Speaker Antti Puuri M.Sc. (Agr.) brings strong practical expertise to the team. Growing up on a farm, Antti has gained experience on his family farm and working on various dairy farms in Finland and abroad. This varied experience has given him valuable insight into how different factors affect the efficiency of the barn and the welfare of animals and people. Antti is convinced that every barn requires an individual approach in the design process.

Speaker Jouni Pitkäranta M.Sc. (Archit.) is a founder and chairman of the board in 4dBarn, a global leader in AMS facility design. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 2006. Before starting 4dBarn, Jouni worked on his own as a dairy barn designer and has designed approximately 1000 dairy barns. At 4dBarn, Jouni uses his architectural skills to create work efficient layouts and gate design to improve labor efficiency and cow comfort. Challenging remodeling projects inspire Jouni!

4dBarn team from Finland has helped more than 200 dairy farms globally from 60 cows to 2500 cows to achieve effortless and stress-free working days in their AMS barns.  About 40  % of our project was remodeling! When you have all the right elements of efficient handling in your dairy facility, work with cows gets done with less labor.
 
Watch a testimonial video of Japanese customer's experience with the 4dBarn^® Designed - training programme. Dr Yuto Taira from Farmnote Dairy Platform inc. explains what it’s like to work in a remodeled barn.

Here is also an article “Four factors we see with successful robot retrofits” by Jouni Pitkäranta for Progressive Dairy published on 19 October 2020.