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IFOY Test Days 2016: Jury tests forklift trucks and warehouse equipment
The tension was palpable: During the test days of the International Forklift Truck of the Year, IFOY for short, on February 24 and 25 at the Hannover Messe, 25 judges tested the nominated equipment from manufacturers BYD, Crown, Jungheinrich, SSI Schäfer, Still and Toyota, which had previously been nominated for the final round. 100 invited guests and representatives of the nominated companies traveled to Hanover to watch the tests live in Hall 9.
The first jury test day kicked off with the presentations of the nominated intralogistics solutions concepts. The Crown team presented the nominated QuickPick Remote picking solution for Jumbo supermarkets to the jury in the Hermes Tower at Deutsche Messe, while SSI Schäfer entered the race with the Weasel shuttle solution for NextLevel Logistik. Hamburg-based intralogistics provider Still presented a PalletShuttle high-bay warehouse with iGoEasy system for Heuchemer Verpackung's Miehlen logistics center.
This was preceded by a week of lifting, driving, measuring and stacking. The ten nominated new products underwent the extensive test protocol and the IFOY Innovation Check in Hall 9 at Deutsche Messe. The latter is carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund and the Chair of Machine Elements and Technical Logistics at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and assesses in particular the innovative value of the devices and their classification in a market comparison. The IFOY test measures the hard facts and compares them with the competitor devices. Both test series serve as a basis for the jury's decision.
The award ceremony and announcement of the winners will take place on the opening day of CeMAT on May 31 in Hanover.
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