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Liebherr-Aerospace’s Expansion
Program in Lindenberg
In February 2012, the Board of Manage-
ment of Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg
GmbH informed the public about further
expansion plans. Due to the increase
in air traffic figures and the demand for
Liebherr-Aerospace products and sys-
tems growing accordingly, the production
capacities and assembly lines need to
be enlarged considerably. Customer ser-
vice also requires more space for main-
tenance, repair and overhaul. In addition,
the systems Liebherr-Aerospace de-
velops and manufactures in Lindenberg
have larger dimensions than ever before.
The nose landing gear for the long-range
Airbus A350 XWB, for example, is the
largest landing gear system that Liebherr-
Aerospace has ever developed.
At Liebherr-Aerospace’s birthplace in Lindenberg (Germany) new facilities will be constructed in the years
to come. The areas for production and customer service will be enlarged to meet the aircraft manufac-
turers' growing demand, and a new administration building will be erected to house Liebherr-Aero space
Lindenberg GmbH in the future. Other examples for the ongoing investment in infrastructure, research and
development are Liebherr- Aerospace’s new facilities in Russia and the test and development center “ISA”
inaugurated in Toulouse in 2011.
The participation in this Airbus program
therefore makes the expansion of the
workshops and the areas for production
and assembly as well as for testing and
development indispensable.
In recent years, Liebherr-Aerospace has
experienced a positive development of its
order situation. In addition to the system
for the A350 XWB program, Liebherr-
Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH develops
and manufactures the complete land-
ing gear systems for the COMAC C919,
the largest aircraft ever built in China,
and the new Bombardier CSeries fam-
ily. Moreover the company supplies
flight control / actuation systems for
diverse Airbus aircraft as well as the
Looking Ahead: Liebherr-Aerospace Invests in
Infrastructure, Research and Development
Eurocopter and AgustaWestland helicop-
ters. These new orders pose a real chal-
lenge to the production site in Lindenberg.
So, in the future, the manufacturing of
the prototypes and the preparation for
the series production will be separat-
ed from the series production. Further-
more, the infrastructure of the site needs
to be enhanced. A parking garage, a new
administration building and other facili-
ties will be built from 2012 to 2018. The
area occupied by Liebherr-Aerospace
Lindenberg GmbH will be expanded from
127,000 m² to 160,000 m², and the floor
space will be increased from currently
55,000 m² to 75,000 m².
Liebherr-Aerospace
in Lindenberg
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