In the business of upgrading the planet.

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In the business of upgrading the planet.

As oil refinery veterans and chemistry PhDs, we’ve spent decades inside the world of extraction and crude oil cracking.
But we asked ourselves:

How do we avoid more drilling, transporting and refining?
What raw materials are above-ground and abundant everywhere?
What kinds of sustainable, biodegradable products offer the most value? To whom?
Can we build a thriving business manufacturing and delivering premium products?

The answers led us to a clear opportunity: farms.

Few industries depend more heavily on petroleum-based inputs. And none have more to gain from cleaner, local alternatives.

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Farms today run on oil and gas.

Spray oils, fuels, and fertilizers account for more than 70% of a farm’s input expenses. Nearly all of them are derived from crude oil: drilled, transported, refined, and shipped across the globe before they ever reach a field.
1. EXTRACTION - Crude oil is drilled in remote locations and transported long distances. 2. CRACKING & REFINING - Energy-intensive refineries process it through multiple high-heat, high-pressure steps. 3. DISTRIBUTION - Finished products are shipped again to manufacturers, to resellers, and finally to farms. 1. EXTRACTION - Crude oil is drilled in remote locations and transported long distances. 2. CRACKING & REFINING - Energy-intensive refineries process it through multiple high-heat, high-pressure steps. 3. DISTRIBUTION - Finished products are shipped again to manufacturers, to resellers, and finally to farms. 1. EXTRACTION - Crude oil is drilled in remote locations and transported long distances. 2. CRACKING & REFINING - Energy-intensive refineries process it through multiple high-heat, high-pressure steps. 3. DISTRIBUTION - Finished products are shipped again to manufacturers, to resellers, and finally to farms.

This long, global supply chain
comes at a price.

<span style='color:#fff;'>Volatile
<br/>input costs</span>
Volatile

input costs
<span style='color:#fff;'>Supply <br/>disruption</span>
Supply
disruption
<span style='color:#fff;'>Full of
<br/>contaminants</span>
Full of

contaminants
Farms have learned to treat these inputs as fixed.
Unavoidable. Unchangeable. But what if they weren’t?

Enter Kata.

Built with an engineering mindset.

At Kata, we saw a clear opportunity: improve the inputs that farms depend on and manufacture them locally using mostly local feedstock. To accomplish this, we are guided by these core principles:
Adjuvants
Adjuvants
Agrochemical carriers must be both high-performance and biodegradable.
Fuels
Fuels
Farm fuels must burn clean, perform reliably, and be insulated from global oil volatility.
Fertilizers
Fertilizers
Fertilizers must deliver nutrients efficiently, without emissions-heavy production.
Production
Production
Everything must be produced locally, close to where farms actually operate.

Better farming with
Green Chemistry.

We invented a series of Kata Metabolizers guided by Green Chemistry principles. These modular reactors don’t require much more space than a few basketball courts, but they turn abundant end-of-life products into high-performance agricultural inputs following Material Metabolism principles.

Better farming with
Green Chemistry.

We invented a series of Kata Metabolizers guided by Green Chemistry principles. These modular reactors don’t require much more space than a few basketball courts, but they turn abundant end-of-life products into high-performance agricultural inputs following Material Metabolism principles.

HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS PRODUCED WITH KATA METABOLIZERS:

Kata Spray Oils
For super-powered agrochemicals.
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Kata Fertilizers
For targeted, timely nutrition.
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Kata Fuels
For cleaner combustion.
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Working with farms to close the loop. We turn end-of-life products into the farm’s most important inputs, locally produced right where they’re needed. Working with farms to close the loop. We turn end-of-life products into the farm’s most important inputs, locally produced right where they’re needed. Working with farms to close the loop. We turn end-of-life products into the farm’s most important inputs, locally produced right where they’re needed.
We remove
plastic.
We remove
plastic.
We remove plastic waste that would otherwise be burned or buried on valuable land.
We process
locally.
We process
locally.
We process it locally using minimal energy and dramatically lower emissions than conventional refining.
We deliver
performance.
We deliver
performance.
We deliver higher-quality products back to the farm at stable, competitive prices.

Better for business.
Better for people.

Better for the planet.

We use advanced, patented technology to produce the most essential inputs farms depend on. Cleaner. More reliable. More profitable. Safer for employees. And ultimately, better for the planet we all enjoy.

Your first field
trial
is on us.
We’ll provide the product and the guidance. 
You measure the results in your own fields.
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