Linxens

What Linxens does

Linxens is a French private industrial company founded in 1986, headquartered in Mantes-La-Jolie, France, with approximately 3,000 employees across Europe, Asia, and the United States and share capital of €283M. The company designs and manufactures component-based solutions for security, identity, and connectivity applications across eight target sectors: Government, Payment, Telecom, Healthcare, IoT Solutions, Mobility, Smart Access, and Leisure & Hospitality. Its four core competencies are Microconnectors (precision electronic connectors for smartcards and digital applications), Module Packaging (customizable smartcard production), Antennas & Inlays (RFID components for high-volume applications), and Secure ID (ultra-thin inlays with anti-skimming features for e-passports and eIDs). The healthcare subsidiary has cumulatively delivered more than 550 million electrochemical sensors and over 30 million medical skin patches used in ECG and sweat-monitoring wearables, supported by Roll-to-Roll high-volume manufacturing.

Linxens operates a B2B component manufacturing model, selling hardware sub-assemblies, inlays, and modules to OEMs and prime contractors such as Thales in the smartcard industry, as well as directly into government identity programs. Revenue is generated primarily through unit sales of microconnectors, secure ID inlays, RFID antennas, and contract design and manufacturing services for medical wearables, with secure ID solutions embedded in passports issued by over 100 countries under ICAO-compliant specifications. The company is pursuing an active diversification push through 2025–2026 partnerships and product launches covering connected biosensors (Presto Engineering), flexible heating skin patches (Henkel), biometric smart cards (IDEX Biometrics), and cold-chain RFID (Wibatts), while continuing to anchor its base in government ID.

The business is exposed to long-lifecycle government procurement cycles and to geopolitical scrutiny around its ownership links to Chinese firms on the U.S. Entity List, most visibly in the UK passport re-procurement context. Concentration in government programs and a small set of OEM partners means revenue predictability is closely tied to a limited number of sovereign tenders and prime contractor relationships, even as Linxens broadens its healthcare and IoT pipeline.

Name

Linxens

Legal name

Linxens Holding

Website

https://linxens.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Linxens is a French private component manufacturer designing microconnectors, RFID antennas and inlays, secure ID solutions, and medical biosensors for governments, smartcard makers, telecom operators, and healthcare companies across more than 100 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Card Components & Secure ID Electronics

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)

SIC

Electronic Components & Accessories (3670), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Secure ICs, Smart Cards & Trusted Hardware (HDAHAAAJ)

Keywords

• Smart card components
• RFID antennas inlays
• Secure identity solutions
• Medical wearable sensors
• Electronic passport inlays

Headquarters

HQ city

Guyancourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Smartcard Components: Manufactures and sells microconnectors, module packaging, antennas, inlays, and secure ID components to smartcard manufacturers and governments.
2. Healthcare Wearables: Contract design and manufacturing of medical electrochemical sensors and skin patches for stick-to-skin wearables in healthcare applications.
3. IoT Solutions: RFID components and solutions for logistics, cold chain monitoring, and connected objects across various industries.
4. eGovernment Solutions: Electronic passport inlays, eID inlays, and secure identity solutions supplied to governments and passport manufacturers like Thales.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Linxens designs and manufactures electronic components for secure identification and connected devices, with four core competencies: Microconnectors, Module Packaging, Antennas & Inlays, and Secure ID (including electronic cover inlays for e-passports and eID cards). The company supplies smartcard components, RFID inlays, and anti-skimming technology to governments, payment issuers, telecom operators, and OEMs, and through Linxens Healthcare it provides contract design and manufacturing of stick-to-skin medical wearables such as remote ECG patches and sweat monitoring sensors.

Product overview

Linxens is a technology company providing hardware components and manufacturing services across multiple sectors including Government (secure ID documents), Payment (smartcards), Telecom, Healthcare (medical wearables), IoT Solutions, Mobility, Smart Access, and Leisure & Hospitality. The product portfolio centers on four core competencies: Microconnectors (precision electronic connectors), Module Packaging (smartcard production solutions), Antennas & Inlays (RFID components for high-volume applications), and Secure ID (ultra-thin inlays with advanced security features for e-passports and e-ID cards). Linxens Healthcare specializes in contract design and manufacturing of stick-to-skin wearable medical devices including ECG patches and sweat monitoring sensors. Recent innovations include the Wibatts temperature-sensitive RFID project for cold chain monitoring and connected biosensor platforms developed through partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Linxens Healthcare: Contract design and manufacturing company specializing in stick-to-skin wearables, including remote health monitoring capabilities such as ECG patches and sweat monitoring technology.
• Linxens Government

Products and services

• Electronic Cover Inlays (eCover)

Quantifiable outcome

• Solutions used in passports issued by over 100 countries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Presto EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 November 2025Collaboration to develop a next-generation platform for connected biosensors that integrates sensing, connectivity and semiconductor functions into a single disposable device. Combines Presto's ASIC technology with Linxens' expertise in flexible biosensor transducers, electrodes, antennas and high-volume manufacturing.
• HenkelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2025Collaboration to develop proof of concept integrating heating elements into medical wearable devices using printed electronics. Combined Henkel's polymer conductive technology with Linxens' Roll-to-Roll screen printing technology to create flexible heating skin patches for medical applications.
• IDEX BiometricscoreTechnology or IntegrationLinxens and IDEX Biometrics collaborated on biometric smart-card solutions, combining IDEX Biometrics' fingerprint sensor technology with Linxens' smartcard components for secure biometric payment cards.
• ThalescoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLinxens supplies inlays used in biometric passports to Thales, who manufactures passports including those issued by the UK. Linxens is under scrutiny due to ownership links to Chinese firms listed on the US Entity List.
• INTERREG VI-A FRANCE-SUISSE ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinxens is a partner in the Wibatts project, a French-Swiss consortium established under the INTERREG VI-A FRANCE-SUISSE 2021-2027 European territorial cooperation program. Project aims to develop RFID tags that degrade if cold chain temperature criteria are not met.
• Goldpac FintechminorOthersIdentified as a key player in the Asia-Pacific biometric payment cards market, mentioned alongside Linxens in market analysis context.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Infineon Technologies: Infineon is one of the largest suppliers of secure smart card ICs and security controllers for government ID, payment, and telecom SIM applications, directly competing with Linxens' secure ID and module packaging offerings.
• NXP Semiconductors: NXP supplies secure ICs and contactless microcontrollers that are core building blocks for e-passports, eIDs, and payment cards — the same downstream applications Linxens serves with inlays and module packaging.
• STMicroelectronics: STMicroelectronics manufactures secure microcontrollers and contact/contactless ICs for SIM cards, banking cards, and identification, overlapping with Linxens' smartcard and telecom business units.
• Avery Dennison (Smartrac): Avery Dennison, having acquired Smartrac, is a leading supplier of RFID inlays and antennas for high-volume applications. It is a direct competitor to Linxens' Antennas & Inlays core competency and IoT Solutions vertical.
• IDEMIA: IDEMIA is a major player in secure identity documents and smart cards, producing biometric passports, national IDs, and payment cards. It overlaps with Linxens across the full secure identity and payment value chain.
• HID Global (Assa Abloy): HID Global provides secure identity solutions including RFID inlays, smart cards, and access control credentials, directly competing with Linxens in RFID antennas/inlays and secure access applications.
• Thales: Thales is a global leader in secure identity documents and a major OEM integrator that both competes with and purchases from Linxens (UK passports). It is the most directly comparable peer in e-passport and eID inlay supply.
• Amphenol: Amphenol is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic interconnect products including microconnectors, overlapping directly with Linxens' Microconnectors core competency for smart card and module applications.

Emerging players

• iRhythm Technologies: iRhythm's Zio patch is a stick-to-skin wearable ECG monitor, directly comparable to Linxens Healthcare's ECG patch offering. It represents the clinical, regulated end of the same wearable biosensor category Linxens supplies into.
• Dexcom: Dexcom is a leader in continuous glucose monitoring wearables, using electrochemical sensor technology comparable to Linxens Healthcare's electrochemical biosensor platform. It represents an adjacent wearable biosensor peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/linxens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/linxens

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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