The Innovation Checks of the IFOY winners

• The IFOY AWARD winners put to the test: EP Equipment, Exotec, Geekplus, Interroll, Jungheinrich, PLANCISE, STILL and IFOY Start-up of the Year Filics.
  
  

Ismaning near Munich / Dortmund, July 3, 2025. The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) AWARD honors the best intralogistics products and solutions of the year. With the spin-off award IFOY Start-up of the Year, the AWARD organization also recognizes innovative technologies and new developments by founders. The winners are selected by an international jury of expert trade journalists.

The decision is based on a three-stage audit comprising the IFOY test protocol with around 80 criteria, the scientific IFOY Innovation Check, and the jury testing. The IFOY test methodology is regarded as a seal of quality for innovations and newly developed products and solutions.

Evaluation criteria
The key evaluation criteria for the jury is the innovative value of a nominated product or solution within its broader context. To assess the technological value of an innovation, it is essential to conduct a comparative analysis with established market standards. For the scientific IFOY Innovation Check, esteemed
scientists from leading universities and research institutions thoroughly evaluate all nominated devices and solutions, focusing on functionality, type of implementation, degree of innovation, customer benefit, and market relevance. The criteria emphasized by manufacturers in their documentation and presentations
are examined on-site through visual inspections and functional testing, with performance measured against
the current state of the art. The evaluation process identifies and assesses both innovative advancements,
successful recombinations, and truly groundbreaking innovations.

Innovation Check Team
For the IFOY Innovation Check, scientists from leading universities and research institutes evaluate all nominated devices and solutions:
•    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

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. 

DOWNLOAD Test reports, IFOY Innovation Checks, and images of all IFOY AWARD winners and finalists: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/1mni8bn9rpemn20x8oggt/AEndErewcwPcz22BadEF0l4?rlkey=g98frcc9z40zbikkpdec824jp&dl=0

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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