Liebherr is planning to build a new factory in France at Nambsheim in Alsace, close to the border with Germany. The facility will be used to manufacture cabs for earthmoving machines and is located near to the existing facility at Colmar.
Production at the new factory is expected to commence in early 2028 and it should employ 200 people. Developing the new facility is expected to cost €100 million.
Liebherr says that the Nambsheim business park site was selected due to its good location and proximity to the Liebherr Group’s established facilities. An application for a construction permit for the new Liebherr-EMtec Nambsheim production site has been filed. The firm says that project marks the beginning of a new phase in the Liebherr Group’s industrial development in France.
At the Liebherr-EMtec Nambsheim site, the Liebherr Group will consolidate its expertise in the assembly of operator cabs for earthmoving machinery. In the initial project phase, the facility is designed for a capacity of 10,000 cabs/year. The production site is being developed based on a modern concept featuring autonomous production cells, agile logistics, automation, digital traceability, and data-driven process management. Liebherr says that the new facility is planned to serve as a competence centre for the earthmoving machinery product segment, centralising strategic expertise.
The move follows soon after Liebherr announced plans to ramp up production capacity for wheeled loaders in Austria. The current Bischofhofen factory is used to produce wheeled loaders and employs 1,200 people on a site covering 170,000m². The present capacity allows the production of up to 7,000 wheeled loaders/year. However, the firm sees the need to boost output as it expects demand to hit 10,000 machines/year.
