For workshops: how to get your whole welding team registered

You run a workshop, a production line or a maintenance team, and your people stand at the laser welding machine every day. Then this article is for you. Wertschätzung is a thank-you to exactly these people, and you can make sure none of them misses it.

What it is about

On Thursday, 17 December 2026, Sigma Laser says thank you to the laser welding community. Online, on SYN, the free member portal. Every approved member spins the prize wheel once on that day. The grand prize is a Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ Enterprise Edition, and there are more prizes on top. Taking part is free, nothing is sold, and it makes no difference which machine brand your people work with.

All the details, the registration and the terms of participation are on the Wertschätzung page. Registration closes on Wednesday, 16 December 2026, at midnight.

Why you should pass it on

Because it is about your team, not your company. Wertschätzung is aimed at the people who weld: welders, operators, technicians. Their experience and skill are the reason parts hold, moulds run again and deadlines are met. A thank-you from outside costs you nothing and lands with the people who earned it.

There is a practical side effect too: SYN members get support from people who laser-weld themselves and can answer surveys that reach the engineers directly. That stays in place after 17 December.

Every person registers themselves

This is the most important point, and it makes things easy for you: you do not keep a list, you do not collect e-mail addresses, and you do not register anyone. Every SYN account belongs to one person. Every person registers themselves, proves their own involvement and spins on 17 December themselves. One account, one spin, one possible prize per head.

What each person needs:

1. A free SYN account. Name, company, e-mail address, confirmation by e-mail. Two minutes, no payment details.
2. A brief proof of involvement. A photo of the laser welding machine on your shop floor is enough, and a phone photo is perfectly fine. A training certificate or another suitable proof works too. Anyone who has nothing to hand right now can submit it later.
3. A little patience. A person checks every account, usually within one working day. After that the member is approved.

The proof is used only to verify the account. It is never published, never shown to other members and never used for commercial purposes. Your shop floor does not end up online.

Checklist for the foreman or shift leader

This is how you get the whole team on board within a week without eating into working time:

• Five minutes in the shift meeting. Say what it is: a thank-you, a prize wheel on 17 December, free, any brand. That is all it takes.
• Link or QR code on the notice board. Print the address of the Wertschätzung page and put it where everyone passes: break room, tool crib, next to the time clock.
• One person who helps with uploads. Not everyone likes doing things on a phone. Name a colleague who helps with the photo and the upload.
• Allow the machine photo up front. Tell your team explicitly that they may photograph the machine for the proof. That removes the most common hesitation.
• Start early. Anyone who registers now is approved long before the day. Anyone who starts on the evening of 16 December may only be checked on the day itself.
• Remind them on 17 December. The wheel is open all day, until midnight German time. One reminder on the early shift and one on the late shift, and everyone has had their spin.

What your people can win

The grand prize is a Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ Enterprise Edition, a high-quality tablet for work and everyday life. On top of that there are more prizes, from small surprises to high-quality extras. The full list appears on the Wertschätzung page as soon as it is final. Every prize is limited, and what is on the wheel is shown to everyone beforehand. Prizes are shipped free of charge to the address in the account, within Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the EU.

And anyone who does not win is still part of the laser welding community on SYN.

Say thank you yourself

Wertschätzung lives from being passed on. If there is one person in your team you want to thank in particular, do it publicly: with the hashtag #Wertschätzung, the name and one sentence on why. On your own profile, in your own words.

Your team welds. We say thank you. Send the link to your people and make sure none of them is missing on 17 December 2026.