Application phase for the IFOY AWARD 2025 to start

The search is on for the best new intralogistics products and solutions of the year. Applicant portal at www.ifoy.org will remain open until October 30, 2024. IFOY TEST DAYS will take place from March 24 - 27, 2025 as part of the TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS.

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Ismaning near Munich, July 22, 2024. The IFOY AWARD is going into a new round: The application portal for the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY AWARD) is open until October 30 and intralogistics providers worldwide can apply with their new developments and customer projects for one of the most important intralogistics awards worldwide.

There are a total of ten categories to choose from for 2025, covering all areas of application in intralogistics. Forklift trucks and warehouse technology equipment through to individually manufactured special vehicles are all eligible to apply. Automated and autonomous industrial trucks, stationary and mobile robots, software and outstanding technical details or components such as ergonomic innovations, safety solutions or warehouse aids now form the largest IFOY field of applicants. Awards are also presented for successfully implemented integrated warehouse and automation projects for customers.

A separate Spin-Off Award is presented to start-up companies. Newly founded companies can apply for the IFOY Start-up of the Year Award with their products and solutions.

Applications for both awards can only be submitted online at www.ifoy.org. The conditions of participation can be requested from the IFOY office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The deadline for applications is October 30, 2024.

The IFOY AWARD has established itself as an indicator of efficiency and innovation and is considered a highly coveted innovation award in intralogistics due to its technical expertise and outstanding marketing value. The jury, which includes the editors-in-chief of leading international logistics media, makes its decision independently, according to transparent criteria and on the basis of professional expertise.

IFOY TEST DAYS and TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS in March 2025

At the IFOY TEST DAYS, those nominated by the jury undergo the three-stage IFOY audit, consisting of the IFOY Test, the scientific IFOY Innovation Check and the jury test. The decisive factor is that the nominees are not compared with each other, but with their competitor products on the market.

The IFOY TEST DAYS will take place again next year as part of the TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS at Messe Dortmund, which opens its doors on March 26 and 27. The IFOY TEST DAYS begin two days earlier - on the afternoon of March 24 with the first functional tests. On March 25, the IFOY finalists will undergo the scientific IFOY Innovation Check and present their innovations to a jury of trade journalists from 19 countries.

The TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS is a test event with an accompanying congress. This event format is all about hands-on testing of selected innovations and new developments in warehouse and material handling technology. Decision-makers from industry, trade and services with a specific interest in innovation and investment have the opportunity to extensively test around 100 selected exhibits themselves on around 10,000 square meters of hall space and exchange ideas with experts on current trends and developments.

The IFOY AWARD, which is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, is sponsored by the Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association and the Robotics + Automation Association of the VDMA. IFOY partners are Messe Dortmund and the world's leading forklift attachment manufacturer Cascade. The logistics partner is LTG.

At a glance: The IFOY AWARD categories 2025

1. Counter Balanced Truck
All types of counterbalanced trucks up to 8 tons.

2. Heavy load forklift and special vehicle
Forklifts/vehicles for special tasks, special vehicle construction, drones, cargo bikes, container forklifts, heavy load forklifts over 8 tons.

3. Warehouse truck "highlifter
Warehouse trucks from circa 2nd rack level such as high rack, narrow aisle and reach trucks, pedestrian operated high lift trucks, order pickers, etc.

4. Warehouse truck "lowlifter”
Mainly manual warehouse equipment up to approx. 1st rack level such as pedestrian-controlled low-lift trucks, tractors, tugger trains, horizontal order pickers etc.

5. Mobile robot
Mobile autonomous or automated robots, such as AGVs, AMRs, cobots, robots for automatic unloading and loading of trucks, automated industrial trucks, etc.

6. Stationary robot
Automated storage systems, stationary robot-based solutions for intralogistics applications such as palletizing and depalletizing, cobots, picking robots, etc.

7. Intralogistics software
Apps and intralogistics system or software solutions in the context of Apps and intralogistics system or software solutions in the context of application possibilities, such as warehouse management systems, forklift control systems, driver assistance systems, fleet management systems, etc.

8. Integrated customer solution
Integrated warehouse projects successfully implemented for a customer.

9. Special of the year
Components or technical equipment that significantly improve profitability, sustainability or the physical or psychological conditions for the user, such as ergonomic innovations, safety assistance solutions, automation solutions, drive technologies, supporting devices in the warehouse, forklift attachments, etc.

10. Crane and lifting technology
Cranes for various applications, such as gantry and bridge cranes, bracket and wall-mounted travelling cranes, slewing cranes, suspension cranes, light cranes, etc. Lifting equipment for various applications, such as chain and rope hoists, winches, magnetic and vacuum lifters, lifting table and working platforms, etc.

IFOY Start-up of the Year
Innovative prototypes or functional developments, intralogistics products, software, vehicles or components from start-up companies.

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The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY AWARD) recognises the year's best intralogistics products and system solutions. The aim of the organisation is to document the performance capability and innovative drive of the intralogistics, helping to boost competitiveness and raise the profile of the entire sector in the public arena. The winners of the IFOY AWARD are selected once a year by an independent jury of international trade journalists. The sponsors of the IFOY AWARD are the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association and the VDMA Robotics + Automation Sector Association. IFOY partners are Messe Dortmund and the world´s leading forklift attachment manufacturer Cascade. Logistics partner is LTG. The headquarter of the IFOY organisation is in Ismaning near Munich. The IFOY AWARD is under the patronage of Dr. Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Members of the jury: Snejina Badjeva, editor-in-chief Logistika magazine (Bulgaria), Winfried Bauer, editor-in-chief f+h Fördertechnik (Germany), Cecilia Biondi, editor-in-chief Logistica Management (Italy), Alejandra Cabornero, editor-in-chief Logistica Profesional (Spain), Rosa Maria Cherubini, editor Il Giornale della Logistica (Italy), Charleen Clarke, editor-in-chief Focus on Transport and Logistics (South Africa), Theo Egberts, IFOY tester and owner of Buro Andersom / Andersom Testing (Netherlands, without voting rights), Klaus Koch, editor-in-chief LogisticsInnovation.org (Switzerland), Valeria Lima de Azevedo Nammur, editor-in-chief LogWeb Magazine (Brazil), Øyvind Ludt, editor-in-chief Moderne Transport (Norway), Peter MacLeod, news editor Logistics Business (Great Britain), Bernd Maienschein, specialist editor MM Logistik (Germany), David Maloney, editorial director DC Velocity and CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly  (USA), Marilena Matei, editorial director Tranzit / Tranzit Logistica (Romania), Matthias Pieringer, editor-in-chief Logistik Heute (Germany), Szilvia Rapi-Jaubert, publisher and editor-in-chief Supply Chain Monitor (Hungary), Isabel Rodrigo, editor-in-chief Cuadernos de Logística (Spain), Hans-Joachim Schlobach, publisher and editor-in-chief Business+Logistic (Austria), Sascha Schmel, managing director association materials handling and intralogistics in the VDMA (Germany, without voting rights), Christoph Scholze, editor-in-chief dhf Intralogistik (Germany), Sebastian Śliwieński, editor-in-chief Warehouse Monitor (Poland), Gilles Solard, publisher and editor-in-chief Stratégies Logistique (France), Michal Štengl, editor-in-chief Transport a Logistika (Czech Republic), Jarlath Sweeney, editor-in-chief Fleet transport (Ireland), Ying (Crystal) Xu, representative Editor-in-chief, China Industrial News Network (China). The executive chairperson of the jury is Anita Würmser, logistics journalist and managing partner of impact media projects.

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