Liebherr Cranes to temporarily wind down its Killarney plant

Liebherr employs 800 people in Killarney.

KILLARNEY plant Liebherr Container Cranes has decided to proceed with “an orderly, temporary winddown of complex operations” to help limit the spread of Covid-19.

Clarification on the eligibility of Liebherr Container Cranes for the published subsidy scheme is awaited from the Irish Revenue authorities, stated Liebherr’s board of managing directors. “Liebherr Management has worked intensively over the last days in the interests of our employees in this respect,” according to a statement from the Fossa-based factory.