Sakuu Appoints Arwed Niestroj as President and Chief Operating Officer

Arwed Niestroj, President and Chief Operating Officer, Sakuu®・Photo Credit: Sakuu®

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SAN JOSE, Calif., September 8, 2025 (VSNewsNetwork.com) — Manufacturing technology company Sakuu has appointed Arwed Niestroj as president and chief operating officer (COO). Niestroj succeeds from his prior role as chief product officer and has held multiple leadership positions within Sakuu since joining in 2019.

“I’m truly excited about taking the operational helm at this stage of Sakuu’s growth, where we’ve transitioned Kavian out of the lab into the marketplace. The time is ripe for the team to leverage our vast automotive and semiconductor experience to accelerate delivery of a mature, advanced manufacturing solution. The market needs rapid advances in cost and innovation for regionalizing manufacturing, which Sakuu is uniquely qualified to make happen,” said Niestroj.

Sakuu founder and chief executive officer Robert Bagheri, who recently assumed the additional role of executive chairman, commented on the appointment. “There’s no one I’d rather see fill the role of president and COO of Sakuu at this critical stage in company maturity than Arwed. This is a logical next step as we seek to more rapidly commercialize and operationalize our platforms,” said Bagheri.

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Niestroj has more than two decades of leadership experience across the technology, automotive, and manufacturing industries. Before joining Sakuu, he served as CEO of Mercedes-Benz R&D North America and held senior roles at Daimler, where he worked on electrification strategy, electric vehicle development, and hydrogen infrastructure. He also led global innovation initiatives at ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

Sakuu states that its Kavian Manufacturing Platform is the first additive manufacturing system capable of dry-printing both battery and supercapacitor electrodes. The platform eliminates toxic solvents, reduces utility operating costs by more than 50 percent, and lowers carbon emissions compared to traditional wet-coating methods.

For more information, visit www.sakuu.com.

Source: Sakuu