Liebherr buys Morrow Australia and New Zealand

30 October 2018 by Sotiris Kanaris

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Liebherr Tower Cranes division has acquired crane rental and sales companies Morrow Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian sales and service company of the Liebherr Group will on 1 January 2019 take over the business activities—including all the employees and locations —of Morrow Equipment in Sydney, Brisbane and Wellington.

According to Christian Chalupny, president of Morrow, two points were important to this decision: all Morrow employees can become part of the Liebherr team, Liebherr will continue to support all existing contracts and customer relations.

Marco Guariglia, managing director of the Liebherr tower cranes division, said: “We are convinced that we will successfully shape the future with the entire staff at all locations, and in the interest of our customers.”

Thomas Schröder and Craig Jones, the new responsible managers of the tower cranes division at Liebherr-Australia, are looking forward to consolidating and further expanding along with the employees what has been achieved so far. They said the excellent know how of the staff, a rental fleet of approximately 100 tower cranes and 40 hoists, as well as the intention to grow that business, demonstrated a commitment to further support customers and the local market.