{"id":148095,"date":"2024-07-18T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=148095"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:57:07","slug":"upm-and-nokian-tyres-partner-to-revolutionize-the-tire-industry-by-introducing-the-first-concept-tire-with-upm-biomotion-renewable-functional-fillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/upm-and-nokian-tyres-partner-to-revolutionize-the-tire-industry-by-introducing-the-first-concept-tire-with-upm-biomotion-renewable-functional-fillers\/","title":{"rendered":"UPM and Nokian Tyres partner to revolutionize the tire industry by introducing the first concept tire with UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Picture of the concept tire with UPM BioMotionTM RFF.
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UPM Biochemicals<\/u><\/a> and Nokian Tyres<\/u><\/a>, a leading developer and manufacturer of premium tires, are set for an industry first with its concept tire partly based on UPM BioMotion\u2122 Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership will launch UPM\u2019s CO\u2082-negative Renewable Functional Fillers1<\/sup> into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO\u2082-intensive fillers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are constantly working on innovations that advance us towards our target of increasing the share of recycled or renewable raw materials in tires to 50% by 2030. Since 2022, a portion of the carbon black used by Nokian Tyres has been made from recycled materials. We see UPM BioMotion\u2122 RFF as a promising renewable alternative to traditional carbon black, and in the future, we hope to see that renewable filler materials will find their way into various tire applications, complementing an increasing share of recycled content\u201d, explains Teemu Soini<\/strong>, Vice President Innovations & Development at Nokian Tyres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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 functional fillers with UPM BioMotion\u2122 RFF 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\u2019s Renewable Functional Fillers into their concept tire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Duetsch<\/strong>, Vice President Biochemicals at UPM<\/strong>, commented: \u201cOur partnership with Nokian Tyres marks the exciting entry of our Renewable Functional Fillers into the global tire markets. In successfully demonstrating their application value, it helps us to lay the groundwork for scaling our biorefinery business so that we can make a significant contribution to the sustainable transformation of the mobility sector and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

UPM\u2019s BioMotion\u2122 RFF are among several CO2<\/sub>-negative solutions1<\/sup> set to be produced at UPM\u2019s Leuna facility. The company is investing EUR 1,180 million to build the world\u2019s first industrial scale biorefinery in Leuna that will convert sustainably sourced, certified hardwood into next generation biochemicals \u2013 enabling the vital shift away from fossil-based to renewable materials across a wide range of industries. The Leuna biorefinery is part of a broader growth area, UPM Biorefining, which is scaling refineries to produce a variety of renewable fuels and chemicals made from sustainable biomass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1<\/sup>From cradle to gate, considering biogenic carbon from our feedstock and purchasing 100% green electricity.<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPM Biochemicals and Nokian Tyres, a leading developer and manufacturer of premium tires, are set for an industry first with its concept tire partly based on UPM BioMotion\u2122 Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF).  The partnership will launch UPM\u2019s CO\u2082-negative Renewable Functional Fillers1 into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":148097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The partnership will launch UPM\u2019s CO\u2082-negative Renewable Functional Fillers\u00a0into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO\u2082-intensive fillers","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5842,5831,13144,16905,24336,10416,21426,22835,10453],"supplier":[24520,13888],"class_list":["post-148095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biomass","tag-biorefinery","tag-biorubber","tag-carbonblack","tag-cartires","tag-circulareconomy","tag-naturalrubber","tag-recyclates","tag-recycling","supplier-nokian-tyres","supplier-upm-biochemicals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148095"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=148095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}