The award ceremony as part of the summit took place on Friday, June 28th in Weimar for all medium-sized companies that received the TOP 100 award at the beginning of the year. The science journalist is accompanying the innovation competition, which is being held for the 31st time, as a mentor. In the scientific selection process, SAMCON Prozessleittechnik was particularly convincing in size class A (up to 50 employees) in the "External Orientation / Open Innovation" category.
The TOP 100 company portrait published on the occasion of the award states (excerpt):
The development, production and distribution of explosion-proof camera systems and explosion-proof lighting technology are SAMCON's core business. The technicians and designers do not work on their product ideas in secret; on the contrary: all standard products are based on developments that originally solved a very specific customer problem. Both the camera systems and the systems used to connect the cameras are innovative. Steffen Seibert is responsible for many inventions and patents; In a sense, he is the owner, managing director and inventor all in one person. His most recent patented invention, the "flipConnect" connection system, also solves a customer problem: Using a pressure mechanism, the cable can now be connected without having to open the camera - this is less prone to errors. Seibert, who is the second generation to run the family business, is absolutely fascinated by the topic of explosion protection. That's why the qualified engineer for automation technology also works in various national working groups on this topic.
The full portrait can be found here: www.top100.de/die-top-innovators