IFOY Conditions of Participation

Preconditions, costs, formalities - everything entrants need to know about participation.

Conditions of Participation
IFOY 2017

 

Entry phase starting September 1, 2016
Deadline for entries: November 18, 2016, 12 midnight CET

 

Entry

Entries for the IFOY Award 2016 are invited in eight categories:

  1. Counter Balanced Truck bis 3,5 Tonnen
  2. Counter Balanced Truck ab 3,51 Tonnen
  3. Special Vehicle
  4. Warehouse Truck "highlifter"
  5. Warehouse Truck "lowlifter"
  6. Automated Guided Vehicle / Shuttle (AGV)
  7. Intralogistics Solution
  8. Special of the Year

Manufacturers of material handling equipment, intralogistics providers and software companies for intralogistics solutions can enter as many trucks and solutions as they wish.

 

Step 1

Register each truck/solution on the entry. You will receive a access code to your entry form.

 

Step 2

Logon at the entrant portal (www.ifoy.org) and and submit your entry in German and English language.

 

Step 3

Your entry is only officially registered for the competition after you have accepted the conditions of participation on the entrant portal and entered and confirmed all the required data.

 

Winners will not be informed before the ceremony.

 

Nomination (Best of the Best)

  • Based on the technical specifications, the IFOY organisation decides for which category a truck/solution is submitted for nomination. In their submission, entrants can assign a ranking of possible categories.
  • The jury nominates a minimum of two and a maximum of five trucks/concepts from all the submitted entries in each category once a year, and the nominations are then made public (Best of the Best). 
  • At the time of nomination and at the latest by the date of the IFOY test, the truck must be in production and must be offered and available for ordering on the European market. Warehouses must have been implemented.

 

Fees

Entries for the IFOY Award are subject to a fee:

  1. The entrant/manufacturer must pay a one-off processing fee of 500 € plus VAT for each entry.
  2. In case of a nomination the entrant must pay a nomination fee for each nominated truck or intralogistics solution. This fee is determined newly every year
    (VDMA members receive a 20 percent discount).


Entrants can request the Conditions of Participation at the IFOY office.


Categories (1, 2, 3, 4, 5): Counter Balanced Truck up to/over 3.5 tons, Special Vehicle, Warehouse Trucks

  • Newly developed trucks, trucks that represent further developments or special models with significant technical improvements that have come onto the market since December 1, 2015 are eligible for the award.
  • Only individual trucks are admitted, no model series or ranges. Studies, prototypes, blueprints or minor optical facelifts are not sufficient.
  • In the event of a nomination, entrants undertake to provide a test vehicle at their own expense.
  • At latest by the date of the IFOY Test Days , the vehicle must be in production and must be offered and available for ordering on the European market.

 

Category (6): Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) / Shuttle

  • Newly developed AGVs and Shuttles or that represent further developments or special models with significant improvements that have come onto the market since August 1, 2015 are eligible for the award. Partially automated vehicles are eligible, but the application should be mainly driverless.
  • The basis for assessment is the innovative character of the automation technology in the context of the application options.
  • Written submissions can be entered on the IFOY entrant portal as a summary and the long version then uploaded in PDF format. The document must be in both German and English, contain the technical data of the truck, and must not be longer than 5 DIN A4 pages. Videos and presentations are admissible.
  • In the event of a nomination, entrants agree to hold a 15-minute presentation before the jury in English on the IFOY Test Days day at their own expense and/or show a demonstration.

 

Category (7): Intralogistics Solution

  1. The entered warehouse concept must already have been successfully implemented in a company in the industrial, trading or service sector. The system or software solution has to contain a detailed description of the application options or have been successfully implemented in a company in the industrial, trading or service sector. The concept must have been realized in 2015/16.
  2. Written submissions can be entered on the IFOY entrant portal as a summary and the long version then uploaded in PDF format. The document must be in German and English and must not be longer than five DIN A4 pages. Videos and presentations are admissible.
  3. In the event of a nomination, entrants agree to hold a 15-minute presentation before the jury in English on the IFOY Test Days at their own expense.

 

Category (8): Special of the Year

  • Newly developed technical details, that have come onto the market since August 1, 2015 are eligible for the award. Only trucks are admitted, no model series or ranges.
  • In the event of a nomination, entrants agree to hold a 15-minute presentation before the jury in English on the IFOY Test Days at their own expense and/or show a demonstration.
  • Entries can be submitted via the IFOY entrant portal at www. ifoy.org in German and English. Videos and presentations are admissible.


Company presentation during the IFOY test week

  • Companies have the option of setting up a company presentation stand during the IFOY test week at their own expense.

 

Contact for queries and support for entrants

Anita Würmser
IFOY Executive Jury Chairperson
Phone: +49 (0)89 958226-11
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