Lighter, Cleaner, Stronger - elevate your product with Renewable Functional Fillers
What is the best RFF for your product?
What are RFFs?
RFF is a truly sustainable alternative offering performance features significantly improve the environmental footprint while at the same time adding technical benefits not present in today's product mix.
Reduce your Emissions
UPM BioMotionTM Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) are made from responsibly sourced hardwood from regional, sustainably managed forests. The wood is sourced exclusively from certified and sustainable forest operations and we build local value chains with strict responsibility standards. Sustainably managed forests combine industrial use of wood with ecosystem protection and forest growth and play a vital role in mitigating climate change.
The unique properties of the RFF facilitate the transition towards a more sustainable rubber and plastics industry, helping to reduce the ecological footprint of rubber and plastics applications considerably. RFFs contain more than 94% renewable carbon (certified bio-based content by DIN CERTCO):
90% less carbon
have a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard furnace carbon black (see infographic).
25% lighter
are at least 25% lighter than conventional fillers – lighter means higher material-efficiency and better fuel economy.
PAH free
are free of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
Key Features
RFF are 100% electric insulating
This feature effectively prevents electrochemical corrosion when in direct contact with light metal alloys like magnesium and aluminium and improves the lifetime of the metal parts.
Surface functionalities
Driven by a total oxygen content of greater than 25wt%, it enables chemical bonding of RFF to polymer matrices.
Clean & safe
RFF is a PAH free product. The absence of carcinogenic substances banned by regulations, making it a safe solution to produce rubber and plastics products in contact with humans.
This is why you can trust us
Rubber Lab – Application Development Center
We have equipped our UPM Rubber Lab with the most modern rubber & testing appliances. We guide our customers to select appropriate grades, processing parameters and process techniques for various applications and provide after-sales services to solve technical problems.
Our experienced technical experts are here to shape your ideas and evaluate your requirements to facilitate a ready-to-use solution from mixing to testing.
News
Exclusive distribution agreement with KRAHN Chemie
UPM Biochemicals and KRAHN Chemie Deutschland GmbH signed an exclusive distribution agreement to market UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. RFF are a completely new category of functional fillers, replacing fossil-based carbon black and precipitated silica.
Sustainability boost for an entire industry
UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) is going to be a success. Why? “They are a real revolution for the approximately 15 million metric ton market for functional fillers in rubber and plastics, which is currently dominated by industrial carbon black and precipitated silica – two very CO₂-intensive products,” says Dr Christian Hübsch.
Christian Hübsch on RFF
With its new, 100% wood-based Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF), UPM aims to revolutionize the rubber and plastic industry. But how exactly? And what makes the new material so superior? Christian Hübsch, Director Sales & Marketing at UPM Biochemicals, explains the details.
RFF Distribution Agreement
UPM Biochemicals Sales GmbH, Leuna, and Lehmann&Voss&Co. have reached an exclusive agreement regarding the distribution of renewable functional fillers from the UPM BioMotion™ X10, X20 and X40 product range in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom for application in the field of elastomers.
Our Milestones
We plan to produce several thousand metric tons of RFF in our modern biorefinery located in Leuna, Germany. After the groundbreaking in 2020, the construction is in full swing. We expect the technical start-up for the end of 2022, with production ramped up in 2023.