Openvape

Last updated
O.penVAPE
Type Medical marijuana
Industry Manufacturing
Founded2010 (2010)
FounderJeremy Heidl, Ralph Morgan, Christopher McElvany
Headquarters,
Area served
Colorado, California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Mexico, Jamaica, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa
Key people
Ralph Morgan, Jeremy Heidl, Chris Driessen, Chris McElvany
Products Medical cannabis, electronic cigarette
Website www.openvape.com
www.organalabs.com

Openvape (stylized as O.penVAPE) is a manufacturer and distributer of personal vaporizer devices which make use of herbal extract oil-filled cartridges. Founded in 2012, the company is headquarter in Denver, Colorado, and sells products at many retail locations across a distribution network of licensed affiliates in the United States, Jamaica, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Ireland, Scotland and South Africa.

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O.penVAPE licenses its intellectual property to eleven distribution partners in ten states and Jamaica. Licensees employ O.penVAPE's Organa Labs technology and proprietary processes to manufacture cannabis oil using supercritical CO2 extraction.

History

O.penVAPE's premium line of Craft RESERVE cartridges won the first place prize for Best Vape Pen Cartridge in the High Times 2016 Colorado Cannabis Cup competition. [1] [2]

In Europe, O.penVAPE branded products, with the exception of Organa Labs cannabis line, are available in the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. [3]

O.penVAPE is a founding member of the National Cannabis Industry Association.[ citation needed ]

The Denver Department of Environmental Health appointed Ralph Morgan, CEO of O.penVAPE, to serve on its Cannabis Sustainability Work Group, in December 2015, to determine best practices and develop other educational resources for the industry. [4]

In May 2016, the company submitted a bid to assume the naming rights of the Denver Broncos' stadium after Sports Authority declared bankruptcy. [5]

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References

  1. Reynolds, Dabbie (April 20, 2016). "2016 COLORADO CANNABIS CUP WINNERS". High Times.
  2. "Frequently Asked Questions". Tuesday, 18 June 2019
  3. Yakowicz, Will (April 24, 2015). "The Marijuana Business That's Becoming a Brand Name". Inc.
  4. "Denver announces Cannabis Sustainability Work Group". Denver Government. City and County of Denver. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  5. Roberts, Michael. "O.penVAPE Makes Formal Proposal for Naming Rights at Mile High Stadium". Westword.