Ifoy Awards for eight innovators
At the ‘Ifoy Awards 2025’ the firms EP Equipment, Exotec, Geekplus, Interroll, Jungheinrich, Plancise and Still were recognised for outstanding intralogistics innovations, in a ceremony conducted in Dortmund (Germany). Filics received the 'Ifoy Start-up of the Year Award'. From a field of 49 entries, 15 companies made the final round.
Geekplus from China won in the flagship ‘Integrated Customer Solution’ category. What convinced the jury was its overall package of customer benefit, system availability, and scalability – combined with minimal personnel requirements.
The ‘International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year Awards (Ifoy) are an intralogistics competition judged by an international jury of trade journalists. The 2025 ceremony gathered 200 guests from business, science and politics at the Phoenix des Lumières event hall. Jury chair Anita Würmser emphasised that real innovation stems from simplified thinking in response to economic pressures and labour shortages. (gy)