UPM Biochemicals

🥳 Huge congrats to our partner Nokian Tyres plc for winning this award by European Rubber Journal! We are excited that the Green Step Ligna concept tire, which is the first tire worldwide that includes our UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF), is now an award-winning project! 🥇 🌍 Our partnership launched UPMs CO₂-negative* Renewable Functional Fillers into the tire market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO₂-intensive fillers, such as carbon black and precipitated silica. Learn more about our RFF here: https://lnkd.in/g2Yz-JE #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #beyondfossils *considering the biogenic carbon from our feedstock and purchasing 100% green electricity

❓Have you ever wondered what makes the #LeunaBiorefinery in Germany, unique or why we chose Leuna as the location? ❓How important is the biorefinery for UPM and the company’s portfolio and what is its importance for the European industry overall? ❓Is there a market for wood-based chemicals and who are the customers?   These are only a few questions that Michael Duetsch, Vice President Biochemicals at UPM, discussed with Sotirios Frantzanas from Chemical Week by S&P Global in a recent interview.   Read the full article below to learn more about how we are driving the sustainable transformation across a wide range of industries- for a future #beyondfossils. Learn more about us here: https://lnkd.in/gJ5mW_P   #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals 

Join UPM’s Sonja Escherich at the Logistics Summit in Dusseldorf from 9-10 October and learn more about how we address the topic of women in logistics. At UPM, we value #diversity and strive to build an inclusive culture and working environment. Next week, the panellists will dive deeper into the role women in management positions can play and what questions the #logistics industry needs to ask itself if it wants to give women a more prominent platform. #upmbiochemicals #upmbiorefining

🌱 Green growth needs green demand! To reinforce our call to action to the next EU Commission, UPM hosted an educative event yesterday in Brussels about "Green growth through bio-based innovations" in collaboration with the Permanent Representation of Finland. Sari Essayah, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, and Minister for Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of Saxony Anhalt, Sven Schulze, delivered inspiring keynotes, which were followed by a thought-provoking discussion from our panellists 👤Winfried Schaur - UPM - The Biofore Company, Pedro Martins - Plastipak, and Katharina Knapton-Vierlich - European Commission. Winfried Schaur emphasised that green industry targets alone do not create a green transition and explained that biorefineries based on woody biomass, such as UPM's state-of-the-art #LeunaBiorefinery, can play a pivotal role as key enablers of carbon reduction across various industries. 🏭 Our guests not only enjoyed lively discussions but were also eagerly interested in our exhibited market-ready end-use products and prototypes inspired by UPM's bio-based ingredients to replace fossil-based materials – all wonderful examples that prove that we at UPM are ready to innovate for a #renewable future. 👉 Read more about UPM's Position Paper and learn how the EU could navigate forward with green growth while reducing dependencies, increasing competitiveness and enhancing innovations: https://lnkd.in/g-w2SWQy

At UPM, we believe that wood is part of the solution to replace fossil-based materials. 🏭 At our #LeunaBiorefinery, which will start up by the end of 2024, sustainably sourced, certified hardwood is converted into next-generation #biochemicals that will enable the vital shift away from fossil-based to renewable materials across a wide range of industries, such as plastics, packaging, automotive, and textiles. Let's scale it up! #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals

📣 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧! 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Södra, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! 🏭 Recognizing the vast potential of kraft lignin, UPM Biochemicals will be among the first customers to receive kraft lignin from Södra when the forest-owner association’s plant in Mönsterås comes on stream in 2027. 🌳 UPM has been innovating with a series of products made from kraft lignin and has successfully marketed this growing portfolio of sustainable lignin solutions over the past years. 🍅 Kraft lignin-based innovations include UPM BioPiva™, a range of cost-effective, non-toxic and high-purity products used in renewable adhesives and binders as a replacement for fossil-based chemicals, and UPM Solargo™ plant biostimulants, supporting the agricultural sector’s commitment to reducing classical fertilizer use while increasing soil health and productivity. Read the full media release here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqGQk2Sm #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #beyondfossils #lignin 3d picture of the plant in Mönsterås - source: Södra/3dVision 

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬! 🎉 Within the ‘Sustainability’ category, we are among the finalists of the prestigious iChemE Global Awards, recognising chemical engineering excellence. UPM, whose history goes back 150 years to the origins of the Finnish forest industry with pulp and paper production, is using its vast experience of forestry and forest products to transform materials for a fossil-free future.   🏭 At the #LeunaBiorefinery which is starting up by the end of 2024, sustainably sourced, certified hardwood is converted into next-generation biochemicals that will enable the vital shift away from fossil-based to renewable materials across a wide range of industries. By scaling a first-of-its-kind biorefining business to offer a new generation of biomass-based renewable materials, we aim to help brands globally reduce their CO2 footprint and defossilise their products.   Learn more about all finalists here: https://lnkd.in/eHdXbc74   #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #beyondfossils #awards   Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)

Here it is, the world’s first partly wood-based racing kart tire! We are partnering with HEIDENAU, who has successfully developed a racing kart tire containing UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers. ✔A 20% lower carbon footprint characterizes the new #rubber tread formulation developed by HEIDENAU. Learn more about our RFF: https://lnkd.in/g2Yz-JE #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals #RFF #beyondfossils

On Saturday, we participated in the 13th Open Day at the Leuna chemical park, organized by InfraLeuna GmbH. It was thrilling to see such a great interest in our company and what we are doing in Leuna, which is building the world’s first wood-to-chemical biorefinery.   🏭 Starting up by the end of the year, our state-of-the-art biorefinery will turn sustainably sourced, certified hardwood into next-generation biochemicals.   👫Thanks to Julia Bergmann, Anna Dilk and Markus Lange for their commitment to representing UPM that day and informing participants about our mission of creating a sustainable future #beyondfossils.   📰If you are in the Leuna area, make sure to grab the special edition for 76 years of Leuna-Echo, where our employee Anna Dilk talks about her professional journey to become an engineer at UPM, innovating for a more sustainable tomorrow.   👉 If you want to learn more about a #career at UPM Biochemicals, make sure to visit our career page https://lnkd.in/gcJxJJa   #UPMBiorefining #UPMBiochemicals  

As a member of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action's dialogue platform 'Industrial Bioeconomy', we are committed to supporting Germany in becoming a leader in the #sustainabletransformation and implementing a knowledge-based #bioeconomy. Special thanks to German vice chancellor Robert Habeck and his team for the extremely constructive dialogue in Berlin yesterday. Takeaways are clear:   👉 Seize the opportunity for a new industrial sector in Germany and with this significantly contribute to Europe's strategic autonomy and competitiveness. 🔘 The industry needs clear market conditions enabling the path to a renewable circular economy #beyondfossils. 🌳 Ensure the use of #biomass from sustainably managed forests opening up new markets for forestry. UPM invests EUR 1,180 million to build the world’s first industrial scale wood-to-chemicals biorefinery in Leuna, Germany. We will convert sustainably sourced, certified hardwood into next generation biochemicals that will enable the vital shift away from fossil-based to renewable materials across a wide range of industries.   #upmbiorefining #upmbiochemicals