Yesterday, Volume was awarded the IFOY AWARD in the category “Start up of the Year”! We are very proud and thank everyone who supported our application for the “Oscar of Intralogistics”.
Here is an excerpt from the jury’s verdict:
“The essential factor in the jury’s decision was the system’s fundamentally new design principle as well as its potential to set new standards worldwide. ‘For the first time, Volume WAVE combines all the essential criteria for a compact yet flexible pallet storage system, from high storage density to high performance and individual access to each storage space’, judge the IFOY testers. The IFOY Innovation Check calls the system ‘an impressive solution to the classic problem of combining high storage density and high throughput in fully automated pallet storage with individual access to specific pallets’. Even though not every storage system necessarily requires a high storage density, there is sufficient market volume, especially for temperature-controlled warehouses or limited floor space, to attest the Volume WAVE a good market relevance, the scientists emphasise.”
IFOY AWARD Night 2021 – Volume in the Winner Video
Our joy about winning the IFOY AWARD is still great. The video shows Gordon Riske presenting the award at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. The CEO of the KION GROUP and Chairman of the Board of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association had previously emphasised in his speech that a total of 80 different test criteria had to be met before a start-up made it to the final. Among the remaining 5 in this category, we were able to secure the decisive lead with Volume WAVE. It was a long way, but it was worth it. The award officially confirms the system’s worldwide market relevance, high customer benefit and degree of innovation and at the same time recognises the quality of the implementation.
