Origin Materials

Origin Materials, Inc. is a carbon negative materials company which engages in providing sustainable materials by replacing petroleum-based materials with decarbonized materials. The company is headquartered in West Sacramento, California and currently employs 98 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2021-06-29. The firm has developed multiple sustainable and performance-enhanced solutions for improving recycling and circularity, including its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) closures, as well as low-carbon material solutions for a wide variety of products and applications. Its furanics technologies include its furanics platform for transforming carbon into sustainable materials for a wide range of end products capable of addressing market opportunities, including food and beverage packaging, clothing, textiles, plastics, car parts, carpeting, tires, adhesives, soil amendments, and fuels. Its furanics technologies transform biomass, or plant-based carbon, into versatile intermediate chemicals. These intermediate chemicals include chloromethylfurfural and hydrothermal carbon, which it refers to as Furanic Intermediates, as well as oils and extractives and other co-products.