May 2025 The Handling, Warehousing Warehousing&&Logistics LogisticsSectors Sectors Irish Magazine Magazine for the Materials Handling, The Irish www.handling-network.com
IFOY AWARDs 2025: The Best in Intralogistics Tested!
The International Forklift & Intralogistics Awards (IFOY) continues to evolve, keeping pace alongside ongoing developments in the transport, logistics and warehousing sectors. What began as an initiative to honour the best in materials handling has spread its wings to include IT, warehouse management systems and automation. For this year’s awards eighteen products, solutions and services from a total of forty nine submissions were nominated from fifteen companies spread across six mainly European and Asian countries. The nominated companies were aluco, Blickfeld, ecoro, enabl, EP Equipment Germany, Exotec, Filics, Geekplus Europe, Hubtex, Interroll, Jungheinrich, Logitrans, Plancise, Still, and Verity.
As part of the adjudication process, each finalist had to go through a three stage audit, with the final stage held during the IFOY Test Days at Messe Dortmund, Germany. At this now regular venue, the shortlist of candidates were accessed from scientific, technical, theoretical, physical and operational points of view, with the judging panel consisting of 25 trade experts and specialist journalists from all over the world. Fleet Transport/Handling Network represents Ireland. “The nominated innovations are never directly compared with each other but are evaluated in the context of comparable market solutions. This ensures an objective assessment of performance and degree of innovation. The equipment undergoes the comprehensive IFOY test protocol with around 80 criteria, evaluating aspects such as cost-effectiveness, sustainability, energy efficiency, safety, and ergonomics,” explained Anita Wűrmser, Chair, IFOY Awards.