IFOY Test Days 2018
IFOY finalists put to the test

 

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.

Over the course of one week, the testers lifted, drove, measured, stored and discussed in the jury sessions. More than 100 guests from 18 nations, including various test teams as well as more than 30 jurors and accredited consultants from industry, logistics services, media and science travelled to Hanover to follow the tests live. It is crucial that the nominees are not compared with each other, yet with their competing devices on the market.

The kick-off was given by the presentations in the category "Integrated Warehouse Solutions", to which IFOY partner CeMAT invited the jury into the Hermes Lounge of the trade fair tower. Jungheinrich showed its live central warehouse expansion at the C-parts` specialist Keller & Kalmbach. The Witron team entered the race with an omnichannel solution for the Swiss Migros Group.

The jurors and their advisory teams also drove the 5-ton ECB50C electric counterbalance truck from BYD and the newly introduced Still RX 20 electric forklift truck with a load capacity of 1.6 tons. The test list also included the high-performance EZS 7280 tractor and the ECE 225 order picker with easyPILOT Follow from Jungheinrich as well as the flagship of the OPX order picking series from Still, the OPX-L 16, and the modular tugger train from Hamburg-based start-up Wegard.

In addition to the functional tests of the cross-technology battery charging system SLH 300 from Jungheinrich and the car-like EASY Drive steering wheel from Still, the MULTIplus shelves from Schulte Lagertechnik, which were specially developed for e-commerce warehouses, were put to the test. Liebherr's MK 140 electric mobile crane presented itself as one of the highlights among the testers.

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 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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