liebherr-Aerospace, Bangalore, India, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse, Campsas site, Liebherr-Aerospace Brasil, Guaratingueta, Liebherr-Aerospace Nizhny Novgorod (Russia).
The Lindenberg and Toulouse centres of Liebherr have been recognized by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as a Design Organization Approval (DOA) certified company. This certification encompasses: landing gear systems, air management systems, and flight control actuation systems.