And the Best of Industry Award goes to ... Linde Material Handling. This year, the goods handling specialist from Aschaffenburg took home the trophy in the warehouse technology category. The special feature: it was not a vehicle but an assistance system that received the award.
Safety wins
The solution "Linde Motion Detection" protects pedestrians by registering movements behind a stationary forklift and preventing it from starting up. This not only has positive effects on operational safety, but also on productivity, so that in the end, forklift drivers, warehouse personnel and fleet operators all benefit.
Premiere in registration figures
Since the start of the competition in 2016, there have never been so many participants in the "Best of Industry Award" as this year. The organizer, MM Maschinenmarkt, counted a total of 190 entries in 24 categories. Innovations or further developed solutions that had been launched on the market between June 2021 and March 2022 could be submitted. The winners were decided by an online voting process that ran for five months and involved almost 20,000 votes. The online awards ceremony then took place on December 12. Bernd Maienschein, trade editor of MM Logistik, on the victory of the Linde assistance system in his speech:
Fabian Zimmermann, Product Manager Safety, is delighted with the award:
We are delighted that the Linde Assistance System has been chosen and see this as confirmation of our efforts to improve safety in in-plant material flow. This recognition from customers and industry professionals motivates us to continue on the path we have chosen and makes it clear how important the issue of safety is to operations. Thank you to everyone who voted for Linde Motion Detection.