The 2025 International Design Awards (IDA) recently announced its official winners list. HELI Europe R&D Center secured Silver Winner awards in the Industrial Design Product category (Industrial Electronic Equipment/Industrial Vehicles/Industrial Robots) with three forward-thinking designs: the “HELI 55-ton Electric Concept Forklift,” “HELI Forklift Cab Intelligent Control System,” and “HELI Intelligent AGV Series,” standing out among entries from over 70 countries worldwide.
Prestigious Recognition: Excellence Through Rigorous Standards
The International Design Awards (IDA) ranks among the world’s most prestigious and influential design competitions, earning the reputation as the “Oscars of Design” globally. The awards recognize highly innovative, forward-thinking, and sustainable designs worldwide. Our award-winning projects showcase market-oriented user experience, forward-thinking electrification, and intelligent market applications, creating a systematic focus from user needs through design and engineering to implementation, each excelling in their respective product subcategories.
User Experience – Intelligent Driving Control System
This system centers on comprehensive ergonomic optimization, tailored for premium market users’ operational experience. Through in-depth research into operator work patterns, we’ve systematically designed and modularized control devices, information displays, and environmental comfort features. The result significantly enhances comfort during extended operations, intuitive control, and overall safety, representing the next generation of driver interface design based on deep human factors research.
Green Design – 55-ton Electric Concept Forklift
Using the 55-ton electric forklift as a platform and conceptually extending to 70-ton capacity based on heavy-duty electric forklift market demands, this design achieves elegant simplicity by seamlessly integrating functional components with aesthetic form, showcasing industrial design’s rational beauty and power. As a green solution for heavy-duty applications, it represents a key technological direction for electrifying large industrial vehicles, achieving zero emissions and low-noise operation while maintaining robust power and battery performance.
Intelligent Logistics – Intelligent AGV Scenario Applications
This product series features modular design and collaborative operation capabilities, flexibly adapting to diverse user scenarios. It provides reliable core intelligent mobile equipment for enterprises, factories, and warehouses seeking to build transparent and efficient smart logistics systems.
Innovation Engine: European Base, Global Impact
Our Europe R&D Center, situated in Europe’s innovation heartland, consistently explores market needs and defines premium products. We continuously leverage local advantages in engineering technology, industrial design, and smart logistics applications, focusing on core market requirements and future product development.
“Design bridges technology and user value.” From market research and conceptual design to product details, innovation makes products more environmentally friendly, intelligent, and human-centric. This progressively validates our R&D philosophy of “design-driven technology, human-centered industrial innovation.” These awards validate our development approach and motivate our international team to continue advancing.
Looking Forward: Building on Success
These honors mark both recognition and a call to new challenges. The Europe R&D Center will leverage this achievement to deepen exploration in market research, design, and technological innovation. We’ll continue serving as a global innovation engine, transforming cutting-edge technologies into mature products and empowering the company’s evolution toward a more efficient, sustainable, and intelligent future.
