Aspen Aerogels

Aspen Aerogels is a materials company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Northborough, Massachusetts, developing aerogel-based insulation that addresses heat loss, fire risk and space constraints faced by conventional insulation in energy and industrial infrastructure.

The company manufactures aerogel blanket and panel products under the Pyrogel and Cryogel lines for high-temperature and cryogenic insulation in refining, LNG and subsea pipelines, alongside PyroThin thermal barriers used inside electric-vehicle battery packs to slow thermal-runaway propagation. Customers include operators and equipment makers across energy, petrochemical and e-mobility industries.

1. Pyrogel insulation: high-temperature aerogel blankets for refining and petrochemical equipment.

2. Cryogel insulation: sub-ambient aerogel products for LNG and cryogenic pipelines.

3. Spaceloft Subsea: aerogel insulation engineered for deep-water pipeline applications.

4. PyroThin barriers: thin thermal barriers placed between EV battery cells to limit thermal runaway.

5. Battery materials expansion: developing XFC LFP cathode technology for fast-charging batteries.

6. Broad installed base: subsea insulation deployed across more than 1,400 kilometres of pipeline.