Why UPM BioMotion™ RFF?

Climate change, raw material scarcity, regulatory pressure, and consumer preferences for sustainable products, are key drivers for replacing fossil-based materials with innovative, renewable, and sustainable solutions. Especially rubber and plastics materials used by key industry sectors, e.g., automotive, building and construction, consumer electronics, and packaging are often in contradiction to a circular economy approach, because the vast majority is not biobased, highly CO₂-intensive, hard to recycle, or not biodegradable.

What is UPM BioMotion™ RFF?

To address these needs, UPM has developed a completely new material class of renewable functional fillers, which enables a switch from fossil raw materials to a sustainable alternative: UPM BioMotion™ RFF. It combines a unique set of properties for rubber and plastic applications enabling the next step towards a more sustainable future. It is made from responsibly sourced hardwood from regional, sustainably managed forests and will be produced at UPM‘s award-winning, first-of-its-kind biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, for which integrated commercial production is expected to start in the second half of 2025.