The CHEP Pallet Network Remains a Partner of the IFOY Award

The CHEP pallet pooling network will continue to be the pallet partner of the IFOY Award in the coming years. CHEP provides pallets and containers for the IFOY Test Day. The pallet network has been supporting the IFOY Award for five years and looks forward to further collaboration.

(Ismaning/Munich) The pooling network will continue to provide pallets and containers for the IFOY TEST DAYS of the IFOY Award. The IFOY TEST DAYS will take place from March 22 to March 26 at the Dortmund Messe grounds. The test pallets and containers at the IFOY Award will remain blue in the coming years. The CHEP pooling network has extended its contract as the official partner of the IFOY Award and will continue to provide various load carriers for the IFOY TEST DAYS.

Leading Role in Shaping Waste-Free Intralogistics Standards

“We have been supporting the IFOY Award for more than five years and are looking forward to continuing our cooperation as an official partner,” says Katrin Zeiler, Senior Director Zero Waste World, Customer Innovation & Solutions Europe at CHEP. “Our vision is to take a leading role in shaping waste-free intralogistics standards and frameworks and to engage in collaborative innovation programs. This is our contribution to the global challenges of decarbonization and waste prevention that companies and supply chains must now face. The partnership with the IFOY Award and collaboration with all participants is a milestone on the path to realizing our vision,” she adds. “Promoting innovation, energy efficiency, and sustainable solutions in intralogistics is a central goal of the IFOY Award. In this respect, CHEP, with its approach to avoiding waste in the supply chain and promoting a sustainable circular economy in logistics, is the ideal partner for the load carriers at the IFOY TEST DAYS,” emphasizes Anita Würmser, Chair of the IFOY Award jury.

Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) has Established Itself

The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY Award) has established itself as an indicator of economic efficiency and innovation and is considered a significant innovation award in intralogistics. The jury, composed of the editors-in-chief of international leading logistics media, decides independently based on transparent criteria and professional expertise. The basis for the decision is a three-stage audit. The devices and solutions nominated for the final undergo individually tailored driving or functional tests during the IFOY TEST DAYS, including the approximately 80 criteria of the IFOY test protocol and the scientific IFOY Innovation Check. It is crucial that the nominees are not compared with each other but with their competitive devices on the market.

Next IFOY Test Days in March 2021

The next IFOY TEST DAYS will take place from March 22 to March 26, 2021, at the Dortmund Messe grounds. The IFOY Award, which is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, is organized by the VDMA’s specialist association for materials handling and intralogistics. CHEP is part of the Brambles Group, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and operates in around 60 countries, with the largest branches located in North America and Western Europe. The group employs approximately 11,000 people and owns around 330 million pallets, containers, and bins in a network of about 750 service centers that support more than 500,000 customer touchpoints for global brands such as Procter & Gamble, Sysco, and Nestlé.

About the IFOY Award

The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award honors the best intralogistics products and system solutions of the year. The aim is to document the performance and innovative strength of intralogistics and to contribute to the competitiveness and image improvement of the entire industry in the public eye. The IFOY Award is chosen annually by an independent jury of international trade journalists. The IFOY Award is organized by the VDMA’s specialist association for materials handling and intralogistics. IFOY partners include Messe Dortmund and the world’s leading manufacturer of forklift attachments, Cascade. The pallet partner of the IFOY Award is CHEP, the global market leader in pallet and container pooling. The partner for logistics real estate is GARBE. The IFOY organization is based in Ismaning near Munich. The IFOY Award is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Photo: © CHEP www.ifoy.org      www.chep.com