IFOY AWARD 2026: “Best in Intralogistics” certificates awarded in Dortmund
All 17 nominated solutions and products receive seals for successful participation in the three-stage IFOY audit.
Jan Drömer, Chairman of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association, presents certificates in Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle.
Winners of the IFOY AWARD will be announced on June 25 in Stuttgart.
Dortmund/Ismaning near Munich, April 16, 2026: The finalists for the IFOY AWARD 2026 have cleared a decisive hurdle: The “Best in Intralogistics” certificates 2026 have been awarded at the TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS in Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle. With this seal of quality, the organizers of the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) AWARD recognize all companies that have reached the finals of the award and successfully completed the demanding three-stage IFOY audit. The certificates were presented by Jan Drömer, Chairman of the Executive Board of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association.
A total of 17 companies will be able to use the seal for their innovations that have been recognized as IFOY finalists. The 2026 certificate holders include Crown, idealworks, Jungheinrich, KNAPP, Libiao Robotics, Locus Robotics, Mobotic, Nomagic, PureLoX SOLUTIONS, SSI SCHÄFER, STILL, The Mobile Robot Company and Wiltsche Fördersysteme. AI2Connect, Koiotech, Pyck and Romb Technologies received the “Best in Intralogistics” certificate at the “IFOY Start-up of the Year” spin-off award.
The seal stands for an independently tested innovation. By making it to the IFOY final, companies undergo a standardized audit process that combines scientific analyses, extensive practical tests and final testing by an international jury of experts. The aim is to evaluate the degree of innovation, market relevance and customer benefit in a transparent and comprehensible manner.
The scientific IFOY Innovation Check is carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund and for Production Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart as well as professors from the Technical Universities of Dresden and Munich. Scientists analyze the technical design and degree of innovation, check the plausibility of the manufacturer’s specifications and evaluate the market significance and customer benefits of the solutions.
In addition, the industrial trucks undergo a detailed test protocol as part of the IFOY test, which focuses on criteria such as cost-effectiveness, sustainability, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics in addition to the hard facts. All results are used by the international jury of specialist journalists as a basis for decision-making and are also publicly accessible.
Who will actually take home the coveted trophies of the IFOY AWARD 2026 will only be announced at the award ceremony on June 25 in Stuttgart. This year’s IFOY AWARD Night will be hosted by IFOY partner AEB.
About IFOY AWARD: 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. The IFOY logistics partner is LTG. IFOY event partner is AEB. The headquarter of the IFOY organisation is in Ismaning near Munich. The IFOY AWARD is under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The IFOY logistics partner is LTG. IFOY Eventpartner is AEB. . The headquarter of the IFOY organisation is in Ismaning near Munich. The IFOY AWARD is under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
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), Hilda Hultén, editor and publisher Dagens Logistik (Sweden), Klaus Koch, editor-in-chief LogisticsInnovation.org (Switzerland), Véronique Le Voas Barat, publisher and editor Solutions Manutention (France), Valeria Lima de Azevedo Nammur, editor-in-chief LogWeb Magazine (Brazil), Øyvind Ludt, editor-in-chief Tidsskriftet Logistikk / Logistikk Inside (Norway), 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), 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), 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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