BioMADE funds carbon-negative materials innovator Origin Materials

Origin, an American carbon-negative materials innovation company
Materials recently received $18.7 million in funding from BioMADE, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Innovation Institute. This funding will be used to help the Origin technology platform address climate change issues and maximize sustainable development.

BioMADE has released a series of projects designed to help the U.S. Department of Defense improve supply chain resiliency and achieve sustainability goals, increase U.S. manufacturing jobs, and promote the sustainable development of the bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem. Origin
Materials is one of nine projects announced by BioMADE. As part of the project, Origin will support the U.S. Department of Defense by leveraging its technology platform to develop bio-based polymers and bio-based carbon black products that can be used to make more sustainably bio-based tires, paints and pigments, among other products. carbon reduction efforts. Origin’s raw materials are mainly sourced from sustainably harvested wood, agricultural waste, old cardboard and other non-food plant-based raw materials (which do not compete with food production), which can promote sustainable development of the environment. While these projects are innovative, they have changed the original unsustainable production status and will help promote the green development of bioindustrial manufacturing.

Source: Origin Materials

In terms of external cooperation, in 2017, the company reached project cooperation with Nestle, Danone and PepsiCo. Recently, Origin
Materials and Husky, the world’s largest preform mold maker
Technologies has entered into a partnership to jointly produce new hybrid PET/F bottles.

Zhigeng believes that the innovative material developed by Origin is a long-term composite material that is expected to benefit from the growing demand for carbon-neutral products. From a long-term perspective, Origin’s unique technology and low-cost production capabilities make it expected to become one of the world’s largest sustainable plastics manufacturers. The emergence and rise of carbon-negative materials is an important part of addressing the challenge of climate change, representing a way to actively reduce carbon concentration in the atmosphere and is expected to have important environmental and economic impacts in multiple industries.