Eindhoven’s Keiron raises €20.7 million to tackle one of electronics manufacturing’s most expensive problems

Eindhoven-based Keiron Printing Technologies has secured €20.7 million in Series A funding, signaling a significant advancement in electronics manufacturing technology. This investment, co-led by Invest-NL, DeepTechXL, and Waves Capital, aims to address a long-standing and costly challenge in the industry: solder paste printing. Keiron's innovative approach utilizes Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LiFT) to offer a fully digital, contactless printing solution, promising to revolutionize production processes.

The company's proprietary LiFT technology replaces traditional stencil and jet printing methods with a single, digital platform. This disruption tackles over 70% of printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) defects, a major bottleneck in the global electronics assembly market, valued at over €600 billion annually. Keiron claims its system can more than double production uptime, halve production lead times, and improve first-pass yields from around 60% to over 95%, enhancing efficiency and profitability for manufacturers.

This technological leap is particularly impactful for high-mix, low-to-medium-volume production environments, and is poised to accelerate the development of next-generation hardware, including AI components with high interconnect densities. The funding will fuel Keiron's expansion, enabling increased production, broader commercial and support operations in Europe, North America, and APAC, and further research and development into advanced LiFT platforms, positioning it as a key player in the digital transformation of electronics manufacturing.