LanzaTech Global, Inc. operates as a nature-based carbon refining company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It develops technology that transforms waste carbon into chemical building blocks for transportation fuels, household cleaners, packaging materials, fibers for clothing, and fragrances. The company's gas fermentation technology platform converts waste carbon gases into ethanol and its derivative products. It also provides techno-economic feasibility studies; basic engineering design services for commercial plants; and biotechnology research and development services for commercial and government entities. In addition, the company licenses and sells biocatalysts, such as microbes and media. Further, it provides fuel-grade ethanol under the CarbonSmart brand; and protein-rich byproducts, which are used as industrial protein, animal and fish feed, and fertilizers. LanzaTech Global, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois.