Technology Day 2025: flexAssistant worker assistance inspires 40 industry representatives in Hagen

This year's SOMA Technology Day for the flexAssistant digital worker assistance system took place at KOSTAL Industrie Elektrik in Hagen on 4 December 2025. Around 40 participants took the opportunity to find out all about flexAssistant AI and its new generation of features. The day offered a varied mix of practical examples, specialist presentations and live demonstrations and showed impressively how modern worker guidance makes production processes more efficient, ergonomic and future-proof.

Insights into smart production at KOSTAL Industrie Elektrik

We would like to thank our colleagues at KOSTAL Industrie Elektrik for giving us a tour of the company as part of the Technology Day. The doors to smart production were opened to the participants and they were able to gain in-depth insights into modern production processes.

Among other things, they were shown how inverters and drive controllers are manufactured and how they are integrated into digitally supported assembly and testing processes. The tour clearly illustrated how industrial digitalisation, automation and worker assistance interact in practice and provided valuable inspiration for the company's own production.

An overview of the business units can be found on the KOSTAL Industrie Elektrik Business Units landing page.

Highlight presentation: Wilo about the Smart Factory Dortmund

A special highlight was the presentation by Stephan Böing, Programme Manager Smart Factory at Wilo SE, who gave an insight into their Smart Factory in Dortmund. The presentation illustrated how modern, digitally networked production environments are created and what role assistance systems such as the flexAssistant play in the implementation of a sustainable production strategy.

Categorisation in the production of today and tomorrow

Michael Penzel, Key Account Manager Worker Assistance Systems flexAssistant at SOMA GmbH, then gave an introduction to the strategic importance of digital worker assistance. The participants were given an overview of how flexAssistant supports companies in making complex assembly processes safer, faster and error-free. The combination of classic worker assistance, artificial intelligence and flexible data utilisation was the focus of the event.

A look beyond everyday production

In a keynote speech, Jens Ellermann, health coach and owner of the Fitness Factory in Lüdenscheid, demonstrated ways to prevent work-related illnesses. This made it clear that modern worker assistance not only increases quality and efficiency, but also supports the health of employees in the long term.

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Innovations presented: The next generation of flexAssistant

On this day, SOMA presented the new functions for the first time, which align flexAssistant even more closely with the needs of workers and production.

New features presented

flexAssistant HealthCare: Regular relaxation of stressed body zones through short video impulses directly within the worker guidance system.
flexAssistant adaptive worker assistance: Automatic adaptation of work processes to the employees' level of experience and qualifications.
flexAssistant Gamification: More motivation and enjoyment at work through playful elements within the assembly processes.
flexAssistant AI: Intelligent data analysis and automated information processing for efficient and transparent decisions in day-to-day production.
flexAssistant WebGUI: A powerful, web-based configuration tool with a graphical sequence editor that significantly simplifies the setup of new assembly steps.
flexAssistant flexGUI: A fully customisable user interface for the operator that combines flexibility and intuitive usability.

Conclusion: A strong exchange and a clear view of the future

The Technology Day showed the potential of digital worker assistance and how flexAssistant supports companies on their way to the smart factory. With the new features, SOMA is setting another milestone for ergonomic, flexible and intelligent production processes.

Many thanks to all participants for the open dialogue and practical discussions. We look forward to the next Technology Day 2026.

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