IFOY AWARD Opens Applications for Three New Jury Seats
International trade journalists from logistics, industry, and business magazines can apply for a seat on the IFOY jury until August 1, 2026.
The panel decides which innovations win an IFOY AWARD.
Ismaning near Munich, July 7, 2026. The IFOY Organization has opened applications for three new seats on the Award jury. Eligible to apply are editors-in-chief and senior editors of logistics, industry, and business magazines worldwide who cover intralogistics or robotics/automation. The application deadline is August 1, 2026.
Anyone interested in the position can submit the required information in German or English via a standard form on the IFOY website. The IFOY head office can also provide information on the formalities.
The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) AWARD honors the best forklift trucks and intralogistics solutions of the year in various categories. It is one of the largest technology competitions in intralogistics worldwide, and its test methodology is recognized as a quality seal for innovations as well as newly developed products and solutions.
As part of TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS, the equipment and solutions undergo individually tailored driving or functional tests, including the IFOY test protocol, which comprises around 80 criteria, and the scientific IFOY Innovation Check.
The next TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS will take place on January 26 and 27, 2027, together with the German Material Flow Congress at Messe Dortmund. The jurors and their advisory teams from industry travel to TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS to evaluate the finalists in person before casting their votes.
The jury currently consists of 24 renowned trade journalists from leading logistics media in 18 countries. Applications are now being accepted at https://www.ifoy.org/en/awards/ifoy-award/jury/jury-application/
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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 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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