Lely (company)
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founders | Cornelis van der Lely Arij van der Lely |
| Headquarters | Maassluis, the Netherlands |
| Revenue |  €888 million [1] |
Number of employees | 2500 |
| Website | www |
Lely Industries N.V. is a Dutch agricultural machine and robots manufacturer which is based in Maassluis, the Netherlands.[2][3] It is considered one of the leading dairy robot manufacturers.[4][5]
History
The company was founded in 1948 by the Lely brothers, Cornelis van der Lely and Arij van der Lely, in Maassluis.[6]
In 2012, the company acquired Aircon GmbH and subsequently renamed it as Lely Aircon B.V.[7]
At the end of 2016, Lely ceased tipper production in Waldstetten.[8]
In March 2017, the sale of the forage harvesting technology division with the plants in Waldstetten (loader wagons) and Wolfenbüttel (baling presses) to AGCO was announced.[9]
In 2019, the company's milking system reached the finals of the 2019 European Inventor Award.[6]
- Products
- Lely Astronaut A5
- Lely Astronaut A4[10][11]
- Lely Astronaut A3
- Lely Astronaut A2
- Lely Astronaut A1
- Lely Cosmix
- Lely Discovery
- Lely Discovery Collector
- Lely Discovery Collector C2
- Lely Zeta
- Lely Horizon
- Lely Luna
- Lely Meteor
- Lely Calm
- Lely Vector[12]
- Lely Juno[13]
- Lely Juno Max
- Lely Orbiter
External links
See also
References
- ^ "Lely reports financials over 2023 with mixed feeling - Lely". www.lely.com.
- ^ "Thanks to Trump, More U.S. Milk Will Be Coming From Robots". January 30, 2018 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Reviving Japan's Dairy Industry, One Milking Robot at a Time". October 3, 2016 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ Lohr, Steve (January 13, 2019). "Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Austen, Ian (January 23, 2003). "HOW IT WORKS; The Flexible Farmer Lets the Robot Do the Milking" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b "Lely milking robot in the European Inventor Award 2019 finals". June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Lely acquires wind turbine manufacturer Aircon". www.farminguk.com.
- ^ "Einstellung der Kipperproduktion". Archived from the original on 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ^ "Verkauf der Futtererntetechnik an AGCO". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ^ "The $210,000 Cow-Milking Robot". October 5, 2012 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot lets cows milk themselves". New Atlas. September 3, 2013.
- ^ "The Robots Saving the Dairy Farm" – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ Niedzwiadek, Nick (June 14, 2014). "Cultivating a new way". Times Union.