Categories

The IFOY categories are for orientation purposes and are not necessarily carried out every year. Applicants may indicate their preferred categories in the application. The IFOY organisation decides in which category an application is grouped and in particular reserves the right to assign a product or solution to another category if it is advantageous for the product or solution.

Industrial Truck
Forklift trucks and industrial trucks that lift, move or stack loads – from mainly manual pallet trucks to heavy counterbalance trucks. This includes:

• Counter Balanced Truck
  All types of counterbalanced trucks up to 8 tons.
• Heavy Load Forklift and Special Vehicle
  Forklifts/vehicles for special tasks, special vehicle construction, drones, cargo bikes, truck-mounted/container stackers, heavy-duty forklifts over 8 tons.
• Warehouse Truck “highlifter”
  Warehouse trucks from 2nd rack level upwards, such as high-bay, narrow-aisle and reach trucks, pedestrian-controlled highlifters, order pickers, etc.
• Warehouse Truck “lowlifter”
  Predominantly manual warehouse technology equipment up to approx. 1st shelf level such as pedestrian-controlled low lift trucks, tugger trains, tugger trains, horizontal order pickers, etc.

Mobile Robot
Mobile autonomous or automated robots, such as AGVs, AMRs, mobile cobots, robots for the automatic unloading and loading of trucks, shuttle (systems), automated industrial trucks, etc.

Stationary Robot / Robot Warehouse System
Automated warehouse systems, stationary robot-supported solutions for intralogistics applications such as palletizing and depalletizing, cobots, picking robots, etc.

Intralogistics Software
Apps and intralogistics system or software solutions in the context of possible applications, such as warehouse management systems, forklift guidance systems, driver assistance systems, fleet management systems, etc.

Integrated Customer Solution
Automation solution successfully implemented for a specific customer in the warehouse, greenfield and brownfield projects.

Special of the Year
Components or technical equipment that significantly improve efficiency, sustainability or the physical or mental conditions for the user, such as ergonomic innovations, safety assistance solutions, automation solutions, drive technologies, warehouse aids, forklift attachments, etc.

Crane and Lifting Technology
Cranes for various applications, such as gantry and bridge cranes, bracket and wall-mounted overhead traveling cranes, slewing jib cranes, overhead monorail cranes, light cranes, etc.
Lifting technology for various applications, such as chain and cable hoists, winches, magnetic and vacuum lifters, lifting tables and work platforms, etc.

IFOY Start-up of the Year
With the IFOY Start-up of the Year spin-off award, the IFOY AWARD organization honours innovative technologies and new developments by founders.