We make sustainable food production possible
Our vision is to make sustainable food production possible. As a company built on innovation, we constantly work to find ways of helping our customers, dairy farmers, do more with less by providing world-leading milking equipment and solutions.
As a market leader, we take great pride in providing dairy farmers with high‑performing milking solutions that prioritise animal welfare and sustainability. We are committed to supporting our customers in improving productivity through increased automation, digital services and expert advice. This is our purpose.
This is why we do what we do – to ensure the world continues to have access to milk, one of nature’s most nutritious foods.
Products and solutions
Driven by innovation, we continually strive to provide dairy farmers with world-class milking equipment and solutions. We offer intelligent systems that enhance milking and other on-farm operations.
DeLaval customers can benefit from advisory and digital services to improve their performance. They can also choose from all-inclusive service plans and consumables including liners and tubes, farm supplies and original parts designed to promote milk quality and animal welfare – and ultimately improve farm profitability.
Digital services
Digital services play an increasingly important role in DeLaval’s strategy as dairy farming becomes more sophisticated. DeLaval Plus is DeLaval’s digital services offering, comprising an ever‑growing set of applications and services that transform farm‑collected data into actionable insights to support day‑to‑day decision‑making for farmers and dealers.
One example is DeLaval BioSensors Milk Cell Analysis (MCA), a sensor that can be integrated into the DeLaval VMS™ milking system to measure the somatic cell count – white blood cells naturally present in milk and a proven indicator of udder health. This solution helps farmers maintain milk quality and manage disease risks more effectively.
Powering our digital services is DeepBlue, DeLaval’s artificial intelligence, which uses deep learning and multi‑layered neural networks to analyse cow behaviour and detect patterns in global farm data. This helps farmers identify potential issues early and take proactive steps to improve performance and animal welfare.
By leveraging these insights, farms can adopt more sustainable and efficient practices, while dealers benefit from dedicated tools within DeLaval Plus services that strengthen their ability to support farms and work more efficiently.
Sustainability
Every time we help a farmer find a way to produce more milk from the same herd, we make food production more sustainable – by doing more with less. We support this work through a clear strategy with four sustainability focus areas and aligned targets, contributing especially to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2, 4, 8 and 12.
| DeLaval facts: | |
| Net sales 2025 | €1,425 million |
| Sales in | >90 countries |
| Number of employees 2025 | 4,900 |
| Technical Training Centres | 16 |
| R&D Centres | 7 |
| Distribution Centres | 6 |
| Production Plants | 12 |
Market
The dairy industry is shaped by global trends, which create both opportunities and challenges for DeLaval’s market. The current major trends include:
Technology
DeLaval’s smartest milking robot yet
The updated DeLaval VMS™ V300 milking system incorporates new technologies designed to support smarter, faster and gentler robotic milking. Developed in close collaboration with farmers, the system includes several innovative capabilities such as Flow‑Responsive ™ Milking and DeLaval BioSensors Milk Cell Analysis (MCA). It also has a larger box to accommodate a wider range of cow breeds and sizes, helping to improve comfort during milking. “Our new model focuses on the key needs of modern dairy farmers, with features intended to enhance productivity, animal welfare and more sustainable farming practices,” claimed Thibault Burg, EMEA Solution Manager for VMS at DeLaval. “Overall, it helps customers to milk better than ever – that’s what we call milking without compromise.”
Flow‑Responsive Milking Flow‑Responsive Milking sets a new standard for robotic milking by maintaining a steady preset teat‑end vacuum, resulting in a more gentle and consistent milking process and reduced milking time – with farmers reporting up to 40 seconds saved per cow per milking. This technology received industry recognition during 2025, including the Innovation Award in the Sustainability & Technology category at the Rundvee & Mechanisatie Vakdagen (RMV) Hardenberg exhibition in the Netherlands, and the Innov’Space Award at the SPACE exhibition in Rennes, France.
Enhancing milk quality with a breakthrough sensor
Milk Cell Analysis (MCA) can be added as an optional feature to further enhance the milking experience. This revolutionary, compact sensor uses advanced optical technology to monitor udder health and count somatic cells in milk, helping farmers improve udder health management, milk quality and overall herd health.
It also helps to make dry-off decisions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic treatments and promote responsible dairy farming practices. The MCA is part of DeLaval’s comprehensive suite of solutions aimed at improving dairy farm productivity and animal welfare. These support a holistic approach by focusing on animal health, milking efficiency and data‑driven decision‑making.
Get the most out of your VMS with advanced digital services
During 2025, new DeLaval Plus applications and features were added, further complementing DeLaval’s latest VMS and helping farmers get more value through data‑driven insights and smarter day‑to‑day management.
New DeLaval Plus applications include Milking Queue, designed to streamline and optimise the VMS milking process, and cooling monitoring applications, which give farmers remote access to their milk cooling tank. By continuing to enhance DeLaval Plus with new capabilities and functionalities, we are helping dairy farmers to meet higher demands for efficiency, animal welfare and environmental responsibility – now and in the future.
“Our new model focuses on the key needs of modern dairy farmers, with features intended to enhance productivity, animal welfare and more sustainable farming practices.”