STARRING ROLES
FOR THE ARLA’S
ROBOTS
WRITTEN BY Arla Foods
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Arla Foods
The Automated Guidance Vehicles (AGV) at Arla’s state of the art fresh milk processing
facility in Aylesbury have taken a leading role on The Financial Times website (FT.com) as part
of ‘Robot Week’, a week dedicated to articles, videos and multimedia content on the rise of
robotics in the workplace and home environment
One of the FT.com films looks at
support Arla’s significant growth plans
visit the Aylesbury site and we’re
the use of robotics in the logistics;
for its largest market.
really struck with the machinery in
manufacturing and industrial
The filmmakers filmed the AGVs in
place, in particular the robots in the
environment and the filmmakers were
the dispatch area and spoke to Mark
dispatch area. It encourages us as its
keen to feature the Arla site as a good
Burrows, Senior Dispatch Manager,
talking about low cost and efficiency
example. The AGVs collect the tets of
to understand why the decision was
for the processing of our milk into the
milk bottles asthey arrive in the cold
made invest in the state of the art
finished product.”
store and move to the correct areas
technology, discuss their efficiency
This is not the first media appearance
before the milk is loaded on to the
and how they are deployed.
of the AGV’s at Aylesbury – last year
trailers for distribution.
Arla is a farmer-owned dairy company
they appeared with Steph McGovern
Opened in 2014 following a £150
with 12,700 owners of Arla of which
live of BBC Breakfast as part of their
million investment, Arla’s Aylesbury
2,700 are in the UK. One of the
own robot themed week.
site is one of the world’s largest dairy
owners, David Christensen, appears
Earlier in 2015, Chef Gregg Wallace
operations, has the ability to process
in the film explaining why the farmer
visited the Arla Aylesbury dispatch
one billion litres of fresh milk a year. It
owners were supportive of the £150
as part of the BBC One’s ‘Inside the
was built to support Arla’s long-term
million investment to build Aylesbury
Factory - How Our Favourite Food Is
strategy to increase the volume of
and implement the AGV technology.
Made.
milk being processed in the UK and
“I sometimes join fellow farmers to
Arla Foods UK is
the largest dairy
company in the
country and is home
to leading dairy
brands Anchor,
Cravendale, and
Lactofree with a
turnover of
€2.9 billion.
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