The Liebherr Group has officially started construction of its manufacturing facility in Nambsheim, a commune within the Haut-Rhin department in northeastern France.
The company said that the facility “further strengthens the family-run group’s presence and industrial autonomy in Alsace”, the region in which lies Nambsheim, about 30km from the city of Colmar.
The Liebherr-EMtec Nambsheim site will be the strategic location for its earthmoving division, having its expertise in a single location in order to strengthen the group’s industrial autonomy and respond to growing demand for construction machines manufactured in Europe.
The site will specialise in the assembly of driver’s cabs for the group’s earthmoving machines and, in the years to come, will have a production capacity of up to 10,000 units per year. The start of production is set for the early 20028.
“By choosing Nambsheim as the location for this new site, Liebherr is making a major industrial decision to relocate strategic expertise, create long-term jobs and strengthen the European production chain,” said Franck Leroy, president of the councils for France’s Grand Est region. The Grand Est Region will be fully committed to this project, providing support of at least one million euros. This is the aim of our work: to make our regions places where industry innovates and produces, and where the economic sovereignty of France and Europe is built in a meaningful way, the project in Nambsheim.”
The Nambsheim site will accommodate more than 200 employees, said Sebastien Seitz, managing director for production of Liebherr-France. “At Liebherr, we build for the long term. This project in Nambsheim fully embodies our values [of] a long-term vision, strong regional roots and high industrial standards. By investing here in Alsace, we are strengthening our ties with our customers in Europe and continuing to support them worldwide, with the aim of developing a high-performing, responsible and forward-looking industry.”
The plant is targeting a BREEAM certification, an international benchmark for sustainable construction and operation, such as energy consumption, the use of renewable energies, responsible management of water and resources and limitation of impact on residents. Beyond the infrastructure, Liebherr said the factories processes will be “forward-looking” by being more agile, more transparent and more respectful of its environment.
Liebjherr has operated in the region since 1961, at its sites in Colmar. The group is consolidating several specialised sites there, in particular for earthmoving machines, mining and component production, as well as distribution and services. In Colmar alone, there are more than 3,000 employees distributed across several entities.
Liebherr was founded by Hans Liebherr in 1949 in the southern German town of Kirchdorf an der Iller and now has over 150 companies across all continents. In 2025, Liebherr employed more than 55,000 people and achieved combined revenues of more than 14 billion euros.
