Origin Materials Announces Organizational Streamlining to Further Support Caps and Closures Business
2024年9月23日 - 8:00PM
ビジネスワイヤ(英語)
— Origin is Reallocating Resources to Caps and
Closures and Reducing Overall Cash Burn to Accelerate Timeline to
Profitability —
— Origin 1 to Operate “On Demand” for Customer
Sample Production —
— Maintains 2024 Financial Guidance, Timeline
for PET Cap Commercial Production and Revenue —
Origin Materials (“Origin”) (NASDAQ: ORGN, ORGNW), a technology
company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to
sustainable materials, today announced an organizational
realignment that reflects the reallocation of resources to its caps
and closures business and reduces overall cash burn to accelerate
Origin’s timeline to profitability.
“As near-term demand for Origin’s PET caps continues to
increase, potentially exceeding our currently planned manufacturing
capacity for 2025 and 2026, we are proactively reallocating
resources to our caps and closures business,” said John Bissell,
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Origin Materials. “Our first caps customer
has signed an MOU for billions of caps, totaling over $100 million
over an initial two-year term. Today, we are positioned to bring
the world's first PET cap solution to a $65 billion market with
attractive margins.”
Bissell added: “Consistent with this reallocation of resources,
we have made the decision to operate Origin 1, our biomass
conversion plant in Sarnia, Ontario, ‘on demand’ with reduced
staffing, while preserving our ability to generate product at small
volumes sufficient to explore scale-up with strategic partners. The
product already generated at Origin 1 over multiple campaigns, as
well as materials Origin may purchase from third-party suppliers,
can enable us to advance scale-up while allowing us to reduce our
current overall cash burn. This decision, plus the reduction of
certain expenses related to longer-term R&D projects, has
necessitated a reorganization of our leadership team, as well as
the difficult decision to part ways with many talented team
members, to whom we are deeply appreciative, and who we will do our
best to support in their future endeavors. As we establish a strong
economic foundation through our PET caps and closures business, we
expect to be ideally situated to drive deals regarding Origin’s
biomass technology and furanics platform.”
Origin expects the workforce changes to be largely completed by
the end of this quarter. The Company anticipates that it will incur
approximately $0.6 million in restructuring charges in connection
with the roughly 28% workforce reduction, consisting of cash
expenditures of approximately $0.5 million and non-cash expenses of
approximately $0.1 million.
Origin is maintaining its financial guidance for 2024 revenue
and net cash burn, with revenue of $25 million to $35 million and
net cash burn between $55 million and $65 million. In addition,
Origin’s first commercial-scale PET cap mass production system is
on track to start producing PET caps later this year, with caps
revenue ramp-up to begin in the first quarter of 2025.
Origin Materials Co-CEO Rich Riley added: “Today we foresee
rapid near-term growth in the caps and closures market, where we
offer a powerful solution for product performance and recycling
circularity. At the same time, we remain confident in the long-term
potential for building additional businesses based on Origin’s
biomass conversion technology – all in support of maximizing value
for our shareholders and our mission to enable the world’s
transition to sustainable materials.”
About Origin Materials Origin is a technology company
with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable
materials. Our innovations include PET caps and closures that bring
recycling circularity and enhanced performance to a ~$65 billion
market, specialty materials, and our patented biomass conversion
platform that transforms carbon into sustainable materials for a
wide range of end products. For more information, visit
https://www.originmaterials.com/.
Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements This press
release contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are based
on our estimates and assumptions as of the date of this press
release and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking
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“expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,”
“seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” “guidance,” “maintain,” and
similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or
trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding demand for, margins from, and profitability of
the Company’s PET caps, timing to start producing PET caps and
ramp-up revenue, the estimate and timing of charges incurred in
connection with the realignment, potential benefits of deferring
non-PET cap research programs and on-demand operation of Origin 1,
financial guidance for 2024 revenue and net cash burn, speed and
sustainability of growth in the caps and closures market,
performance and recycling benefits of the Company’s PET caps, and
potential additional business based on the Company’s biomass
conversion technology and furanics platform. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
including, but not limited to, the fact that Origin Materials may
be unable to successfully commercialize its products; the effects
of competition on Origin Materials’ business; the uncertainty of
the projected financial information with respect to Origin;
disruptions and other impacts to Origin’s business. Other factors
that could adversely affect the transactions described above and
the Company’s operations include those discussed in the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 14, 2024 under the heading
“Risk Factors,” and other documents Origin has filed, or will file,
with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions
prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the
results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be
additional risks that Origin Materials presently does not know, or
that Origin currently believes are immaterial, that could also
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or
publicly release the results of any revision to these
forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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