connACT SERVICES receives Saxon Innovation Award 2025
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The connACT SERVICES developed by SITEC Industrietechnologie GmbH received the 2025 Saxon State Prize for Innovation. The award recognizes the digital, integrated, and customizable service concept that helps manufacturing companies maintain their competitiveness amid constant pressure and increasing uncertainty. It highlights the company's commitment to creating valuable innovations for practical applications.
Digital business model convinced jury
connACT Services won this year's Saxon Innovation Prize in Dresden on 25 June 2025. This prestigious award is presented by the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection. The event is organised by the innovation platform futureSAX as part of the Saxon Innovation Conference.
In a highly competitive environment, the brand connACT SERVICES was able to prevail against the competition in the 'Process/Procedure/Business Model Innovation' category, impressing the expert jury.
"SITEC is addressing an issue that many companies are currently facing: the shop floor, the heart of production. [...] They are doing real missionary work here," emphasized jury member Prof. Detlev Müller.
This award recognizes SITEC's innovative strength and highlights the importance of intelligent service solutions in industrial environments.
"Winning this innovation award is another milestone for connACT SERVICES. It encourages us to continue developing innovative solutions for medium-sized manufacturing companies and to holistically rethink production services," says Nico Nebel, Managing Director at SITEC. "At the same time, this recognition is for the entire team and our partners who developed and implemented connACT SERVICES with great dedication."
connACT SERVICES – Redefined production performance
SITEC has developed connACT SERVICES, an end-to-end solution that enables manufacturing companies to increase their efficiency and overcome future challenges with flexible production services. This digital innovation is scalable, data-sovereign, and easy to integrate. It is revolutionizing future production with intuitive monitoring tools, real-time processes, performance data, and other machine data, as well as intelligent sensor technology that makes productivity measurable while optimizing technical availability and reaction speed.
connACT SERVICES is unique because it was developed by an experienced series manufacturer and mechanical engineering company who knows exactly where the difference lies between any monitoring tool and real added value.
The service integrates digital machine and process data with comprehensive industrial and production services. These services range from predictive analyses and online or on-site maintenance to scalable operator models for machines. Customers benefit from shorter response times, higher system availability, and greater planning reliability, both during operation and when servicing is required. connACT SERVICES seizes new product opportunities and minimizes risk.
The connACT SERVICES team is continuously working to expand its range of services. The goal is to provide manufacturing companies with more targeted, comprehensive, and sustainable support.
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About SITEC
SITEC is a world-renowned partner and system supplier of automated, high-tech production facilities, as well as the series production of precision parts and assemblies.
Adhering to the highest quality and environmental standards, SITEC provides efficient manufacturing technologies and comprehensive turnkey solutions.
The company develops production-ready solutions for automated assembly, laser material processing and electrochemical metal processing for customers across the globe in the automotive, medical technology and alternative energy technology industries. The company achieves this with a team of around 300 highly qualified employees.
SITEC rises to the challenges faced by its customers and the market, such as developing new products in the field of e-mobility and self-sufficient storage technologies based on fuel cells. The portfolio now includes fully automated laser processing systems for laser welding, particularly of copper for components in electric drives, battery systems, and power electronics.
Since 2012, the company has also been producing laser-welded bipolar plates of various designs in series production on behalf of customers.
Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Germany, SITEC serves Asian markets directly through its subsidiary, SITEC Laser Technology (Shanghai) Co. LTd., and operates a showroom in Pittsburgh, USA.
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