IFOY Award: 2023 finalists have been announced

The nominees will compete in the IFOY audit at the end of March, which will take place again in 2023 as part of the Test Camp Intralogistics in Dortmund. "The audit of the IFOY finalists promises to be a spectacular setting this year. With their selection, the jury has put together the best of the best in intralogistics. They show where intralogistics is heading in the future: traditional warehouse technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated, quick commerce, robotics and AI are finding their way into logistics and innovative details are making warehouse life more efficient, easier and more productive," emphasizes Anita Würmser, Chairwoman of the IFOY jury. She expects a tough battle in the jury sessions for the seven winning trophies, which will be awarded in Dortmund this summer.

The intralogistics specialists Agilox, Combilift, Continental, Crown, DS Automotion, Hikrobot, IdentPro, Jungheinrich, Kemaro, Libiao Robotics, Mobile Easykey, Nimmsta, Raymond, Still, Volume Lagersysteme and Youibot Robotics want to win one of the coveted trophies. The start-ups in the final are 1MRobotics, Chemovator (Loady), ff Fördersysteme, Hunic, Predimo, Sentics and sereact. You can find out which provider is in the final with which solution in our picture gallery.

The jury will send a total of five manually operated warehouse trucks to the final, three in the highlifter category and two in the lowlifter category. The range of applicants in the automated guided vehicles category is traditionally large and very international, and for some years now they have not only come from the intralogistics sector. This time, four providers have made it to the final. The three automated warehouse systems in the Intralogistics Robot category represent a strong field. The jury made a total of three nominations in the Intralogistics Software category. In the Special of the Year category, three ingenious products are in the running and in the wide-ranging Start-up category, the jury is sending seven finalists into the race.

IFOY Nominees in the Intralogistics Test Camp

The test site © IFOY Award

The innovations of the IFOY finalists will be available for self-testing by visitors at the Intralogistics Test Camp on March 29 and 30. The hands-on testing event for innovations and new developments will provide decision-makers from industry, trade and services with 10,000 square meters of hall space for extensive self-testing of selected innovations. In addition to the IFOY finalists, more than 50 innovations and 1,000 participants are expected at this year's camp.

Due to its expertise, the IFOY Award is regarded as the leading innovation prize in intralogistics. The selection is preceded by an extensive audit with nomination and test cycles. The devices and solutions nominated for the final go through the IFOY test and the scientific innovation check individually at Messe Dortmund. In addition, jurors and their teams of advisors from the industry travel to Dortmund to assess the finalists themselves.
The coveted trophies will be awarded in the summer. Until then, the result will remain a secret - both for the finalists and for the public.

Click through the picture gallery and see which nominees are in the final.