Munich Fair is new IFOY Partner

Unterföhring near Munich, June 1, 2016.  The Messe München trade fair company with its transport logistic, bauma and IFAT fairs is the new partner of the IFOY Award. From 2017, the test week and the award ceremony for the international intralogistics award will take place in Munich every two years, alternating with the CeMAT fair in Hannover in the intervening years.

The announcement was made by the IFOY Organisation at yesterday's award presentation gala in Hannover.

Next year's IFOY Test Days will take place from March 2 – 9, 2017 at the Munich fair site. In a purpose-designed testing hall set up by the trade fair, all nominated forklift trucks, order picking vehicles, shuttles, high-bay and narrow aisle trucks as well as reach trucks and special-purpose vehicles will be rigorously put through their paces over the course of seven days by testers, scientists and, finally, each and every jury member. The winners will be announced during the IFOY gala on the opening day of the transport logistic in Munich.

In addition, there will be a special exhibition showcasing the nominated stackers, warehouse trucks and intralogistics solutions at the next transport logistic, which will take place on the grounds of Messe München from May 9 to 12, 2017. With this strategy, the international trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management aims to raise its profile in the exhibition segment for intralogistics, offering visitors the opportunity to gain insights into the advantages and benefits of the world's best intralogistics vehicles.

The International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY AWARD) recognises the year's best materials handling vehicles and intralogistics solutions. The award winners are selected each year by a 24-member jury made up of experts from 16 countries.

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http://www.ifoy.org/en/press/press-photos

http://www.transportlogistic.de/messe/presse/newsroom/fotos-logos/index.html

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The International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY AWARD) recognises the year's best materials handling equipment and intralogistics solutions. The aim of the organisation is to document the performance capability and innovative drive of the materials handling and intralogistics sector, helping to boost competitiveness and raise the profile of the entire intralogistics 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 sponsor of the IFOY Award is the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association. Partner is the Deutsche Messe with the leading international CeMAT trade fair for intralogistics in Hannover and the Munich fair with the transport logistic, Bauma and IFAT. IFOY pallet partner is CHEP, the global market leader in pallet pooling, IFOY technology partner is the battery charging specialist Fronius. The patron of the IFOY Award is the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Members of the jury: Vladimir Antonov, Editor-in-Chief of Sklad i Technika, (Russia), Snejina Badjeva, Editor-in-Chief of LOGISTIKA magazine (Bulgaria), Theo Egberts, IFOY tester and owner of Buro Andersom/Andersom Testing (Netherlands, without voting rights), Sven Bennühr, Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung (DVZ) (Germany), Thilo Jörgl, Editor-in-Chief of LOGISTIK HEUTE (Germany), Anders Karlsson, Editor-in-Chief of Transport & Logistik iDag (Sweden), Klaus Koch, Editor-in-Chief Logistik&Fördertechnik, Handel Heute (Switzerland), Allan Leibowitz, Editor-in-Chief forkliftaction.com (Australia), Valeria Lima de Azevedo Nammur, Publisher LOGWEB Magazin (Brazil), Glenn Lund, Editor-in-Chief of Moderne Transport (Norway), Peter MacLeod, Editor-in-Chief of SHD Magazine (England), Bernd Maienschein, Editor-in-Chief of MM Logistik (Germany), Marilena Matei, Editorial Manager of Tranzit and Tranzit Logistica (Romania), Anton Mizunov, Editor-in-Chief of Skladskoj Komplex (Logistics and Transport)(Russia), Maurizio Peruzzi, Editor-in-Chief of Il Giornale della Logistica (Italy), Isabel Rodrigo, Editor-in-Chief of Logística Profesional (Spain), Hans-Joachim Schlobach, Publisher-Editor and Editor-in-Chief of BUSINESS+LOGISTIC (Austria), Sascha Schmel, Managing Director of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association (without voting rights), Sabine Schulz-Rohde, Editor-in-Chief of Beschaffung aktuell (Germany), Sebastian Śliwieński, Editor-in-Chief of Warehouse Monitor (Poland), Heres Stad, Editor-in-Chief of Logistiek (Netherlands), Jarlath Sweeney, Editor-in-Chief of Fleet Transport (Ireland), Mats Udikas, Editor-in-Chief of Transportnytt (Sweden). Executive Jury Chairperson is Anita Würmser, logistics journalist and Managing Director of wuermser.communications. The headquarters of the IFOY Organisation are in Unterföhring near Munich.

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