Origin Materials reports Q2 EPS (14c) vs. (5c) last year

Reports Q2 revenue $7.0M vs. $6.9M last year. “Today we are announcing our first signed customer for Origin’s PET caps and closures,” said Rich Riley, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Origin. “We anticipate delivering multiple billions of caps to this customer over the next several years, which we expect will generate over $100 million in revenue in the initial two-year term, with revenue expected to begin in early 2025, ramping significantly in 2026. Therefore, to fulfill demand for this MOU as well as anticipated demand from other customers, we expect to build capacity well beyond our initial system purchases, which we previously announced as having expected capacity to generate between $45 million and $65 million in annual revenue. Concurrently, we are negotiating potential licensing agreements. We anticipate that licensing our technology, in addition to selling caps that we produce with our world-class manufacturing partners, will drive explosive growth for our PET caps business. This will further catalyze the revolution in recycling circularity and product performance that we are bringing to beverage packaging, food packaging, and home goods. Our first commercial-scale 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. During July, in Germany and Switzerland we tested all manufacturing line subsystems at full-speed and we are pleased with the system’s performance. We also crossed the threshold of 1,000,000 caps produced to date, which puts us well on our way to launching this highly strategic business. With over $130 million in cash and a path to profitability through near-term businesses led by caps and closures, we are positioned to vigorously grow our business and cultivate our broader technology platform in the quarters and years ahead with a strong IP moat and a highly innovative and creative team.”