IFOY AWARD
IFOY AWARD 2019 Night Takes Place in the Hofburg Vienna

The secret about the winners of the IFOY AWARD 2019 will be disclosed in the Hofburg Vienna on April 26th. In cooperation with LOGISTIK.Kurier and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) the IFOY AWARD Night will take place on the occasion of the gala of the Austrian HERMES Transport.Logistics.Award for the first time. More than 600 international guests are expected, among them the who is who of the transportation and intralogistics community.

“Vienna, one of the most important cities for congresses in the world, and the Hofburg are a brilliant setting for awarding exceptional achievements in intralogistics. We will invite the community to Vienna for this event,” says Sascha Schmel, Managing Director of the Association for Materials Handling and Intralogistics in the VDMA. VDMA is the sponsor of the IFOY AWARD.
“Thanks to the cooperation of the HERMES Transport.Logistics.Award with the most important international intralogistics award we create a big stage for European logistics. This looks like the highlight for the logistics scene in 2019,” underlines Alexander Klacska, head of the WKO's federal division.

The HERMES Transport.Logistics.Award, which is awarded annually by the WKO and the LOGISTIK.Kurier, is considered the most important Austrian award for outstanding achievements in logistics. The HERMES.stick, the symbol for economics and traffic, is considered as a quality seal in the national transportation and logistics economy. The annual gala in the ballroom of the Hofburg in Vienna is the hot spot of the Austrian logistics industry.

Due to its technical expertise the IFOY Award is regarded as the most important international innovation award in intralogistics. It is presented by 28 editors-in-chief of leading logistics publications from 19 countries, including the LOGISTIK.Kurier. The sponsor of the IFOY Award is the Association for Materials Handling and Intralogistics in the VDMA.

The IFOY Test Days 2019 will take place from March 1st to March 8th 2019 on the exhibition grounds of the IFOY partner Deutsche Messe in Hannover, Germany.

IFOY AWARD
Enter now for 2019: Entry Phase up to October 30!

Once again it is time for the top class in intralogistic.
The entry phase of the IFOY Award 2019 has started: From May 1, 2018 intralogistics companies will be able to enter their vehicles and solutions up to October 30, 2018.

The eleven categories cover material handling products and warehouse solutions for almost every application. In addition to forklifts, warehouse equipment and special built vehicles, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), shuttles, robots, software and apps or successfully implemented integrated warehouse concepts are approved for application. Furthermore, outstanding technical details or components, such as ergonomic innovations, safety solutions or automation components are awarded for their achievements.
For the first time, startups also have a permanent place at the IFOY Award. In a separate category, newly founded companies can submit their developments in intralogistics.

The "International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year" Award, IFOY for short, honors the best new industrial trucks, intralogistics products and solutions as well as application solutions in industry, trade and services. The IFOY Award is selected and awarded by an independent jury at the end of a 5-month audit in which the finalists undergo a testing procedure and a scientific innovation check.

Entrants for the award can register their entries here.

IFOY AWARD 2018
The Winners are ...

On the opening evening of CeMAT it became loud on the fairground in Hannover. The percussion show started an award night of surprises and the cheering could not be ignored.

After six months of selection and testing, the final straight was tighter than ever before. As always, the cheers were tremendous when the laudators revealed the traditionally well-kept secret about the winners at the CeMAT opening ceremony.

Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH, Parkstein, Germany, triumphed in the "Integrated Warehouse Solution" category for its Migros Distribution Center Suhr AG in Switzerland. The new RX 20 from Hamburg-based Still GmbH was voted best truck of the year. This year, two vehicles can call themselves "Warehouse Truck of the Year". For the first time in IFOY history, two finalists crossed the finish line: The ECE 225 from Jungheinrich AG and the Wegard Trail from the Hamburg startup Wegard GmbH. Jungheinrich won a second IFOY Award in the "Special of the Year" category with the cross-technology SLH300 battery charger for industrial trucks. In the crane category, the MK 140 tower crane from Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH was honoured with an IFOY Award.

IFOY Award Ceremony 2018

On the opening evening of CeMAT it became loud on the fairground in Hanover. The percussion show started an award night of surprises and the cheering could not be ignored. After six months of selection and testing, the final straight was tighter than ever before. As always, the cheers were tremendous when the laudators revealed the traditionally well-kept secret about the winners at the CeMAT opening ceremony. More than 300 guests of honour came to celebrate with the winners of the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award 2018.

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IFOY Test Certificates presented

At this year's IFOY Test Days, the Best in Intralogistics certificates were presented for the first time. BYD, Jungheinrich, Liebherr, Still, Gebr. Schulte, Wegard and Witron received the certificate at a reception in the Hermes Lounge of Deutsche Messe AG.

The Best in Intralogistics certificate was developed to document even more clearly the high degree of innovation and technical quality of the finalists who have successfully completed the IFOY test procedure, known to be the toughest selection process in intralogistics. Best in Intralogistics is the visible sign of innovation.

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IFOY Testing Days 2018

At the beginning of February, 12 IFOY-nominated devices, components and solutions from the manufacturers BYD, Jungheinrich, Liebherr, Still, Gebr. Schulte, Wegard and Witron were subjected to the world's biggest intralogistics test at the IFOY Test Days in Hall 13 of the Hannover Trade Fair.

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IFOY AWARD 2018 finalists announced

The finalists for the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award 2018 have been selected. From all entrants, the jury selected 13 products and solutions from BYD, Jungheinrich, Liebherr, J. D. Neuhaus, Still, Gebr. Schulte, Wegard and Witron to compete for the world's best logistics products and solutions of the year.

In February, the finalists will compete in the second round at the international IFOY Test Days on the premises of IFOY partner CeMAT.

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