To celebrate the sale of no less than 9,000 of its Astronaut robotic milking systems, Lely decided to introduce a limited series of the Lely Astronaut A3 Classic milking robots; a model which is prized highly competitive, while still meeting Lely's requirements for providing a robot with the lowest operational costs.

The Lely Astronaut A3 Classic looks similar to the complete version of the Astronaut A3 with its full options such as the Gravitor weighing floor, the Lely T4C Management System and its spacious cow box. Next to that the A3 Classic is equipped with the new MQC milk quality control system and the milk separation system M4USE.

The Lely Astronaut A3 Classic is still innovation at its best using highly developed techniques and most modern features. Field-proven worldwide, The Astronaut milking robot is designed for long-term toughness, year-round reliability and a solid return-on-investment.

After the invention of the Astronaut in 1992 Lely has installed its milking robots worldwide. From introduction it was a sure sign that robotic milking is becoming more and more accepted. Lely is the market leader for robotic milking systems. Today approximately 1.5 million milkings are done daily by Lely Astronauts robotic milking systems. The Astronaut robotic milking system is taking dairy operations worldwide to new heights of consistency, economy and efficiency.

The Astronaut Classic comes in a limited series of 200 and will be available through 120 Lely Center facilities worldwide. For more information, please go to www.lely.com.

About the Lely Group

Lely aims all of its efforts on cattle farmers to further improve their financial as well as social wellbeing, also enabling them to anticipate market developments. For 60 years the name Lely has been a synonym for products, services and solutions that are relevant and meaningful to cattle farmers, simply because they have been developed to meet their specific requirements. Consequently, Lely is the uncontested market leader in sales and servicing of automated milking systems; in addition, the company holds a strong position in forage solutions. The company is active in more than 60 countries and it employs 1,200 people. The annual turnover amounts to 390 million euro. For more information, please go to www.lely.com.

For more information, please contact:
Els Versluis
Marketing and Communications Manager
Lely Group International
eversluis@lely.com
T: + 31 (0)10 59 96 500