The story
The company was founded in 1948 by the Lely brothers, Cornelis van der Lely and Arij van der Lely, in Maassluis.
In 2004, Lely established their North America headquarters in Pella, Iowa.
In 2011, Lely set up their automated milking machine assembly on the Vermeer Corporation campus.
In 2012, the company acquired Aircon GmbH and subsequently renamed it as Lely Aircon B.V.
At the end of 2016, Lely ceased tipper production in Waldstetten.
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.
In 2019, the company's milking system reached the finals of the 2019 European Inventor Award.
In 2022, Lely expanded their Pella, Iowa campus and moved their manufacturing to a new building.
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Products
Lely Astronaut A5 (and A5 Next)
Lely Astronaut A4
Lely Astronaut A3 (and A3 Next)
Lely Astronaut A2
Lely Astronaut A1
Lely AMF Automatic Milking Filter
Lely Cosmix
Lely Discovery
Lely Discovery Collector
Lely Discovery Collector C2
Lely Zeta
Lely Horizon
Lely Luna
Lely Meteor
Lely Calm
Lely Vector
Lely Juno
Lely Juno Max
Lely Orbiter
From Wikipedia’s article on Lely (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4