IFOY AWARD to Publish Independent Test Results 2025

• Innovation Checks und Testberichte für 17 Finalisten ab sofort online verfügbar.

Ismaning near Munich, June 5, 2025. The IFOY organization has published the test results from this year’s audit. All tested products and solutions are finalists of the IFOY AWARD 2025, having prevailed against numerous international entries. In total, seventeen innovations from eleven providers across six countries underwent thorough evaluation during the final stage. Four start-ups competed in the spin-off category, the IFOY Start-up of the Year Award.

The IFOY AWARD is one of the most prestigious innovation prizes in intralogistics worldwide. Its testing methodology is internationally recognized as a quality seal for technical innovations in intralogistics. At the core lies the scientific Innovation Check, complemented by the IFOY Test and jury testing. Importantly, nominees are not directly compared to each other but are evaluated against their respective market competitors. The Innovation Check focuses on functionality, implementation quality, degree of innovation, customer benefit, and market relevance. Leading scientists from Technical University Munich, Technical University Dresden, Fraunhofer IPA, and Fraunhofer IML conduct the evaluation. This process identifies and assesses technological advancements, successful recombinations, as well as genuine innovations.

Manually operated vehicles additionally undergo the IFOY Test, conducted by Dutch logistics journalist Theo Egberts, based on an extensive test database widely regarded as a benchmark across Europe.

The winners of the IFOY AWARD will be announced during a gala event on July 3rd.

Download all test reports (for industrial trucks) and Innovation Checks with images:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/1mni8bn9rpemn20x8oggt/AEndErewcwPcz22BadEF0l4?rlkey=g98frcc9z40zbikkpdec824jp&dl=0

Download video material of all tested IFOY finalists:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/nt6l0k6s3vjla3xvjlxzi/AF0_csprbjX3oarUDD8Xxx0?rlkey=0ba2bbwiynop9lx0zdwpduwy8&dl=0


The IFOY Innovation Check team 2025:
•    Dr.-Ing. Richard Bormann, Head of Research Team Handling Processes and Intralogistics, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart
•    Dipl.-Ing. Guido Follert, Head of Department for Machinery and Equipment,
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Dortmund
•    Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fottner, Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich
•    Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thorsten Schmidt, Professorship of Logistics Engineering,
Technical University of Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering


IFOY AWARD
Innovation Checks und IFOY Tests of the nominees 2025 at a glance:
•    aluco, aluco STRIX
•    EP Equipment, EFL 10T HV
•    EP Equipment, X MOVER EXP15
•    Exotec, Next Generation Skypod System
•    Geekplus, G-Plan
•    Geekplus, RoboShuttle 11
•    Geekplus, RoboShuttle + P40 Tote-to-Person Solution at Dr. Max Italy
•    Geekplus, SkyCube
•    HUBTEX, HUBTEX FLUX 30
•    Interroll, MCP PLAY
•    Jungheinrich, EFG 425
•    Jungheinrich, ETV 214i
•    Jungheinrich, Jungheinrich & MHP @Wildeboer 
•    Logitrans, LogiRobot - AMR CoBot
•    PLANCISE, Workforce Management for Logistics
•    STILL, FM-X iGo
•    Verity, Inventory Tracking System at Ingka Group

IFOY Start-up of the Year Award
•    Blickfeld, QbProtect
•    ecoro, ecoro P2X
•    enabl Technologies, Forklift Remote Automation 
•    Filics, Filics Unit

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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. The IFOY logistics partner is LTG. IFOY event partner is Phoenix des Lumières. 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. In 2024, coverage of the IFOY AWARD reached 2599 articles in 738 media outlets from 45 countries. The organic online media reach (gross) was 886.6 million readers.

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 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), 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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