# Bundestag MP Florian Bilic Visits RAMPF in Pirmasens

> The CDU/CSU rapporteur highlights how market-based incentives and recycled polyol technologies drive climate protection and industrial competitiveness.

Published: 2026-07-30T11:11:00+00:00
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Industrial resource efficiency and chemical upcycling took center stage during an official parliamentary visit to **RAMPF Advanced Polymers**. Touring two of Europe’s largest multifunctional recycling facilities, Bundestag MP **Florian Bilic** emphasized that the circular economy represents both an ecological imperative and a strategic opportunity to build sustainable industrial value within Germany.

The dialogue highlighted technical pathways to convert complex plastic waste streams into high-performance polyol feedstocks, replacing conventional crude oil derivatives.

### **Advanced Solvolysis and High-Performance Recycled Polyols**

For over three decades, the RAMPF Group has engineered chemical recycling methods at its Pirmasens site, specializing in the chemical breakdown and upcycling of complex polymers:

- **Proprietary Solvolysis Process:** Using custom solvolysis lines, post-industrial and post-consumer polyurethane (PU) and PET waste are depolymerized into tailor-made recycled polyols.
- **Emissions Footprint Reduction:** RAMPF’s recycled polyol systems achieve a **CO2 footprint reduction exceeding 40%** compared to virgin petroleum-based polyols. The output materials are deployed across high-specification applications, including thermal insulation and industrial tooling boards.
- **Renewable Feedstock Integration:** Beyond post-use plastics, RAMPF integrates bio-based renewable raw materials, such as castor oil and rapeseed oil, into its synthesis lines to offer bio-polyol variants.

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### **Regulatory Frameworks and Market-Driven Recycling Quotas**

Industry executives and parliamentary representatives addressed the economic gap between virgin petroleum feedstocks and chemically recycled polyols, calling for pragmatic, scalable quota models.

**Michael Kugler, Director of Sustainability at RAMPF Advanced Polymers:**

> *"Recycling quotas must strike the right balance between ambition and practicality. Policymakers and industry need to jointly define a technically feasible and economically viable starting point that creates genuine market momentum. As technologies and markets continue to develop positively, the quota can be increased step by step."*

### **Regional Industrial Transformation**

The site visit underscored the strategic transition of the Pirmasens region from a historical footwear manufacturing hub into a specialized center for chemical recycling and polyurethane circularity.

**Marco Werth, Director Business Center Recycling Polyols at RAMPF Advanced Polymers:**

> *"The region has a unique opportunity to transform itself from Germany’s traditional shoe capital into a leading center for chemical recycling. To make this vision a reality, supportive regulatory frameworks at both the German and European levels are needed to encourage investment and accelerate the circular economy."*

## Source

[RAMPF](https://www.rampf-group.com/en/article/advancing-the-circular-economy-member-of-the-german-bundestag-florian-bilic-visits-rampf-in-pirmasens/)