Liebherr Aerospace

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation
Company typeSociété Anonyme
IndustryAerospace and Transportation Systems
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
HeadquartersToulouse
ProductsIn 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)[1]
Number of employees
Increase 6,200 (2019)[1]
Websitewww.liebherr.com/en/fra/products/aerospace-and-transportation-systems/aerospace/aerospace.html
The nose landing gear for the Airbus A350.[2] manufactured and supplied by Liebherr-Aerospace
A view of the Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse (LTS)

Liebherr-Aerospace is the aerospace equipment manufacturing division of Liebherr.[3][4][5] The company is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM);[6] its low visibility in the minds of end consumers can be attributed to the OEM[1] nature of all its operations.

Liebherr-Aerospace contributed €1.3 billion ($1.5bn)[1] to total Liebherr group sales of €9 billion in 2016. This represented an increase of nearly 5% in turnover for the division.[1] The division was reported to be employing around 5400[7][1] people all over the world. It has two primary production and assembly centres: Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse[4][1] and Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg.[4][8][1][9]

Some of the other sites include: Liebherr-Aerospace Saline, Michigan, U.S., Liebherr-Aerospace Singapore,[10] Liebherr-Aerospace Dubai, U.A.E, Liebherr-Aerospace Laval, Canada,[11] Liebherr-Aerospace Maintenance centre, Shanghai,[10] Liebherr-Aerospace, Bangalore, India,[12] Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse, Campsas site, Liebherr-Aerospace Brasil, Guaratingueta, Liebherr-Aerospace Nizhny Novgorod (Russia).[13]

The Lindenberg and Toulouse centres of Liebherr have been recognized by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)[14] as a Design Organization Approval (DOA) certified company.[15] This certification encompasses: landing gear systems, air management systems, and flight control actuation systems.

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  2. ^ "First Airbus A350 XWB nose landing gear installed in test facility – Aviation-News FLUG REVUE". FLUG REVUE (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  3. ^ "Hamburg Aviation: Liebherr-Aerospace Opens New Liaison Office in Hamburg". www.hamburg-aviation.de. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  4. ^ a b c "Liebherr: Family Owned Company With Worldwide Impact". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  5. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace Participating for the First Time at Aero India. | Info Aéro Québec". Info Aéro Québec. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  6. ^ "Global Air Management Systems Market 2018 Top Players :Liebherr, Meggitt, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), Zodiac Aerospace, Rockwell Collins". Paris Ledger. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace Exhibits at ILA Berlin 2018". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  8. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace Signs Agreement on E-Jet 175 and 195 Landing Gear Overhaul with Flybe". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  9. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace präsentiert sich auf Fachmesse in Berlin – Lindau / Bodenseeregion – B4B Schwaben" (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  10. ^ a b "Liebherr-Aerospace doubles size of Shanghai maintenance centre". Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  11. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace inaugurates Canadian landing gear assembly – Aerospace Manufacturing and Design". Aerospace Manufacturing and Design. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  12. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace's strategic steps in India". Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  13. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse Opens New Manufacturing Building at its Campsas Site". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  14. ^ "Can you explain the process to obtain a design organisation approval (DOA)? | EASA". EASA. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  15. ^ "Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH Receives DOA Certification". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.