"For a future beyond fossils"

UPM Biofore is a Finnish frontrunner in forest industry specialized in providing wood-based renewable solutions for many industries, with the motto "beyond fossils" as the company's main driving force and mission. UPM Biofore operates globally and advocates for mitigating climate change by means of answering the needs of various sectors with innovative and environmentally-conscious solutions such specialty papers, biofuels, biochemicals, biomedicals or biocomposites. The Biocomposites branch aimed at providing sustainable, certified and responsible sourced Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) solutions in the form of granulate for pellet extrusion.

Versatile large scale additive manufacturing

The Biocomposites catalog contains the Formi 3D pellets made with cellulose fibers and polymers, resulting in high performance materials with excellent thermomechanical properties. The Formi 3D pellets are extremely versatile as they can be used not only with large scale pellet extruders but also for the making of molds for injection molding, for desktop pellet extrusion and for the making of 3D printing filament. The printed parts can be post-processed just like wood, and the addition of cellulose fibers to the base polymer results in improved adhesion of the parts to the manufacturing base, low shrinkage, fast cooling and great stability of the material in the molten stage.

A powerful statement

Apart from their versatility and sustainability, the biocomposite UPM Formi 3D materials can make a powerful statement for a brand that uses them for prototyping, for the manufacturing of end use products or for filament production. The UPM Formi 3D pellets are 100 % recyclable and their scrap rate of production is at almost 0 %. A product made with the UPM Formi 3D pellets makes a powerful statament in terms of sustainability and responsibility, which makes for a strong marketing leverage point and increases a product's added value.