Liebherr earns spot as Boeing Premier Bidder

Liebherr-Aerospace has earned a spot in the Boeing Premier Bidder Program. The program recognizes and rewards consistently high performing Boeing Commercial Airplanes suppliers and gives them an opportunity to increase their business with Boeing. Liebherr supplies Boeing with major systems and components for various aircraft programs:

Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg, Germany, the company’s center of excellence for flight controls, actuation, gears and gearboxes, landing gear systems, and electronics, produces the Boeing 777X folding wing tip actuation, high-lift actuators (leading edge actuators built to spec, trailing edge actuators built to print) as well as the power drive unit and hydraulic motor for the leading edge actuation system. For the 777/777X, the company provides the main gear steering system; for the 787 Dreamliner, the nose wheel steering remote electronic unit; and the refueling hose drum drive system for the KC-46.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, the company’s center of excellence for air management systems based in Toulouse, France, is responsible for the 747-8 air-conditioning system and engine bleed-air system; and fuel tank pressure regulating valves for the 777-200LR as well as for the KC-46.

“We are extremely proud to have been selected for the Boeing Premier Bidder Program. Over the years, sharing a same ambition and through mutual effort, Boeing and Liebherr have developed a proactive, open, and trustful relationship,” says Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS Chief Commercial Officer Nicolas Bonleux.

A liaison office in Everett, Washington, ensures close cooperation between both companies during ongoing as well as possible future aircraft programs.

Liebherr joins approximately 100 suppliers that have met and/or sustained the high quality and delivery criteria required for inclusion in the Premier Bidder Program. 

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation, based in Toulouse, is one of 11 divisions within the Liebherr Group and coordinates all activities in the aerospace and transportation systems sectors.

In North America, it has customer service centers in Saline, Michigan; Seattle, Washington; and Montreal, Canada.