UPM Biochemicals

At UPM, we embrace partners who share the same passion for creating a future #beyondfossils. Together with HÜBNER Group, we are developing sustainable #rubber compounds for use in public transportation products. At last week's #DKT2024 rubber conference, we presented a prototype of a folding bellow, showcasing the textile coated with UPM's RFF-filled elastomer, which is an excellent joint achievement. ✔ In the current formulation, HÜBNER Group is able to reach a 30% CO2 footprint reduction and weight reduction of 8% only with UPM BioMotion™ RFF. Let's continue our journey to help our customers reduce their ecological footprint. #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF

Woody biomass from sustainable, 100% certified, regional beechwood forests will be used at UPM’s Leuna Biorefinery. Wood is needed to replace fossils and is a remarkable source of income and livelihoods especially in rural areas.   💚 Wood is harvested and recovered by UPM’s network of foresters and forest owners close to production. 📜 Well-managed forests, 100% covered with FSC™ and PEFC ensure traceability, maintain biodiversity and deliver social sustainability. 💶 The forests are being managed in a way that preserves biological diversity and benefits the lives of local people and workers while ensuring they sustain economic viability. #feedstockfriday #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #beyondfossils

A big shoutout to the UPM team for their tremendous efforts at the event booth, halfway through the #DKT2024 international rubber trade show in Nuremberg, where we are presenting our renewable solutions for the rubber and elastomer industry. Come and say hello to the UPM team in hall 9, booth 527 and learn more about our wood-based Renewable Functional Filler (RFF) as well as 🚗 The first concept tire partly made with our RFF by Nokian Tyres plc 🏭 Our state-of-the-art biorefinery in Leuna, where we will produce UPM BioMotion™ RFF among several CO2-negative solutions 🌳 Our renewable feedstock wood that we use to transform into high-value chemicals. Ready to improve the performance and #sustainability footprint of your rubber and plastic products? We are in Nuremberg until tomorrow, July 4th. More about UPM at the DKT: https://lnkd.in/eRMqFPc4 #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF #beyondfossils

Live from the #DKT2024 conference! We are thrilled to see such a high interest in our Renewable Functional Filler (RFF), a completely new and more sustainable material class for the #rubber and #plastic industries. Here’s a summary of what happened during the first two days: 📣 Today, we hosted a media breakfast at our booth, updating media on our latest commercial partnerships and developments from our #LeunaBiorefinery. 🎤 Full house at the scientific conference of UPM’s Barbara Gall, who hosted a technical presentation on our RFF, showcasing the sustainability advantage of our renewable alternative to conventional, CO2-intensive fillers. 🚗 One of the highlights on our booth was welcoming our friends from Nokian Tyres plc, who are exhibiting their very first concept tire that includes our RFF. Come and see us this week in Nuremberg in hall 9, booth 527. https://lnkd.in/eRMqFPc4   #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #beyondfossils #RFF

🙌🏼 It’s showtime in Nuremberg! We are at the #DKT2024, the international #rubber conference, presenting our renewable solutions for the rubber and elastomer industry from July 1-4. But we are not alone! Together with multiple partners we are exhibiting different applications where our bio-based UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) are incorporated, replacing conventional fillers such as carbon black and helping to reduce the CO2 footprint of the products significantly. Our partners and exhibits include but are not limited to: 🚗 Nokian Tyres plc with their first concept tire partly made with our RFF 🏚 Artigo S.p.a with their next-generation rubber flooring 🚘 Industrial Rubber Products Pvt Ltd with their new engine and body mounts 🚋 SEALABLE Solutions GmbH with their next-generation rail encapsulation solution, RCS Greenline 📃 Voith Paper Solutions with their new roller rubber cover 🚓 SFC Solutions with new injection molded automotive rubber bellows 🚌 HÜBNER Group showcasing a prototype of a folding bellow for buses with the textile coated with RFF filled elastomer Make sure to stop by our booth 527 in Hall 9 to learn more and to find out how our lignin-based RFF can help transform your products towards higher performance and improved sustainability footprint. Learn more about the event here: https://lnkd.in/eRMqFPc4 #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF #beyondfossils

From the forest, to lignin, to Renewable Functional Fillers to tires! Together with our partner Nokian Tyres plc, we are reinventing the wheel, more specifically the tire.   🏭 In our #LeunaBiorefinery, UPM is revolutionizing the valorization of #lignin. We are turning the natural raw material lignin into a refined, high quality, renewable chemical product. The secret of our wood-based Renewable Functional Filler is in its particles, which are specifically designed to provide strength and grip alongside a significantly improved sustainability performance.   🚗 Now, Nokian Tyres is introducing the first tire ever made with UPM BioMotion™ RFF. In the tire all fossil carbon black in the tire’s sidewalls is replaced by the new renewable raw material, that has the potential to replace even more of the carbon black currently used in tire production thus lowering carbon emissions in tire manufacturing.   📅 The first concept tire containing UPM BioMotion™ RFF will be exhibited at the German rubber industry conference DKT 2024 in Nürnberg, Germany, from July 1 – 4 at our booth 527 in Hall 9. Read more about how we are revolutionizing the #automotive and #tire industry here: https://lnkd.in/eEnRTq_z #feedstockfriday #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #beyondfossils

❗ NEWS ALERT for the #automotive and #tire industry! We are now providing our Renewable Functional Filler to the tire industry! Together with our partner Nokian Tyres plc we are revolutionizing the industry by introducing the first tire with our UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Filler (RFF).   Why is this a revolution? Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eEnRTq_z   🌳 The partnership launches UPM’s CO₂-negative Renewable Functional Filler into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO₂-intensive fillers. Our lignin-based RFF contain 100% renewable carbon and have a negative carbon footprint from cradle to gate including biogenic carbon and purchasing green electricity.   🚗 Functional fillers represent approximately 30% of a tire and consist of materials such as primarily carbon black and precipitated silica. According to an initial test series by Nokian Tyres, replacing conventional functional fillers with UPM’s renewable alternative offers great potential for more sustainable tires and therefore is a highly relevant component on the path towards sustainable mobility.   ✔ Nokian Tyres will be the first tire manufacturer incorporating UPM’s Renewable Functional Fillers into their concept tire.   You want to get glimpse of the first tire with our RFF? Visit us at #DKT2024 booth 527 in hall 9 to see it for yourself and to learn more!   #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF #rubber #beyondfossils

⏰ We are only five days away from the DKT 2024 opening its doors, showcasing industry-leading trends and innovations for the #rubber industry! Join our expert Barbara Gall on Monday, 1 July, to hear more about UPM's novel solutions for more sustainable elastomers, giving updates and insights on our lignin-based Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF). 🌳UPM BioMotion™ RFF are among several CO2-negative solutions set to be produced at UPM's Leuna facility. They help maximize the renewable content of #rubber and #plastic products and are a sustainable alternative to highly CO2-intensive conventional fillers like carbon black and precipitated silica. 📅 Meet us at the #DKT2024 booth 527 in hall 9 to see all our innovative solutions for the rubber industry! More about UPM at the DKT: https://lnkd.in/eRMqFPc4 #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF #beyondfossils

Partnerships play a vital role in driving the sustainability transformation of the #rubber and #automotive industries. Together with SFC Solutions we are replacing 30% of the carbon black in an injection molded automotive rubber bellow application with our renewable alternative, UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Filler (RFF).   ✔ With our RFF, SFC Solutions is able to reduce the CO2-footprint of the application by 20% without compromising the end product manufacturing process and the performance.   📅 Meet us at the DKT 2024 to learn more about our solutions for the rubber industry! https://lnkd.in/eRMqFPc4 #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF #beyondfossils  

What might look similar at a first glance, is actually quite different: #lignin & our UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Filler (RFF). Last week, we focused on the potential of lignin and how it can be used. Today, we want to highlight how our #RFF are way more than lignin and that our #LeunaBiorefinery is in fact revolutionizing the valorization of lignin. We are turning the natural raw material lignin into refined, high quality a renewable chemical product. 🌳 Lignin is a natural product and the production of lignin uses different methods to extract it from the raw materials used. UPM BioMotion™ RFF will be produced from lignin, using a dedicated process leading to a consistent high quality and high value specialty chemical.   🌳 Some chemical structures of the lignin can also be found in our RFF. However, RFF has a defined specific surface area where particles are not softening with increasing temperature.   🌳 In contrast to lignin, the smell and VOCs of our RFF are significantly lower than of standard market lignin. When using UPM BioMotion™ RFF in rubber compounds this leads to improved mechanical properties.   The secret of our wood-based RFF is in its particles, which are specifically designed to provide strength and grip alongside a significantly improved sustainability performance. Come and see us at the #DKT2024, booth 527 in hall 9 to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRMqFPc4  #feedstockfriday #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals