AI innovation wins IoT Breakthrough Award

eschbach has been named a winner at the 10th IoT Breakthrough Awards, with its AI-powered solution SAMI Chat taking the 2026 IoT Breakthrough Award for AI Innovation.

Part of eschbach’s Shiftconnector® platform, SAMI Chat helps pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers make sense of complex plant data. By translating production information into actionable insights, it enables shop floor teams to spot quality and process deviations in seconds, supporting faster, safer, and more informed decision-making.

Founder and CEO Andreas Eschbach said: “Winning this award is strong validation of our approach. Our goal has always been to make complex manufacturing data accessible, helping teams act quickly and improve operations without adding complexity.”

Developed in collaboration with leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies, SAMI Chat brings decades of operational experience directly to production teams. Users can analyse recurring equipment issues, explore process improvements, and respond to deviations - all through a simple, natural-language interface.

The IoT Breakthrough Awards celebrate organisations and technologies that advance the IoT sector, recognising innovations that drive operational efficiency and industry progress. SAMI Chat’s accolade underlines the growing role of AI in streamlining manufacturing workflows and supporting decision-making on the shop floor.

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