Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML

Awards

Excellence in research and innovation

Our work has received several awards and underlines our leading role in the development of innovative IT solutions for logistics. These recognitions confirm our innovative strength and our aspiration to provide forward-looking solutions for industry and research.

Dezember 2023

Logistics Innovation Silver Award

The Aeroflex project was recognized by the ALICE Alliance for its work on the Mission Zero Emissions Logistics vision. Our contribution: the PUZZLE function for optimum pallet loading of semi-trailers.

September 2023

ITEA Award of Excellence 2023

The I2PANEMA project has won the ITEA Award of Exceptional Excellence. The jury recognized the project's innovative IoT solutions, which contribute to increasing efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness in ports.

Dezember 2021

IES-SYPA Award 2021

The paper “Towards Re-identification for Warehouse Entities - A Work in Progress Study” by Jérôme Rutinowski (TU Dortmund), Christian Pionzewski (Fraunhofer IML) et al. from the Naturident project was honored with the IES-SYPA Award.

June 2019

Best Success Story Award for the Transforming Transport Project

Georg Wichmann was awarded the Fraunhofer Medal for his contribution to the development of the topic "Optimization of Loading Units" into one of the Institute's core competencies.

April 2016

INDUSTRIEPREIS 2016

The lucky winners of the INDUSTRIEPREIS 2016 were announced just in time for the start of HANNOVER MESSE on 25 April. The load space optimization software "PUZZLE" was particularly convincing this year and is therefore one of the top products.

November 2013

SVC Awards 2013

Logistics Mall has been selected as a finalist in the "Storage, Virtualization, Cloud (SVC) Awards 2013" in the category "IaaS Solution of the Year". The SVC Awards are presented annually by Angel Business Communications Limited in cooperation with numerous sponsors.

November 2013

Automotive Supply Chain Awards 2013

The "PUZZLE" cargo space optimization software developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML is among this year's finalists of the "Automotive Supply Chain Award".

May 2013

EuroCloud Germany Award 2013

The Association of the Cloud Services Industry in Germany, "EuroCloud Deutschland_eco", awarded Germany's best cloud services in Karlsruhe in May 2013. The "Logistics Mall" was the winner in the "Best Case Study Commercial Sector" category.

April 2013

IT Awards 2013

The "PUZZLE" loading space optimization software developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML has been selected as one of the finalists in this year's "IT Awards 2013" in the "Best IT Product" category by the expert jury.

April 2013

INDUSTRIEPREIS 2013

For years, Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH has awarded the INDUSTRIEPREIS to companies with high economic, social, technological and ecological benefits. This year, the "PUZZLE" load space optimization software was one of the top 1,200 applications submitted.

March 2013

IT Innovation Award 2013

The Logistics Mall, developed by the Fraunhofer Institutes for Material Flow and Logistics IML and for Software and Systems Engineering ISST, has been honored as one of the three best solutions for medium-sized businesses at this year's Innovation Award IT in the field of Cloud Computing.

March 2013

IT Innovation Award 2013

The loading space optimization software "PUZZLE", developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, has been honored as one of the best solutions in the category "Industry & Logistics" by the Initiative Mittelstand at this year's Innovation Award IT.

December 2012

The Cloud Awards

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the Fraunhofer innovation cluster "Cloud Computing for Logistics" entered the final round of the international "The Cloud Awards" with the cloud project "Logistics Mall" and in the category "Best Software as a Service".

October 2012

Best in Cloud

With the public cloud project "Logistics Mall" and Logata GmbH, the Fraunhofer innovation cluster "Cloud Computing for Logistics" has been nominated as a reference customer in the category "Software as a Service" for the "Best in Cloud" award presented by Computerwoche.

August 2012

GERMANY AT ITS BEST

In August 2012, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML was awarded the "GERMANY AT ITS BEST" seal of approval by the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Economic Affairs for its innovative cloud computing software "Logistics Mall" for its best performance.

May 2012

EuroCloud Germany Award 2012

The Association of the Cloud Services Industry in Germany, "EuroCloud Deutschland_eco", has awarded the best cloud services of the year. The "Logistics Mall" was nominated by the jury in the category "Best Case Study Commercial Sector" and was among the three finalists.

April 2012

INDUSTRIEPREIS 2012

At HANNOVER MESSE on April 23, 2012, the concept of the "Logistics Mall" was particularly convincing in the "IT & Software Solutions for Industry" category. It thus belongs to the top group of the industry award.

March 2012

elog@istics award 2012

"Logistics Mall" was awarded the "elogistics award 2012" at the international annual congress "AKJ Automotive". Once a year, innovative concepts and solutions for logistics and production that are already in use or in the process of being introduced are awarded.

October 2011

Best in Cloud 2011

The multiple award-winning Fraunhofer innovation cluster "Cloud Computing for Logistics" inspired the audience and expert jury of the "Best-in-Cloud Conference" and took second place in the special project category "Cloud Special Project" with the "Logistics Mall" and Logata GmbH as reference customers.

March 2011

IT Innovation Award 2011

The "Logistics Mall" of the Fraunhofer Institutes for Material Flow and Logistics IML and for Software and Systems Engineering ISST was awarded the Innovation Prize IT at CeBIT by the Initiative Mittelstand as the best solution in the field of cloud computing suitable for medium-sized companies.

December 1994

Fraunhofer Medal

Georg Wichmann was awarded the Fraunhofer Medal for his contribution to the development of the topic "Optimization of Loading Units" into one of the Institute's core competencies.