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IFOY AWARD 2013
The Winners are ...
RX 70 Hybrid - Still GmbH
DFG/TFG 540 s - Jungheinrich AG
ETV/ETM 216 - Jungheinrich AG
InfoLink Fleetmanagement at Spicers - Crown Gabelstapler GmbH & Co. KG
Die Sieger des Abends mit der IFOY Jury und den Laudatoren
The names of the winners of the first International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award were kept secret right up to the end. Then last Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., the 2013 results were revealed at the IFOY Award Night in Hall B1 of the CeMAT@transport logistic in Munich, where the delighted winners were presented with their metal and glass trophies.
The award in the top truck category of counter balanced trucks up to 3.5 tons went to the RX 70 Hybrid from Still GmbH. In the opinion of the jury, this first diesel forklift with energy recovery system and electrical power transmission not only achieved unmatched low energy consumption during the IFOY test but also laid down a benchmark for the development of these trucks, taking the balance of ecology and economy into a new era.
The Hamburg-based Jungheinrich AG company scooped two awards. Its DFG/TFG 540 s diesel/gas machine with hydrostatic drive and a load capacity of 5 tons reigned supreme in the category of counter balanced trucks from 3.5 tons. Where extremely high loading performance is needed, during reversing for the loading and unloading of haulage trucks for example, the strengths of the hydrostatic drive – dynamic acceleration, fast reversing and precision steering – come fully into play. And it was ultimately these benefits that swayed the jury.
Jungheinrich's ETV/ETM 214/216 reach truck won the Warehouse Truck category in what was an exciting "photo-finish". In stating the reasons for its decision, the jury said that the highly reliable order-picking truck combines energy efficiency with excellent handling, great driving performance and a range of ergonomic features.
In the Forklift Truck Solutions category for intralogistics solutions, Crown Gabelstapler GmbH & Co. KG made a highly persuasive case with its InfoLink fleet management solution. Thanks to a totally new and far more efficient forklift fleet less than half the size of the previous one combined with the "InfoLink" fleet management system, the materials handling specialist succeeded in cutting maintenance and repair costs at UK office supplies wholesaler Spicers by 90 percent at the end of 2012 - an outcome that also impressed the international jury with members from eight countries.
IFOY Award Ceremony 2013
The names of the winners of the first International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award were kept secret right up to the end. Then last Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., the 2013 results were revealed at the IFOY Award Night in Hall B1 of the CeMAT@transport logistic in Munich, where the delighted winners were presented with their metal and glass trophies. More than 250 prominent guests came to the first IFOY Award ceremony.
IFOY Award presentation in Austria
On June 19, the logistics magazine BUSINESS+LOGISTIC published by Austrian publishing company RS Verlag staged the first national presentation of the International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award during the 20th Austrian Logistics Conference in Linz. With around 1,000 visitors, the mega-event organised by the Association for Network Logistics (VNL) is considered to be the biggest logistics event in Austria.
IFOY 2013 Winners
The names of the winners of the first International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award were kept secret right up to the end. Then last Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., the 2013 results were revealed at the IFOY Award Night in Hall B1 of the CeMAT@transport logistic in Munich, where the delighted winners were presented with their metal and glass trophies. "This year, the issues of efficiency and customer benefit were the key factors in the jury vote. All nominated vehicles are leaders in their categories, and the decision was accordingly close", said Anita Würmser, Executive Chairperson of the IFOY Jury, at the presentation ceremony.
IFOY Test Days 2013
The first IFOY test days are over. The nine nominated trucks and three solutions for the IFOY Award underwent thorough testing over the course a week on the grounds of IFOY partner Deutsche Messe AG.
14 jury members from eight countries travelled to the venue to cast their vote. The jury came together, then tested and assessed the trucks. The leading contestants for the IFOY Award 2013 are a well-kept secret right up to the last minute before the names are revealed at the IFOY Award Night and the audience hears the all-important words: "and the winner is...".