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It is also under the inspiring leadership of
the second Van der Lely generation that
the company keeps looking for ways to
improve the quality of cattle farmers’
lives, both financially and socially. Besides
the introduction of rakes and tedders for
a wide range of applications, the development of ever more automated equipment for use in the cowshed also mat-
The vision at Lely right from the outset
was that an alternative had to be found
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ches this aim. And this 60th anniversary
celebration promises many more to come
in the future.
to the labour-intensive and repetitive milking process. The Lely Astronaut milking
robot was introduced in 1992 and is, without doubt, the most important invention of the 20th century for dairy farmers.
1965 Lely brought the Lely Lotus hookshaped tine onto the market; a uniquely
designed tedder tine which could turn
crops more quickly and cleanly. But it was
with the development of the Lelyterra
power harrow in 1968 that Lely made its
real breakthrough. This development also
marked the internationalisation of the
company and an unprecedented growth
in sales. In 1983 reaping technology received a huge boost with the introduction of the modular cutter bar.
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Cornelis van der Lely
Arij van der Lely
2nd March 1920 - 7th May 2003
10th May 1925 - 13th April 2001
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1968
1983
1992
Lelyterra power harrow
Modular cutter bar concept
First Astronaut customers:
Ad and Gretha van den Berg
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2003
2004
2005
Lely Astronaut Evolution
Lely Hibiscus 1015 Profi - the world’s
largest 2-rotor central delivery rake
Lely Splendimo Clip
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2007
2008
Lely Lotus 2010 tedder
Lely Juno feed pusher
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