The material flow products of 2023

All winners at a glance

Daniel Schilling, 02.05.2023, 22:42

The materialfluss products of 2023

Winner material flow products of the year 2023

After the award ceremony: The winners of the material flow Product of the Year 2023 award with their trophies and certificates. © WEKA Business Medien GmbH/ Andreas Schebesta

39 nominees competed in five categories for the materialfluss products of the year 2023. The winners were honored on the evening of May 2, 2023.

For the second time, the materialfluss editorial team awarded the winners of the reader voting for the products of the year. Almost 1900 readers registered for the vote in spring 2023. They chose the winners in five categories. Prizes were awarded for 1st to 3rd place.

The award ceremony took place in the afternoon and early evening in Haar near Munich and was organized by the publishing house WEKA Business Medien GmbH.

Impressions of the event and all the winners can be found in our picture gallery.

The 2023 winners are (with the award-winning product in brackets):

Category 1: Storage technology, containers and boxes:

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (Flat Pack Picking)
Gebhardt Intralogistics Group (Gebhardt SpeedSorter line)
AutoStore System GmbH (PickUpPort)

Category 2: Conveyor technology and identification technology:

Paul Vahle GmbH & Co KG (Smart Collector)
Gebhardt Intralogistics Group (Gebhardt StoreBiter One-Level-Pallet-Shuttle (OLPS))
Conductix-Wampfler GmbH (ChargeLine 0865)

Category 3: Forklift trucks, forklift components and AGVs:

Knapp AG (Open Shuttle Fork)
Still GmbH (LXT 120/350 with Still Descent Speed Regulation (DSR))
Linde Material Handling (Linde E100 to E180 electric heavy forklift trucks)

Category 4: Logistics and transportation

IPP GmbH ((R)evolution: reusable display for the POS)
Wagner Group GmbH (Fire protection solution for the storage of lithium-ion batteries)
BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co KG (BLG Logistics goes South Africa)

Category 5: Logistics software

Knapp Systemintegration GmbH (KiSoft Genomix)
SSI Schäfer IT Solutions GmbH (Wamas Case Picking)
Fortna (Fortna OptiSlot DC)

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