The future belongs to those who help to shape it. This was the approach Liebherr embodied at bauma 2025 in Munich, through the motto ‘Hands on the future’.
The world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery was held in Munich from April 7 to 13, focusing on important topics for discussion and showcasing innovative solutions, from the digital construction site to alternative drives and tomorrow’s construction methods.
The Liebherr slogan gives expression to the Group’s proactive ‘hands-on’ approach of confronting the challenges of the future.
Liebherr sees itself as a dependable partner in technology that works hand-in-hand with its customers to develop innovations, to jointly create practical and future-proof product solutions that fulfil their individual requirements and wishes.
All this and more were on display in a booth area stretching about 14,000 m2, or more than two football pitches, featuring over 70 exhibits alongside a variety of technologies and solutions.
Multiple premieres and world exclusives
A whole host of new products awaited visitors to the booth – many of them machines and innovations that Liebherr unveiled to the public for the very first time.
The earthmoving product segment proudly presented, among other achievements, the world premiere of the T 38-7s.
The new edition of the ‘S’ series telescopic handler sets new benchmarks in the class up to 4.2 tonnes, as the load capacities have been increased by up to 9 per cent.
Plus, Liebherr marked its entry into the eight-metre class with the new T 48-8s, a strategic addition to its portfolio in the industry segment.
Visitors to Liebherr saw world exclusives from the product segments of mobile and crawler excavators, mobile and crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and material handling machines.
The central focus of the Group’s forward-looking technologies was found in the InnovationLab in the outdoor area, where visitors had the chance to try out pioneering technological concepts first-hand, whether on-screen or through interactive installations spanning numerous product segments.
Inside the InnovationLab, Liebherr showcased, for instance, the development and implementation of object identification by machines fitted with the necessary camera systems and sensors. These are the prerequisites to make advanced assistance systems, autonomous machine operations and predictive maintenance a real possibility.
In its role as technology partner, Liebherr presented efficient yet environmentally responsible products and solutions from the fields of digitalisation and drive technology, some of which are already in operation today.
Machine autonomy
A self-driving machine, semi-automated lifts and fully digitally controlled products: all these and more awaited visitors to the Liebherr booth.
The technological foundation for this is laid by digitalisation, which also came under Liebherr’s spotlight at bauma 2025.
There was a particular focus on the aspects of intelligent machine controls, assistance systems and (semi-)autonomous processes, especially since they improve the communication between man and machine as well as between machine and machine.
This, in turn, benefits customers, for instance by reducing the machine’s energy consumption and its downtime – while also placing another spotlight on a key aspect for Liebherr: customer focus and, ultimately, the fulfilment of customer requirements.
Liebherr also presented a further digital solution at bauma from the mining product segment: IoMine for the mining industry, with which Liebherr is increasing the safety and productivity levels of operations in the mine, reducing machine failure rates through real-time monitoring and, in turn, extending the machine’s service life for customers.
To this end, modern technology brings together the Internet of Things, data analysis and automation to create an intelligent and networked mining environment.
Liebherr also ran a live demonstration of an autonomous working wheel loader in the outdoor area.
The basis for this is the in-house developed autonomous driving system called ‘Liebherr Autonomous Operations’, which was being presented to the wider public for the first time. The autonomous solution, which is at an advanced stage of development, facilitates completely driverless operation.
bauma visitors discovered how Liebherr is revolutionising the working day on the construction site with LiReCon, the Liebherr Remote Control System for crawler dozers: the new PR 776 G8 70t crawler dozer can be controlled remotely for even more flexibility, rendering inaccessible areas of operation accessible.
Differentiated drive solutions
Liebherr is conscious of its responsibility for its products, especially in relation to the impact these have on the climate.
To progress in decarbonising its machines, Liebherr keeps an open mind to alternative technologies. The Group is focusing its development work on more than just the potential to cut carbon emissions, with another three pillars also serving as determining factors; the technological maturity of alternative drive options, the infrastructure and the costs of the energy sources.
A real highlight from the field of hydrogen technology was the first prototype of a Liebherr large wheel loader with a hydrogen engine.
The scope of drive technologies Liebherr is exploring includes not only electric solutions, but also alternative fuels, such as hydrotreated vegetable oil as well as hydrogen or ammonia-based drives – some of which were on show at bauma. future
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