InfraStructures - May 2014 - Liebherr to Invest $250 Million at its Bulle Plant

Liebherr to Invest $250 Million at its Bulle Plant

Over the next six years, the Liebherr Group is set to invest more than CHF 200 million ($250 million) in its development and production site at Bulle in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. Significant capacity expansion in the fields of diesel engines and fuel injection systems will make further growth possible for the company Liebherr Machines Bulle SA.

Liebherr develops and produces diesel and gas engines, fuel injection systems, hydraulic components and splitter boxes in Bulle. These are employed partly in machines and equipment manufactured by the Liebherr Group, but are also increasingly in demand by customers outside the Group. Liebherr Machines Bulle SA currently covers 6 basic engines from the 4-cylinder inline engine to the 12-cylinder V-engine.

Production of Common Rail fuel injection systems, which have been manufactured in Bulle since 2012, should be increased to more than 100,000 units per year.

With this investment, Liebherr is securing the long-term existence of the Bulle plant and the creation of new jobs. Most of them will be for qualified skilled workers in production, but many will also be for highly qualified engineers and specialists, for whom additional new offices will be created.

The investment underlines the strategic importance of the Components division within the Liebherr Group. The high depth of production can thus be sustainably maintained.

Source: Liebherr

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