Great jubilation, start-ups honored for the first time
A total of 15 solutions and devices were nominated in six categories for the seventh round of the intralogistics competition, and the jury voted on the winners after a three-part audit. However, the result remained a secret until the IFOY Award Night. There was great jubilation when the six laudators revealed the well-kept secret of the winners in the Grand Ballroom of the Vienna Hofburg. "Both in the start-up category, which was awarded for the first time, and in the five other categories, the decision was once again close. The three-part audit during the IFOY Test Days already showed that some of the nominees are streets ahead of their competitors on the market in terms of degree of innovation and customer benefit," emphasized Anita Würmser, Executive Chairwoman of the IFOY jury.

Determine freight rates precisely
A Viennese company won the trophy in the Intralogistics Software category. Cargometer GmbH was honored for its On-the-fly Freight Dimensioning. The Austrians launched a tool for freight measurement on a moving forklift truck. Companies can use it to determine freight rates more accurately and thus increase their revenue.

Compact thanks to integrated battery
Jungheinrich came out on top in the Warehouse Truck category with the ETV 216i reach truck. The warehouse truck impressed in terms of performance and design, as well as being the world's first reach truck with a fully integrated lithium-ion battery.

Premiere for Raymond
US industrial truck specialist The Raymond Corporation was in the IFOY final for the first time. The Toyota subsidiary won a trophy in the Special of the Year category with the Raymond Virtual Reality Simulator.

Tugger train: automatic loading and unloading
Still won the AGV & Intralogistics Robot category this year. The company was recognized for its tugger train with an LTX50 tractor and automatic loading and unloading.

"Start-up" IFOY goes to Pro-Glove
The industrial truck supplier UniCarriers Europe was honored in the Counter Balanced Truck category for the most innovative counterbalanced truck. The IFOY Award in the Startup of the Year category, which was held for the first time, went to a Munich-based company: ProGlove (Workaround GmbH). The company impressed with its intelligent glove of the same name for scanning barcodes and 2D codes. ProGlove developed a powerful scanner the size of a matchbox that can be easily attached to a glove.

Most innovative counterbalanced truck
In the Counter Balanced Truck category, industrial truck supplier UniCarriers Europe AB was awarded the prize for the most innovative counterbalanced truck in the competition. The manufacturer entered the race with the TX 3 3-wheel with a load capacity of 1.6 tons.