IFOY Patronage
Federal Minister for Economics and Climate Action

 

 

Dr. Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in Germany, is patron for the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) AWARD.

Habeck has been in office as a federal minister since December 8, 2021. He was born in Lübeck in September 1969 and studied in Freiburg im Breisgau (German language and literature, philosophy and philology), Roskilde/Denmark (humanities) and Hamburg (literature and philosophy) from 1991 to 1996. He has been a member of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen since 2002. Habeck held the party chair from 2018 to 2022 before becoming a member of the Bundestag in 2021.

The IFOY AWARD has been under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Economics for more than ten years.

 

 

 

The IFOY Trophy
Designed by the Fraunhofer IML

 

 

The Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund is without doubt the premier name in logistics research. The logistics campus, the Fraunhofer labs or the endowment chairs further underpin this reputation, and it's no secret that this is the place where "efficiency leaders" regularly come and go.

The IFOY Trophy - an interdisciplinary creation

  • Anita Würmser (IFOY Jury) and Georgios Katsimitsoulias (Fraunhofer IML)
  • Design kick-off
  • The IFOY Award logo
  • Object designer Clemens Müller and Head of the Fraunhofer IML, Professor Michael ten Hompel
  • The IFOY Award protoype
  • A glass plate in the IFOY colour reflects the networked structures of the IFOY symbol
  • IFOY trophy version for national award ceremonies

When it comes to design, however, the IML isn't necessarily the first place that springs to mind. And yet it was the Fraunhofer logistics researchers who thought up the IFOY Trophy. An interdisciplinary team of creative thinkers, technicians, logistics researchers and media experts took up the challenge and designed and made the IFOY trophy for the award winners in-house in IML's own workshop. This is where four employees and three apprentices normally produce components for research or for clients in industry; things like grabbers for robots or parts for warehouse trucks, and the researchers naturally keep on fine-tuning their designs until they create an innovation. What better place to create a trophy that recognises innovations.

In developing the idea for the trophy, Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel, Executive Director of the Institute, Georgios Katsimitsoulias, Engineer for Visual Communication at the IML, Clemens Müller, the technician and object designer in the creative team, and IFOY Jury Chairperson Anita Würmser attached equal importance to artistic and technological aspects. The winners' trophy was to be solid yet lightweight, both transparent and compact, dignified and technically sophisticated. The best of the best should be able to enjoy an award that does justice to their achievements in every respect while underlining the values associated with the IFOY Award: strength, innovation, networking

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The symbolism of the IFOY Trophy

The parameters of this challenge took shape in an impressive trophy that visibly mirrors the "IFOY AWARD" logo. A three-centimetre thick aluminium plate in the background cut exactly in the IFOY network structure symbolises coordinated strength. An identical aluminium plate just three millimetres thick in the foreground stands for innovation. A glass plate in the IFOY colour that reflects the networked structures of the IFOY symbol in countless shades depending on the play of light simultaneously separates and combines the filigree and solid elements of the award trophy. It stands for creativity and networking, symbolising the endless opportunities for options for the creation of innovations. 

The highlight and the feature that symbolises the innovative technological quality of the IFOY Award is the production technique chosen for the trophy, which is made using a water-cutting machine that cuts the shape and network structure from solid aluminium blocks under high pressure with millimetre precision. The water jet of the machine fills an entire room, reaches a pressure of 2,500 to 3,000 bar and cuts through metal parts several meters thick like butter. The cutting action itself is performed by the abrasive sand which is added to the high-pressure water jet.

The IFOY Trophy

Dimensions: 31.5 x 18.5 x 5.6 cm (incl. base) 
Weight: 2,530 g
Materials: aluminium, anodised
Production technique: water-cutting machine (3,000 bar)
Lettering: laser engraving

 

 

 

Applicant Login

 

Welcome at the IFOY AWARD applicant portal.

Manufacturers of intralogistics products and solutions can register to participate here.

Step 1: For each application (each truck, each product, each solution) a registration ist required. You may register here free of charge for access to the applicant portal. You will be sent the updated price list of nomination and licence fees following registration in between 48 hours as well as the access data (user name and password) for the applicant portal.

Step 2: Enter the user name and password to login and proceed to your application/applications via "application portal" in the main navigation menu.

Please also note the conditions of participation and further information on the IFOY process.

Jury Login

Members of the IFOY Jury may log in here for nomination and selection.

About
IFOY AWARD

The IFOY AWARD (International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year) is an independent organisation.
Its mission is to identify and recognise the year's best intralogistics products and solutions as well as engage in activities in order to assess outstanding technical and strategic achievements in intralogistics as well as generate stimuli for innovation.
The IFOY organisation has set itself the goal of establishing the IFOY AWARD as the definitive award for outstanding achievements and can draw on an international expert jury made up of well-known trade journalists who also represent the leading logistics media in the various markets. The IFOY organisation assesses solutions and equipment objectively and based on transparent criteria and specialist expertise.
The IFOY Award documents the performance capability and innovative drive of the intralogistics sector, helping to boost competitiveness and raise the profile of the entire intralogistics sector in the public arena. Consequently, the nomination and selection process for the IFOY Award makes high demands in terms of the safety, technology, sustainability, cost efficiency, design and ergonomics of equipment and solutions.

The sponsor of the IFOY Award is the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association.

The patron of the IFOY Award is the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

The headquarters of the IFOY Organisation are in Ismaning near Munich.

IFOY is a registered trade mark.

Subcategories

  • Kategorien
  • IFOY Test
  • Teilnahmebedingungen
  • IFOY Ablauf

    Drei Phasen

    Der IFOY Ablauf besteht aus drei Phasen
     
    Phase 1

    Öffentliche Bewerbungsphase: 30. Oktober bis 21. Dezember
    In dieser Phase können sich Hersteller von Flurförderzeugen für den IFOY bewerben.

    zur Bewerbung

    Phase 2

    Nominierung: Januar
    In dieser Phase nominiert die Jury aus allen eingegangenen Bewerbungen in jeder Kategorie maximal fünf Fahrzeuge beziehungsweise Lösungen.

    Phase 3

    Test und Wahl: März bis  April
    In dieser Phase müssen sich alle nominierten Fahrzeuge eine Woche lang einem eigens entwickelten IFOY Test unterziehen. Der IFOY Teststandard basiert auf dem Andersom-Test des niederländischen Fachjournalisten Theo Egberts. Seit 1988 haben insgesamt 300 verschiedene Gabelstapler und Lagertechnik-Flurförderzeuge den Andersom-Test durchlaufen. Damit verfügt er über die europaweit größte Vergleichsdatenbank unabhängiger Testdaten und gilt als Benchmark in der Branche. Bewertet werden unter anderem Wirtschaftlichkeit und Energieeffizienz, Nachhaltigkeit, Sicherheit, Ergonomie und Design der Geräte. Im Anschluss an den Test wählt die Jury in jeder Kategorie den Sieger.

    zum IFOY Test

  • IFOY Innovation Check