Lely (company)
{{short description|Dutch dairy robots manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Lely Industries N.V.
| logo = Lely new logo.png
| type = Private company
| industry = Agriculture
| founded = {{start date and age|1948}}
| founders = Cornelis van der Lely
Arij van der Lely
| hq_location = Maassluis, the Netherlands
| products =
| revenue = {{increase}} €888 million {{Cite web|url=https://www.lely.com/press/2024/02/06/lely-reports-financials-over-2023/|title=Lely reports financials over 2023 with mixed feeling - Lely|website=www.lely.com}}
| assets =
| num_employees = 2500
| website = {{URL|www.lely.com}}
}}
Lely Industries N.V. is a Dutch agricultural machine and robots manufacturer which is based in Maassluis, the Netherlands.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/thanks-to-trump-more-u-s-milk-will-be-coming-from-robot-labor|title=Thanks to Trump, More U.S. Milk Will Be Coming From Robots|date=January 30, 2018|via=www.bloomberg.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-03/biggest-robot-dairy-in-asia-sets-model-for-milk-revival-in-japan|title=Reviving Japan's Dairy Industry, One Milking Robot at a Time|date=October 3, 2016|via=www.bloomberg.com}} It is considered one of the leading dairy robot manufacturers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/technology/farm-technology-milkers-robots.html|title=Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm|first=Steve|last=Lohr|date=January 13, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/technology/how-it-works-the-flexible-farmer-lets-the-robot-do-the-milking.html|title=HOW IT WORKS; The Flexible Farmer Lets the Robot Do the Milking|first=Ian|last=Austen|date=January 23, 2003|via=NYTimes.com}}
History
The company was founded in 1948 by the Lely brothers, Cornelis van der Lely and Arij van der Lely, in Maassluis.{{Cite web|url=https://innovationorigins.com/lely-milking-robot-in-the-european-inventor-award-2019-finals/|title=Lely milking robot in the European Inventor Award 2019 finals|date=June 21, 2019}}
In 2012, the company acquired Aircon GmbH and subsequently renamed it as Lely Aircon B.V.{{Cite web|url=https://www.farminguk.com/news/lely-acquires-wind-turbine-manufacturer-aircon_23697.html|title=Lely acquires wind turbine manufacturer Aircon|website=www.farminguk.com}}
At the end of 2016, Lely ceased tipper production in Waldstetten.{{Cite web|url=http://www.profi.de/news/Lely-stellt-Kipperproduktion-ein-4721346.html|title=Einstellung der Kipperproduktion}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.profi.de/news/Agco-kauft-Erntetechnik-von-Lely-8014499.html|title=Verkauf der Futtererntetechnik an AGCO}}
In 2019, the company milking system reached the finals of the 2019 European Inventor Award.
; Products:
- Lely Astronaut A5
- Lely Astronaut A4{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-10-05/the-210-000-cow-milking-robot|title=The $210,000 Cow-Milking Robot|date=October 5, 2012|via=www.bloomberg.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://newatlas.com/lely-astronaut-a4/28901/|title=Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot lets cows milk themselves|date=September 3, 2013|website=New Atlas}}
- 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-03-09/the-robots-saving-the-dairy-farm|title=The Robots Saving the Dairy Farm|via=www.bloomberg.com}}
- Lely Juno{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Cultivating-a-new-way-5552893.php|title=Cultivating a new way|first=Nick|last=Niedzwiadek|date=June 14, 2014|website=Times Union}}
- Lely Juno Max
- Lely Orbiter
External links
- [http://www.lely.com/ Official website]