Lely Industries N.V. is a Dutch agricultural machine and robots manufacturer which is based in Maassluis, the Netherlands. It is considered one of the leading dairy robot manufacturers.
The company was founded in 1948 by the Lely brothers, Cornelis van der Lely and Arij van der Lely, in Maassluis.
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.