Liebherr is strengthening its industrial capabilities in France with the strategic capacity expansion of its production site in Colmar. Liebherr-Components celebrated this milestone with its partner Rehlko, highlighting the strength of the collaboration and the shared ambition to support growing demand for power generation applications globally.
This investment represents a significant step in Liebherr’s strategy to further broaden its presence in the power generation market by providing high-performance engine solutions for standby, prime, and continuous power applications.
Scaling solutions to meet modern energy needs
As demand for reliable and resilient power solutions continues to grow across industries — including data centres, infrastructure, and other critical applications — Liebherr strengthens its industrial footprint to address these evolving market needs across diverse industries and regions.
The facility in Colmar is being developed as a scalable platform, capable of addressing the evolving requirements of the global power generation market. The expansion aims to significantly increase Liebherr’s production, logistics, and testing capacities, as well as to support the development and manufacturing of high-power combustion engines for key partners and a wide range of power generation applications. Once fully ramped up, the site’s production capacity is expected to more than double.
Beyond production, the project also reinforces the site’s capabilities in engineering, testing, and validation, positioning Colmar as a key industrial platform within Liebherr’s global power generation strategy.
Expanding alongside Rehlko
The partnership between Rehlko and Liebherr has steadily evolved since the launch of the KD Series generator range in 2016. Most recently, in May 2025, the two companies expanded their strategic collaboration to advance engine technology further and meet growing demand. Over the past decade, the collaboration has grown in both scope and scale, supported by a shared focus on engineering excellence, performance, and long-term industrial alignment.
“Today’s ceremony is an important milestone for our growth strategy as we scale our capacity to support the accelerating digital backbone,” said Brian Melka, president and chief executive officer of Rehlko. “As data centre demand continues to grow, customers are prioritizing resilient, scalable power solutions with zero downtime. This expansion demonstrates our commitment to disciplined decision-making and follow-through, strengthening our ability to convert a growing backlog into long-term revenue and capture additional market share in the data centre sector while reinforcing our leadership in critical energy solutions.”
Jens Krug, managing director of Liebherr-Components Colmar, SAS, added, “This expansion reflects more than an investment in capacity — it demonstrates our long-term commitment to our partnership with Rehlko, to the Colmar site, and to the sustained growth of our industrial capabilities. As a family-owned company, we believe in building strong, trustworthy relationships that enable us to deliver innovative and reliable solutions for our customers worldwide. With this investment, we are creating the conditions to support future growth, drive innovation, and address evolving market needs.”
Following the joint celebration, Liebherr remains committed to leveraging its large industrial platform to address a broad range of partners and applications, supporting its long-term strategy as an open and flexible engine supplier in the global power generation market.
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