Jungheinrich® Wins IFOY Award 2015
Jungheinrich’s EFG S30s electric counterbalance truck won the International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award 2015 in the category ‘Counterbalanced Trucks up to 3.5 Tonnes’. The model’s innovative ergonomic operator cabin and extremely low energy consumption won over the high caliber international judges.
Other Jungheinrich products were nominated for the award in each of the four IFOY categories being judged.
Newly developed trucks that have come onto the European market since December 2013 were eligible for the award. The IFOY jury chose 14 trucks and solutions from Clark, Jungheinrich, Still, Toyota Material Handling and Unicarriers for the final round from all the entries.. “2014 was a CeMAT year with a whole host of innovations. Only the best of the best in terms of innovation have made it into the final round”, says Anita Würmser, Chairperson of the IFOY Jury.
IFOY Award assesses innovative quality, technology, design, ergonomics, handling, safety, cost effectiveness and sustainability. The key criteria for logistics solutions include novel/innovative quality, customer benefit, sustainability and marketability of the solution.
