Sesotec Receives TOP 100 Award – Christian Wulff Honors Innovation

Sesotec GmbH from Schönberg is once again recognized as one of Germany's most innovative mid-sized companies. At the awards ceremony in Heidelberg on June 26, 2026, all winners received the TOP 100 seal. Christian Wulff, former Federal President and patron of the innovation competition, personally congratulated the winners. 

Sesotec is a TOP Innovator for the second time. In the category of companies with more than 200 employees, the provider of intelligent devices and systems for foreign body detection, material sorting, and analysis impressed particularly with its innovation processes and organizational structure. 

"The renewed award confirms our commitment to systematically drive innovation," the company states. A key success factor is the close collaboration between different company departments. In a specially established innovation committee, management and experts from development, design, sales, and service jointly evaluate new ideas and decide on their implementation.

Sesotec places special emphasis on the use of artificial intelligence. The systems are trained with real data from customer facilities, enabling them to reliably detect and remove even the smallest foreign bodies or material deviations. 

New solutions often emerge in collaboration with customers. Pilot projects, such as those in plastic recycling, serve as the foundation for new products that are later used worldwide, primarily in the food, plastics, and recycling industries. 

Internally, Sesotec strategically employs artificial intelligence to enhance its innovative capabilities. When AI takes over routine tasks, it frees up time for value-added activities—from developing new ideas to implementing innovative customer solutions.