XILLIX has been created to develop & market biobased performance materials to industrial customers. The first product line of XILLIX is REFORCE, a new sustainable functional filler targeting namely at rubber applications. XILLIX addresses the increasing demand to replace conventional fossil based speciality chemicals by new materials that are produced on renewable feedstock basis. Meeting established performance expectations on renewable feedstock basis is regarded as a matter of cause. Our claim is to push the boundaries of technical performance beyond state-of-the-art.