We take the production of wood-based renewable biochemicals from idea to reality

For a sustainable tomorrow

Our products help to mitigate climate change

 

Replacing fossil-raw materials

Climate neutral feedstock

Sustainable forestry

Improved CO₂ footprint

 

Our product offering

Renewable functional fillers

Renewable functional fillers

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Renewable glycols

Renewable glycols

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Lignin solutions

Lignin solutions

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We are building a state-of-the-art biorefinery in Leuna

Our wood-based biochemicals offer sustainable, competitive, high-quality solutions for various industries and applications. As our biochemicals can be fully integrated into existing production and recycling processes, they transform the entire chemicals value chain towards renewable circularity.

The Leuna Biorefinery

 

Facts and Figures

15 hectare

Our construction site is roughly 20 times the size of a football field.

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2020 to 2024

The biorefinery is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and ramp up in 2024.

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> 100 Jobs

We are building a new organization and are recruiting for various roles in Leuna.

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4 Products

Bio-Monoethylene Glycol (BioMEG), Bio-Monopropylene Glycol (BioMPG), Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF), Industrial Sugar

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News and Stories

 
UPM Biochemicals and Selenis form strategic alliance to develop sustainable PETG
News | 06/01/2023 07:00:00 | 7 min

UPM Biochemicals and Selenis form strategic alliance to develop sustainable PETG

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UPM Biochemicals and URSA develop new sustainable insulation to achieve step change in the environmental performance of the construction materials industry
News | 05/23/2023 07:00:00 | 5 min

UPM Biochemicals and URSA develop new sustainable insulation to achieve step change in the environmental performance of the construction materials industry

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Cars just went electric but it’s not enough – this is what happens next
Story | 05/17/2023 08:31:19 | 12 min

Cars just went electric but it’s not enough – this is what happens next

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UPM Biochemicals further expands distribution network for its new sustainable Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF)
News | 05/12/2023 07:00:00 | 4 min

UPM Biochemicals further expands distribution network for its new sustainable Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF)

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Biorefinery Leuna

Once operational, our new biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, will ramp up to turn wood into next-generation biochemicals producing sustainable glycols and lignin-based renewable functional fillers. After the groundbreaking in 2020, the construction of the UPM biorefinery is in full swing. We estimate the technical start-up by the end of 2023. Watch the progress here!

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