In 2021, 14 international companies entered 17 products and solutions for the ninth round of the award. "The winners of the IFOY Award 2021 have once again proven that even in times of an ongoing pandemic, companies can act innovatively and with foresight and bring top products to the market that will have a lasting impact on the future of intralogistics," emphasizes jury chairwoman Anita Würmser.

Cargotec won its first IFOY Award in the "Special Vehicle" category with the second generation of its MOFFETT E4-25.3NX, the world's first fully electric truck-mounted forklift. According to the jury, the zero-emission and low-noise truck is unique in its class. It has a three-wheel drive and numerous safety features and impressed the IFOY test jury with its efficiency and performance, among other things.

The BMW subsidiary idealworks secured victory in the "Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)" category with the iw.hub. Originally developed for in-house use, the autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is now freely available on the market and can be implemented very easily in just two days without any structural adjustments. The AMR, which made its mark at the IFOY Test Days with its flexibility, among other things, also scores points with its competitive price.

In the "Special of the Year" category, the IFOY Award went to the Smart Pallet Mover (SPM) from the Swiss Interroll Group. The new, mobile robot solution for the automation of pallet transportation in the areas of production machines and order picking not only impressed the testers and jury with its high degree of innovation, but also with its outstanding cost-benefit advantage.

The company arculus won an IFOY Award. In the "Intralogistics Software" category, the cross-manufacturer fleet management system arculus Fleet came out on top. It enables the operation of AGVs from different manufacturers in one area via a VDA5050 interface and opens up new possibilities for the mixed operation of automated warehouse vehicles that were unthinkable in practice until recently.

In the "Integrated Warehouse Solutions" category, the coveted award went to Still this year. The Hamburg-based intralogistics group secured victory with its Danfoss project. For the new Danfoss Power Electronics production warehouse, Still implemented a perfectly coordinated solution consisting of three automated series industrial trucks, the smart iGo insights tool and the ELOshield security system for its Danish customer. According to the jury, the project is an impressive example of how automated warehouses will be controlled, monitored and analyzed in the future.

Five young companies qualified for the final round in the "Start-up of the Year" category this year with very different innovative solutions. Volume WAVE from VOLUME Lagersysteme ultimately came out on top in the race for victory. The world's first fully automated pallet shuttle warehouse with individual access to each storage location impressed with its fundamentally new design principle and professional implementation. Scientists described the extremely space-saving solution in the IFOY Innovation Check as "impressive".

The winners of the IFOY Award are selected annually by an international jury of trade journalists. The IFOY Award is sponsored by the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association. IFOY partners are Messe Dortmund and the world's leading forklift attachment manufacturer Cascade. The IFOY Award's pallet partner is CHEP, the global market leader in the pooling of pallets and containers. The logistics real estate partner is GARBE, the trailer partner is Kögel and the logistics partner is LTG. The IFOY organization is based in Ismaning near Munich. The application phase for the IFOY Award 2022 starts on August 1.