Zhejiang OriOSMO Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang OriOSMO") has recently completed its Series A financing round, raising over 100 million RMB. This round attracted leading institutional investors, with joint lead investments from Zheshang Venture Capital, Caitong Innovation, and Vision Plus Capital. It also garnered follow-on investments from numerous substantial investors, including Changxing Financial Holding, Caitong Capital, Changpei Capital, Minsheng Securities Investment, and Ruixia Investment, demonstrating their strong recognition of the company's value and firm confidence in its future growth potential. The proceeds will further solidify the company's leading position in the R&D and industrialization of separation membrane materials, contributing to enhancing China's security and independence in critical strategic resources and technologies.
Zhejiang OriOSMO, founded in 2020, specializes in the R&D and large-scale production of high-performance membrane separation materials. With a strong emphasis on independent innovation and intelligent manufacturing, the company has successfully addressed several critical technological gaps in China's domestic membrane separation sector, resolving key "bottleneck" challenges that had constrained local industry development. By leveraging industry-leading technologies such as high-precision coating, high-speed lamination, and integrated intelligent production control, OriOSMO has pioneered 24/7 continuous operation—enabling it to meet growing market demands for highly efficient, stable, and durable separation membrane products.
Leveraging its expertise in the R&D and manufacturing of separation membrane materials, Zhejiang OriOSMO has achieved an annual production capacity of 12 million square meters of high-performance membrane materials in its Phase I project. The facility has earned multiple government accolades, including recognition as an Intelligent Factory and a Technology Enterprise R&D Center.
In 2022, its affiliate, Hangzhou Haina Environmental Technology, was designated by the China Membrane Industry Association as the country's first "Reverse Osmosis Membrane Industrial Demonstration Base."
The year 2023 marked significant milestones for Zhejiang OriOSMO, with certifications as both a specialized, sophisticated, and innovative SME in Zhejiang Province and a National High-Tech Enterprise. Furthermore, the company secured a place in Zhejiang's "Jian Bing Ling Yan" R&D initiative, a prominent provincial program addressing major scientific and technological challenges.
The application of separation membrane materials spans virtually all industries that require highly efficient and precise separation technologies. These encompass numerous critical fields such as environmental protection, water resource management, energy conversion, biomedicine, and life sciences. The performance of these membranes directly determines the operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness of related equipment and systems.
The advancement and development of domestic separation membrane technology are of paramount importance. It not only reduces dependence on external technologies and enhances national strategic autonomy but also ensures supply chain security in key sectors. Particularly amid evolving international dynamics and risks of technological blockade, possessing independent and controllable capabilities in high-end separation membrane production holds profound strategic significance for safeguarding national security and economic stability.
Currently, in the household water treatment market, domestic reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes have largely replaced imported brands in the mid-to-low end segments. However, the high-end segment remains dominated by overseas giants such as DuPont. In the industrial water treatment sector, the overall localization rate for membrane elements is still less than 30%. Furthermore, most domestic membrane element manufacturers rely on external suppliers for their core membrane materials, which imposes significant demands on supply chain security and stability.
As one of the few original membrane manufacturers, Zhejiang OriOSMO possesses independent design capabilities for various RO membrane formulations and production equipment. This allows for superior control over the performance and quality of its membrane materials, giving its products a stronger competitive edge against peers.
During product development and manufacturing, Zhejiang OriOSMO consistently employs chloride-free and oxidation-free treatment processes. This enables precise control over the molecular structure and surface morphology of the polyamide membrane materials, simultaneously enhancing and ensuring their long-term, sustained high quality and performance.
The successful completion of this funding round serves as a significant endorsement of Zhejiang OriOSMO's commercial potential and innovative capabilities in the separation membrane materials sector. It also heralds the company's entry into a new phase of accelerated growth. The investment will powerfully catalyze efforts to deepen technological R&D, optimize production line intelligence, expand high-performance membrane material capacity, and accelerate market expansion.
