Folia Materials
Anthony Occidentale has a diverse work experience spanning different industries. Anthony is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Folia Materials, a company that specializes in transforming paper into an advanced material platform as a replacement for plastic products. Prior to this, Anthony worked at Sistine Solar, where they held various positions, including Strategic Advisor, Interim CTO, Board Member, VP of Product, and Lead Product Designer. Anthony also co-founded and served as the President and Head DJ at ANOJ Entertainment, an all-in-one entertainment company offering music and event services. Anthony's previous roles include Sound Engineer and Program Coordinator at MIT Coffeehouse Lounge, Student Desk Worker at MIT CAC, CEO and Co-founder of Bandless Audio, Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab, and Sales Associate & Repair Technician at I Tech Cellular.
Anthony Occidentale's education history includes attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they pursued an S.B. in Mechanical Engineering with Managerial Product Design & Development. Additionally, they pursued a minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Prior to their time at MIT, they attended Bergenfield High School. Further details regarding the start and end years for both educational institutions are not provided.
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Folia Materials
Folia Materials exists to make everyday life healthier and more sustainable. We do this by transforming ordinary paper into a super material. One capable of making unsafe tap water drinkable, protecting against global viruses via face masks, and even improving the way our food is packaged.Folia has spent years inventing and patenting the world’scheapest and most effective process for marrying ordinary industrial paper with a coating that transforms it into an extraordinary good. Our patented coating process uses standard industrial coating machinery to do nano-chemistry inside paper, bonding nanosilver to paper at the fiber level. We don't own any industrial equipment and yet we have manufactured tonnes of our coated paper. It costs us pennies to make our paper which goes into:-Subsidiary Folia Water Global's water filter, which sells for 20 cents in South Asian grocery, piloted with Unilever.. think of their $1B soap brands sold across India-An antiviral layer for 3-ply face masks and air filters inside a Fortune 500's appliances-And a paper-not-plastic microwave food packaging, piloting with a Fortune 100 CPG brand-Many more