When introducing the Lely Astronaut A3 milking robot in 2005, Lely shook up the dairy industry. The design of the system ensured unrivalled reliability and efficiency while also offering substantial financial and lifestyle advantages to dairy farmers. Its successor - the Lely Astronaut A3 Next model- took things even one step further. Over the past years Lely sold A3 and A3 Next robots to more than 4,400 customers in 55 countries. This also means that the robotic milking concept was embraced in an increasing number of countries.
Almost a year ago (November 2010) Lely introduced the next generation of milking robots: the Lely Astronaut A4. This model offers dairy farmers a more flexible and cost-positive way of milking. In addition, this milking robot further improves animal wellbeing as well as acceptance of automated milking. In a nutshell: more freedom, more control and more milk!
Recently, the last production slot for the Astronaut A3 milking robot was filled, which means that the Astronaut A3 production ends within a few weeks. For Lely this is a memorable moment and CEO Alexander van der Lely commented as follows: ’It is a goodbye with some mixed emotions. We are very proud of the enormous success of the A3 and we are grateful to all dairy farmers who helped us achieving this. On the other hand, we are fully confident about its successor and we go on full speed producing and installing Astronaut A4 milking robots.’
