Sometimes Jungheinrich is even better than yellow: it is gold
Year after year, our solutions win awards. Although our customers’ satisfaction is the greatest praise for us, we are delighted about each and every prize.
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2025
The jury of around 40 experts for the Red Dot Design Award has met, discussed and decided: Our Jungheinrich EJC 112i is one of the best of the best and receives the ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best’ award in the commercial vehicles category.
Top award for the EJC 112i electric pedestrian stacker truck
Whether functional, aesthetic, sustainable or innovative - this year's Red Dot Award: Product Design once again recognised outstanding products with remarkable design quality. The innovative product design of our EJC 112i electric pedestrian stacker truck, which can pick up a maximum load of 1,200 kg and stack it at a height of up to 4.7 metres depending on the configuration, was able to prevail against a large number of submissions from all over the world. With 92 out of 100 possible Red Dot Winner Points, the EJC 112i secured the coveted quality label for pioneering design and impressive product quality.
In addition to the degree of innovation, functionality and ergonomics, the jury also assessed the ecological compatibility of the products. The electric pedestrian stacker truck scored highly with its space-saving, fast-charging lithium-ion battery, which not only has a multi-stage life cycle, but also a recycling rate of up to 95%. The vehicle chassis with its durable steel construction is also impressive. This is because the panelling parts are made from particularly resistant, single-origin plastic materials that can be easily separated for recycling.
The design concept of the EJC 112i is not only sustainable, but also consistently tailored to the user's needs. The fully integrated battery results in greatly reduced vehicle dimensions, making it easier to manoeuvre in confined spaces. In addition, the lower overall height of the vehicle also enables shorter people to have an optimum view of the fork tips and load. In combination with an intuitive operating concept and efficient maintenance options, the EJC 112i is a versatile helper in day-to-day warehouse logistics. The Red Dot jury agrees, recognising the all-round successful design with the Red Dot Winner Label and exclusive presentation in the Red Dot Design Yearbook 2025.
Mobile robot SOTO wins Best of Industry Award 2024
Spotlight on the most impressive industrial innovations of 2024! The users have voted and our mobile robot SOTO has made it onto the winners' podium of the Best of Industry Award. SOTO impresses in the category “Robotics” as the smart link between warehouse and production.
More efficiency with robotics: Users select the SOTO as a winner
Since 2016, the Best of Industry Award yearly elects groundbreaking solutions from the industry. Innovative products that stand out from the crowd and offer companies real added value. Whether medical and pharmaceutical technology, artificial intelligence, automation or sustainability – in the online voting for the Best of Industry Award, in which 51 pioneering solutions in a total of 15 categories were up for election this year, the market decides. That means: 5 months of voting, 20,000 votes cast and an impressive list of nominees. For the first time, the Best of Industry Award was presented in cooperation with other Vogel Communications Group brands, allowing to represent an even broader section of the industry.
The fully autonomous mobile robot SOTO from Jungheinrich subsidiary Magazino was a clear winner by votes in the category “Robotics”. In the field “Best of Production & Design” it convinced as an innovation for automated material supply. The SOTO handles up to 14 small load carriers (SLCs) of different sizes from two sides without problems and transports them safely from A to B. For precise handling at different rack heights, its adjustable gripper reaches heights from 400 to 1,700 mm and enables the SLCs to be rotated 180 degrees. Real-time material tracking ensures maximum process reliability, while four laser scanners and two 3D cameras guarantee safe collaboration in the human-machine environment.
With a view to future production landscapes and the growing complexity of material provision, the real-time operation of SOTO in combination with enormous throughput rates and high security in mixed operation represents indispensable solution expertise for the future. This innovative strength was honored at the award ceremony on January 16, 2025 in Würzburg, where the winners received the coveted trophies.
LOGISTRA best practice:ETV 2i series named innovation of 2024
A clear victory in terms of votes: in the ‘LOGISTRA best practice: Innovations 2024’ online vote, our ETV 2i reach trucks impressed readers across the board. The series successfully beat off the competition in the ‘AMR, Shuttles, Forklifts’ category.
Spacious, safe and efficient: the ETV 2i has a convincing overall concept
For the sixth year in a row, readers of the trade magazine LOGISTRA have voted for the technical, entrepreneurial and intellectual logistics innovations of the year in a reader poll that takes place every two years. From autonomous robots to drone software and AI assistants, 24 remarkable products and solutions were presented in eight categories. The topics of electric mobility, robotics and AI emerged as clear trends this year. In the case of vehicles and vehicle components, the change towards electric mobility dominated the field of nominees, whereas the field of participants in the area of warehouse solutions was characterised by increasing automation.
The Jungheinrich reach truck series ETV 2i, consisting of the ETV 214i and ETV 216i models, was entered for the award as a shining example in the field of electric mobility. The series impresses with energy-efficient, highly available industrial trucks. In addition to a space-saving lithium-ion battery, the vehicles impress with their user-friendly ergonomics and a variety of useful assistance systems and options for customisation. As a future-oriented complete package with a focus on cost and energy efficiency, the ETV 2i triumphed over the MaxX 60 electric multidirectional sideloader from Hubtex and the EXV iGo automated high-lift pallet truck from Still.
In addition to the novelty value of the products and solutions, the practicality of the innovations presented also played a role. All candidates should be available on the market during the election or in the near future. The winners will be presented in the LOGISTRA issue 11-12/2024.
Professional User Rating (PUR): Jungheinrich WMS as champion
PUR 2024 – the Professional User Rating by techconsult GmbH is an independent user rating in which users can directly express their satisfaction with a product or solution. We are delighted that users have voted the Jungheinrich WMS one of the top 6 best warehouse management systems in the German-speaking market this year.
Highest customer satisfaction: Jungheinrich WMS impresses in the DACH market
Once a year, techconsult GmbH, an established research and analyst firm, compares solutions in ten different categories to honour the top providers from a user perspective. Our warehouse management system, the Jungheinrich WMS, was named champion in this year's ratings by more than 4,000 users. The award underscores the high level of customer satisfaction with our solutions and services, in particular the Jungheinrich WMS. To become a champion, you first have to distinguish yourself in the categories of ‘Solution Excellence’ and ‘Company Excellence’. Solution Excellence encompasses all relevant aspects of the digital solution, while Company Excellence deals with the company's positioning in the market.
The Jungheinrich Warehouse Management System is a versatile, modular warehouse management software that makes warehouse processes more efficient and sustainable. In addition, the software can be flexibly adapted to new conditions when changes are made in the warehouse. Participants in the Professional User Rating particularly appreciate the solution-specific range of functions, the innovative strength and the high quality of support and advice offered by the Jungheinrich WMS.
Users were surveyed in the ‘Digital Solutions’ category about over 50 different software solutions from German-speaking countries. The result proves that our 30+ years of expertise in warehouse management and our constant pursuit of digital development and excellence pay off and are appreciated by customers.
IFOY Award 2024
A total of 17 products from 15 companies stood in this year's final of the renowned IFOY Award material handling competition and could hope to win an award. Following evaluation by an independent jury of international experts and in-depth product tests during the IFOY Test Days, the winners have been announced: We are proud that our electric pallet stacker EJC 112i is one of this year's award winners.
Innovation wins: Jungheinrich succeeds at the IFOY Award
In 2024, the IFOY jury once again selected outstanding material handling products and system solutions from ambitious companies and start-ups. As part of an extensive audit with various nomination and test cycles, the innovations from mobile robots and smart pedal vehicles to 3D ultrasonic sensors were tested thoroughly. Among other things, functionality, innovation value, customer benefit and market relevance were assessed. This year´s jury is made up of 26 editors-in-chief from leading logistics publications and experts from 19 countries who not only understand their business, but also live their enthusiasm for future-proof material handling solutions with passion. We are therefore all the more honored to receive the IFOY Award for the electric pallet stacker EJC 112i.
Our winning product in the Warehouse Truck “highlifter” category sets new standards in the entry-level segment of electric pallet stackers. The Jungheinrich EJC 112i not only offers the perfect combination of compactness and performance, it also features modern lithium-ion technology with the option of quick and intermediate charging. Above that it impresses with intuitive operation and a high level of safety. The innovative pallet stacker really comes into its own in confined warehouse environments and narrow aisles. An extremely small turning radius enables confident maneuvering when handling pallets or picking goods. The result of the IFOY test: The EJC 112i is a universally applicable all-rounder that achieves top performance in its class with exceptionally high lifting and lowering speeds and optimum energy efficiency – a worthy winner of the coveted IFOY trophy. The award ceremony took place just outside Vienna in the imperial city of Baden, where the award winners were duly honored and celebrated at the Congress Center and Casino, which served as a spectacular scenery.
Learn more about the EJC 112i.
iF Design Award 2023
"Design is about solving problems" – as the perfect answer to the current shortage of skilled workers and high demand for storage space, the Jungheinrich PowerCube convinces at the iF Design Award and receives the coveted trophy in the category "Product Design".
Honoured with the iF Design Award 2023: The Jungheinrich PowerCube
Under the motto "A global challenge", the top-class jury of the iF Design Award again selected outstanding designs by creative brands, newcomers and start-ups in 2023. More than 10,000 entries from 56 nations impressively proved that design has the power to solve problems and make the world a little better. Like the Jungheinrich PowerCube, which opens a new dimension of efficiency for its customers as an automated and individually scalable compact container warehouse. Highly efficient, ultra-compact and exceptional in design.
We are proud that our PowerCube was able to convince in the category "Product Design" and was awarded the coveted iF Design Award. It is so trendsetting because it flexibly adapts to spatial conditions and existing storage systems and offers a variety of advantages compared to other compact storage solutions. In addition to unique space utilisation, high flexibility, and strong performance, it impresses with its simple IT integration. With the PowerCube, small parts containers with loads of up to 50 kg can be easily stacked vertically in racking heights of up to 12 metres and then stored, transferred and retrieved by autonomous shuttles. An extremely efficient and at the same time safe way of order picking.
The user-oriented concept with ergonomically optimised, fatigue-free and intuitive workstations also impressed the strict iF jury, which was more diverse than ever this year. 133 renowned international design experts from a total of 20 countries agree: whether as a stand-alone solution or integrated into a complex automated warehouse - the Jungheinrich PowerCube offers a new standard in speed, flexibility and efficiency. This year's winners will be honoured and celebrated on the world's largest theatre stage at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin on May 15, 2023.
Platinum honour by EcoVadis
EcoVadis is one of the leading sustainability assessment platforms and evaluates the environmental and social practices of companies. The areas audited include the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Responsible business is part of Jungheinrich's self-perception
This places Jungheinrich among the most responsible one per cent of more than 150,000 certified companies and among the top companies in terms of sustainability.
On the move: The Pallet Champion 2021
With a handling performance of impressive 146 pallets per hour, our LPG forklift TFG 320s not only outperforms its hydrostatic equivalent in the VerkehrsRundschau test, but also all forklifts tested over the past 24 months.
Clear winner: Our TFG 320s LPG forklift beats them all
Based on the established forklift tests of the VerkehrsRundschau, the German weekly magazine for freight forwarding, transport and logistics, the forklift with the highest turnover is awarded with the title "Pallet Champion" every two years. This time, our LPG forklift TFG 320s receives the title. Justifiably, because the compact combustion forklift impressively demonstrated its performance twice.
Under real conditions, the VerkehrsRundschau test team challenged two of our hydrostatic forklifts to a test of strength on a specially constructed test course. For evaluation purposes, a comparative performance check was carried out for loading and unloading a semi-trailer with 32 Euro pallets, with both trucks completing the course in the high-performance setting. While the diesel front loader DFG 316s completed the task in 29:37 minutes at consumption costs of 1.11 €, the TFG 320s needed only 26:16 minutes at low consumption costs of 0.82 € and thus emerged as the winner from this duel.
In addition, the VerkehrsRundschau tested a large number of other forklifts over the past 24 months with regard to their handling performance. A total of 17 criteria were considered, such as working behaviour, steering, workplace or energy management. Also in comparison with all other test vehicles, the TFG 320s convinced as the winner with a handling performance of 146 pallets per hour. Congratulations!
Best Logistics Brand 2020
Awarded once again. For the fourth time, Jungheinrich wins the prestigious industry award "Best Logistics Brand”.
Victory in several categories: Jungheinrich continues to impress as an outstanding logistics brand in 2020
Every year, Germany´s leading logistics brands are awarded for their outstanding work in the reader and expert poll "Best Logistics Brand". The choice is made between brands that have a particularly high market relevance due to the highest sales in the German market. To determine the winners, eleven categories were formed to cover all major areas of the logistics industry. They include, for example, industrial trucks, logistics consulting, logistics services on land, sea or in the air as well as IT for warehouse management.
With their vote, the LOGISTIK HEUTE readership decides which brands they like the best. We are very proud that we were able to convince the jury in two categories at the presentation of the industry award in 2020. Jungheinrich wins in the category "Conveyor and warehousing technology, order picking" and also takes second place on the winners' podium in the category "IT for Warehouse Management".
We are extremely pleased about these awards because they are the best proof for us that professional analogue and digital processes go hand in hand at Jungheinrich and that we are able to impress with integrated warehouse solutions in the long run. Our gratitude goes to the readers, our customers and the initiators of the award, the leading German industry magazine LOGISTIK HEUTE and the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V., for offering this annual platform which allows us to measure ourselves against other strong brands from the logistics industry time and time again.
Service Management Award
For more than 25 years, the Service Management Award presented by the Kundendienstverband Deutschland KVB (Customer Service Association Germany) has honoured exceptional service ideas or innovations. In 2019, our simulator for professional forklift training was able to triumph over competitors like Audi and thyssenkrupp.
Virtual training for more warehouse safety
Using our simulator, forklift drivers can train on various truck types in a virtual warehouse environment. This provides specific benefits whenever resources are scarce: e.g. when no trucks or trainers are available (during high season or around Christmas time) or there is not enough space in the warehouse for practice drives.
German Design Award 2019
Every year, the renowned German Design Award and its top-class jury celebrate the most innovative and pioneering products as well as international design trends. We are proud that Jungheinrich’s innovative design approach has been rewarded with a total of five awards in 2019, including a GOLD award for the revolutionary ETV 216i reach truck.
Five-time win for Jungheinrich at the German Design Award 2019
The German Design Council are the experts in brand and design in Germany. Once again, they presented the German Design Award for 2019 for outstanding products and pioneering projects that are both highly successful and contribute to the German and international design landscape. Jungheinrich’s reliable instinct for innovative design trends was rewarded with an amazing total of 5 awards.
Our big winner is the reach truck ETV 216i – its completely new, revolutionary truck design convinced the jury and was rewarded with gold in the “Industry” category. The secret of this innovative truck: A integrated lithium-ion battery, which fits in perfectly with the overall concept of the truck and renders the ETV 216i a well-proportioned, high-performance storage and retrieval tool. According to the jury, the truck looks “lightweight, dynamic and compact, and the brand’s core values have been magnificently transposed into the design.”
The EJE 116 electric pallet truck, the expert in the economical transport of pallets over short distances, also won in the “Industry” category. This vehicle impresses with its compact, consistent design and innovative multifunction tiller arm with advanced sensor technology – making for reliable and ergonomical operation.
Moreover, the strategic reorientation of the Jungheinrich brand was rewarded in the “Brand Identity” category, with the company now representing a seamless and holistic brand experience across all contact points. For one, this is reflected in our successful LogiMAT trade fair appearance for the international trade fair for intralogistics solutions, which also won the Winner Award in the “Fair and Exhibition” category. In addition, the new Jungheinrich Intranet was honoured with a Special Mention by the jury for enhancing simple and intuitive employee communication.
This is a great result that makes us extremely proud and motivates us to continue our visionary thinking and to remain open to new technologies and design trends.
Immersive Learning Award 2018
Only the most innovative companies are able to convince the jury of the Immersive Learning Award: Just like Jungheinrich with its VR training – the project wins gold in the category “Customer Project”. The award will be granted as a part of the Lear Next in three categories: "Standard Tools", "Standard Content" and " Customer Project ".
Gold for Jungheinrich VR training.
Jungheinrich wins Gold in the category "Customer Project" at the Immersive Learning Award 2018, which is a great honour especially in times of digitalisation and the increasing use of virtual learning tools. The project "VR Training at the Jungheinrich Training Centre" shows impressively how employees and customers can benefit from the use of new technologies like virtual reality (VR), and how learning success can be achieved faster and more economically. "If you don’t strive to improve, you cease to be good." This quote from Philip Rosenthal is the motto according to which the 54 employees of the Jungheinrich Training Center have been working since 2008. With success: In 2017, 4,250 participants took part in 850 trainings, immersing themselves into those new worlds of learning.
German Brand Award 2018
In 2018 the German Brand Award honors outstanding achievements in the field of brand management for the third time. We are very proud to be a Gold Winner in the category "Industry Excellence in Branding".
Jungheinrich wins Gold at the German Brand Award 2018
The German Brand Institute and the German Design Council once again nominate successful brands for outstanding brand management and sustainable brand communication at the German Brand Award 2018. We are honored to receive the Award as the Gold Winner in the category “Industry, Machines & Engineering”. This award has a very special meaning, because it confirms that Jungheinrich has done everything right concerning the strategic reorientation of the brand. The jury statement says: “With its new brand design, Jungheinrich has provided a prime example of what professional brand management should look like – and has done so clearly and demonstrably down to the minutest details.”
The Jungheinrich brand DNA unfolds as a holistic and convincing brand experience across all contact points, with the individual group divisions appearing completely rounded. This creates a coherent brand strategy for employees, service providers and customers. The digitization of the brand has been successfully promoted at all levels to take advantage of the great growth opportunities of globalization, e-commerce and Industry 4.0 and provide professional brand work. A level of consistency that convinced the jury. The basis for the brand strategy was a well-founded international brand analysis, which also included employees from a wide variety of specialist fields and hierarchy levels. Because only a brand strategy that is credibly demonstrated from the inside out can unfold its positive effect on the brand experience at all contact points.
Best Factory Software 2018
Jungheinrich WMS named “Best Factory Software 2018”
The Jungheinrich Warehouse Management System (WMS) has been chosen as the “Best Factory Software of 2018” by the Industry 4.0 Research and Application Centre at the University of Potsdam. From a total of 30 systems nominated, a jury made up of scholars and logistics industry representa¬tives selected Jungheinrich’s warehouse management software as the winner in the “Logistics” category. It won over the jurors above all due to its particularly high customer benefits, its easy integration into existing software structures as well as its particularly intuitive and easy-to-use new user interface, which reduces operator errors to an absolute minimum.
Innovator of the Year
Jungheinrich is “Innovator of the Year 2018”
For the third time in a row, “Statista” and the German business journal “brand eins Wissen” conducted an innovation survey to identify the most innovative companies in Germany in 2018. More than 2,000 interviewed industry and innovation experts were asked to name their favourites from over 3,400 Germany-based companies out of 20 industries. The ranking also considered various awards, such as the German Design Award, DEKRA Award or the Manufacturing Excellence Award.
The remarkable thing about this prize is that the final evaluation is comprised of an algorithmic weighting of various factors, thus reflecting not only opinions but also facts. Jungheinrich – as a comprehensive system provider in material handling – has made it onto the best-of list in the industry “Railway, Ship, Aircraft and other Vehicle Construction as well as Suppliers” in the category “Companies with More than 250 Employees”, proudly accepting the title “Innovator of the Year 2018”.
Innovation and the new development of innovative products and services has always been an important pillar in the company’s success, so that Jungheinrich has become a competent and award-winning partner in terms of lithium-ion technology, automation and safety as well as digitalization and connectivity.
Deutsche Post DHL Group Supplier Award 2017
Jungheinrich honored in the category “Sustainability”
Jungheinrich AG has won the "DPDHL Group Supplier Awards" – a prize that for the first time has been awarded by the Deutsche Post DHL Group, honoring valued suppliers of the logistics specialist. Our company prevailed in the category "Sustainability".
Among a total of 90 contenders, Jungheinrich won in the category "Sustainability". With this award, the Deutsche Post DHL Group wants to intensify cooperation with its strategic suppliers and recognize their contribution the company's "Strategy 2020".
Jungheinrich member of the Board of Management Dr. Lars Brzoska accepts the award
During the award ceremony in Troisdorf near Bonn, Dr. Lars Brzoska, member of the Jungheinrich Board of Management Sales, accepted the trophy. On behalf of Jungheinrich, he expressed his gratitude: "In order to maximize our customers' benefits, we at Jungheinrich have been focussing on sustainable solutions for more than 60 years. As a family enterprise, we constantly think about future generations. For this reason, the DPDHL Group Supplier Award in the category Sustainability is a special honor and acknowledgement of our efforts, always based on reliability and partnership. By refurbishing used vehicles, for which we've received this award, we give our forklift trucks a second life and thus reduce their CO2 footprint by up to 80 per cent. We will continue to take our ecological responsibility serious by expanding our business model and by using cutting-edge technology made by Jungheinrich, such as li-ion technology to boost energy efficiency, in order to lay the foundation for corporate sustainability."
Honoring refurbishment of used forklift trucks
With the award in the category "Sustainability", the Deutsche Post DHL Group recognized the refurbishment of used forklift trucks in our Used Equipment Center Dresden. With the highest standards of safety, sustainability and strict quality controls, old vehicles are restored to a perfect technical and visual condition in a consistent and for all truck models identical procedure of six steps.
Drastic reduction of CO2 emissions
By implementing a number of technological innovations, which have now become the CO2 emissions benchmark, we have drastically reduced the level of CO2emissions across our entire range of trucks. For this achievement, the TÜV Nord issued the environmental seal of approval "Product Lifecycle Assessment" to Jungheinrich as the first industrial truck manufacturer. Energy efficiency of drive systems remains a key topic of Jungheinrich research, with our lithium-ion technology setting further benchmarks.
Manufacturing Excellence Award
The Manufacturing Excellence Award has been a benchmarking competition for best practice in the industry for over ten years.
Jungheinrich Landsberg production plant voted best company in the Product Innovation category
Each year, the Manufacturing Excellence Network honours the innovative strength of the manufacturing industry in the German-speaking world. In a two-stage application process, Jungheinrich Landsberg AG & Co. KG secured the coveted title of Best Company in the Product Innovation category, building on the results of a self-assessment audit and a business review on site by proven experts.
Prof. Dr-Ing. Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of the Board of Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) encapsulated it in his laudatory speech:
"Due to its strong competitive position and successful product innovations as well as various idea generators, Jungheinrich is ahead of the competition. A consistently modular product concept guarantees production-oriented customisation and is a sign of intelligent solutions. The Landsberg plant is modern, sustainable and structured for growth"
We are delighted with this recognition from industry experts, which once again proves Jungheinrich's leading position as a provider of intralogistics solutions.
FOX FINANCE Award
The FOX FINANCE Award evaluates brand-enhancing content solutions in communication and marketing based on business, CSR/sustainability and other reports in print and online as well as in moving images. The award is considered an efficiency benchmark in corporate reporting.
Jungheinrich wins gold.
Communication performance in reporting is growing and Jungheinrich is at the forefront. Supported by Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and Münster University of Applied Sciences, FOX FINANCE 2017 shone deeply into the corporate reporting efficiency of predominantly globally active companies, organisations and foundations. From among 168 submitted reporting solutions, we were twice able to secure the coveted "Gold" premium ranking.
The awards are determined in a three-stage process. The first round takes place internally at dapamedien Verlag, which launched the FOX AWARDS three years ago. The participating jurors from practice, science and teaching then examine the submitted reports intensively during an extensive jury session lasting several weeks by way of an evaluation grid developed in cooperation with Roland Berger and FOX FINANCE initiator Pia Dahlem. In the case of deviations in these evaluation rounds, a third team is used for the final assessment. Pia Dahlem is convinced that with this complex evaluation process she is able to offer a uniqueness in competition-oriented reporting analysis.
We agree with her opinion and are delighted with the award for the Annual Report 2016.