FAQ

Sakuu (previously KeraCel) was founded in 2016 by CEO Robert Bagheri. Please visit our Company section for a complete historical timeline.

Sakuu supplies commercial-scale printing equipment and technologies to manufacturers producing batteries, electrodes, supercapacitors, and more.

Sakuu’s groundbreaking Kavian platform is a first-of-its-kind production scale platform that can print ceramic, glass, metals, and polymer— in the same layer. Conventionally slow additive manufacturing performs every step in series. Whereas Kavian performs all steps in parallel, which is a streamlined and more efficient model that saves cost, labor, and time.

The Kavian platform is ideally suited for dry printing a battery or supercapacitor.

Compared to traditional manufacturing of wet coated lithium-ion electrodes, for example, Kavian’s dry process electrode production meets or exceeds standard performance and quality while also supplying benefits in sustainability, cost-savings and efficiency. As of 2025, these include:

• • 100% elimination of toxic solvents and water
• • 60% smaller footprint for manufacturing floor
• • 56% savings in utility operating costs
• • 55% reduction of CO2 emissions
• • 20% reduction in capital equipment costs

Our Kavian 2000 platform is currently dry printing cathodes and anodes in NCM, NCA, LFP, graphite, and silicon-graphite chemistries on current collector foil; its flexibility can also enable new chemistries such aluminum-ion or sodium-ion. The electrochemical performance of our dry printed electrodes is equal to or better than wet coated electrodes.

Dry process manufacturing is a solvent-free technique that uses dry powders and applies them to a current collector to create an electrode. In electrode manufacturing, the dry process eliminates liquid slurries, solvents, and drying required in conventional wet process electrode manufacturing.

Less raw material is required for cell production due to Kavian’s inherent manufacturing (printing) efficiencies. Materials used on the Kavian platform can be locally sourced and processed, reducing excessive pollution associated with supply chains and shipping. The Kavian platform is also engineered to recycle and reuse all excess materials, reducing waste and scrap rates. A factory floor with Kavian has a 60% smaller footprint when compared to traditional roll-to-roll electrode manufacturing. Kavian dry process electrode manufacturing also eliminates the need for water and toxic solvents.