IFOY Award winners named

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- 10 Jul 2025 ( #1238 ) - Dortmund, Germany
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The EP Equipment team accepts its award
The EP Equipment team accepts its award

The winners of the 2025 IFOY (International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year) Awards have been named in Germany.

This year, 49 products were on the application list for the awards with 15 companies and 21 products named as finalists for the awards which nominees must pay nomination and application fees to enter.

The Counter Balanced Truck of the Year was awarded to Jungheinrich for its EFG 425, 3.5T electric forklift designed for indoor and outdoor applications.

EP Equipment won Warehouse Truck of the Year for its X Mover EXP 15 of which IFOY states: “In a highly competitive field, a powerful yet simple electric pallet truck rose to the top”. 

Still's FM-X iGo mobile robot of the year
Still's FM-X iGo mobile robot of the year

The Mobile Robot of the Year category was bestowed upon Still for its FM-X iGo, the first series-produced automated Li-Ion reach truck.

The start-up of the Year award was taken out by Filics for its Filics Unit, a CE-certified system consisting of two autonomous robots which can synchronously enter and pass under Euro pallets or Euro mesh boxes.

The Robot Warehouse System award went to Exotec for its Skypod System with the jury stating its slimmer design, increased dynamics and high storage density were stand-outs.

The Special of the Year category was awarded to Interroll Group for its MCP PLAY (modular conveyor platform) and.

The winner of the flagship category, Integrated Customer Solution, was Geek+ for its RoboShuttle + P40 Tote-to-Person Solution (with Dr. Max Italia), in what was a very tight race.

The Intralogistics Software of the Year is the SaaS tool, Workforce Management for Logistics, from Plancise.

The IFOY Award is held annually to honour the most innovative intralogistics products and solutions of the year. The decision is based on a three-stage audit process – consisting of the comprehensive IFOY test protocol with around 80 criteria, the scientific IFOY Innovation Check, and the jury test, held by a team of international trade journalists.

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