---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001802457-24-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORGN"
cik: "0001802457"
company_name: "Origin Materials, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:29:02.220991+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Origin Materials cuts ~28% workforce, shifts Origin 1 to on-demand, focuses on PET caps

## Summary
- Workforce reduction of ~28% largely completed by Q4 2024; restructuring charge of ~$0.6M ($0.5M cash, $0.1M non-cash).
- Origin 1 facility in Sarnia, Ontario to operate 'on demand' with reduced staffing for customer sample production.
- 2024 guidance maintained: revenue $25-35M, net cash burn $55-65M; PET cap commercial production on track for late 2024.
- First caps customer signed MOU for billions of caps worth over $100M over initial two-year term.
- Resource reallocation from non-PET cap R&D to caps and closures to accelerate path to profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001802457-24-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORGN
- cik: 0001802457
- company_name: Origin Materials, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245724000061/0001802457-24-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245724000061/orgn-20240920.htm

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