Lely (company) explained

Lely Industries N.V.
Type:Private company
Industry:Agriculture
Founders:Cornelis van der Lely
Arij van der Lely
Hq Location:Maassluis, the Netherlands
Revenue: €704 million [1]

Lely Industries N.V. is a Dutch agricultural machine and robots manufacturer which is based in Maassluis, the Netherlands.[2] [3] It is considered as 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 milking system reached the finals of 2019 European Inventor Award.[6]


Trademark notice

Lely, Astri, Astronaut, Calm, Capsule, Collector, Cosmix, Cosmonaut, Dairywise, Discovery, Exos, Frigus, Grazeway, Horizon, I-flow, Inherd, Iris, Juno, L4C, Lely Center, Lely Finance, Luna, Meteor, Nautilus, Orbiter, Quaress, Qwes, Shuttle, Sphere, T4C, Taurus, TDS, Vector and Walkway are registered trademarks of the Lely Group.

The right of exclusive use belongs to the companies of the Lely Group. All rights reserved.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Solutions for dairy farming - Lely. www.lely.com.
  2. Web site: Thanks to Trump, More U.S. Milk Will Be Coming From Robots. January 30, 2018. www.bloomberg.com.
  3. Web site: Reviving Japan's Dairy Industry, One Milking Robot at a Time. October 3, 2016. www.bloomberg.com.
  4. Web site: Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm. Steve. Lohr. January 13, 2019. NYTimes.com.
  5. Web site: HOW IT WORKS; The Flexible Farmer Lets the Robot Do the Milking. Ian. Austen. January 23, 2003. NYTimes.com.
  6. Web site: Lely milking robot in the European Inventor Award 2019 finals. June 21, 2019.
  7. Web site: Lely acquires wind turbine manufacturer Aircon. www.farminguk.com.
  8. Web site: Einstellung der Kipperproduktion.
  9. Web site: Verkauf der Futtererntetechnik an AGCO.
  10. Web site: The $210,000 Cow-Milking Robot. October 5, 2012. www.bloomberg.com.
  11. Web site: Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot lets cows milk themselves. September 3, 2013. New Atlas.
  12. Web site: The Robots Saving the Dairy Farm. www.bloomberg.com.
  13. Web site: Cultivating a new way. Nick. Niedzwiadek. June 14, 2014. Times Union.