Congrats, Nakano Singapore—first EPDs on the board

What launched

Nakano Singapore (Pte) Ltd has entered the transparency arena with two product‑specific EPDs released in November 2025. The documents cover architectural coatings used every day on jobsites: a water‑based wood and metal primer and a decorative sand‑textured finish for interior and exterior masonry. Both are listed in EC3 as product‑level declarations rather than a broad family, which helps estimators match a spec to an exact SKU.

The SKUs in plain sight

• Nippon Paint EvoPRIME primer. Water‑based and formulated for adhesion on wood and metal, this sits squarely in Division 09 primers for new work and repaints.
• Nippon Paint Sand Dune 100 Deluxe. A textured acrylic coating with fine aggregates that delivers a durable sand finish for facades and interiors.

EC3 records show both EPDs current through October 2030, which aligns neatly with typical renewal cycles for coatings. The program operator is not explicitly listed in the EC3 entries for these split records, and no LCA developer is named in those summaries.

Why this matters for specs

A primer and a textured finish are bread‑and‑butter lines on residential, commercial, and hospitality scopes. With product‑specific EPDs in hand, project teams can stop defaulting to conservative generic factors and enter the declared numbers with confidence. That usually means fewer last‑minute substitutions and less pressure to win purely on price when carbon targets apply in whole‑building LCAs.

Company context, at a glance

Nakano Singapore is a long‑standing design‑and‑build general builder working across residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality and data‑center projects in Singapore. Putting coatings EPDs on the shelf matches what owners increasingly ask for on A1‑grade work: credible, third‑party verified documentation that drops cleanly into submittals and carbon accounting.

Competitive map for these categories

• Jotun. Active across primers, intumescents, and architectural lines with a broad catalog of current EPDs published via EPD Norway. That footprint shows up frequently in Southeast Asia and Europe, and it wins attention in precon. See our recent take on how Jotun’s publishing cadence shifts specs in coil and architectural coatings (EPD Guide analysis).
• AkzoNobel Dulux. Interior and exterior architectural coatings backed by multiple operator listings, including UL and IBU in recent cycles. Teams that standardize on Dulux often point to available EPDs as a reason they move faster in documentation.
• PPG. A steady stream of paint and high‑performance coating EPDs across North America and EMEA. On mixed‑use sites, that breadth lets estimators keep one supplier across substrates without paperwork gaps.

Bottom line for this category. Nakano’s debut brings its commonly specified primer and textured finish into the same comparability arena as these established players. It reduces the risk of penalty factors against their lines when a model needs product‑specific data.

Quick guidance for sales and precon teams

• Lead with fit. These EPDs are product‑specific, so quote them by name in submittals and carbon schedules to avoid generic uplifts that punish coatings without declared data.
• Mind the PCR. Architectural coatings often roll up under well‑understood rulesets, so your declared modules and scope will compare cleanly against peers. A great LCA partner will check the competitor PCRs first and advise the best path if more SKUs are added next.
• Keep momentum. Two products in EC3 is a strong start. Extending coverage to sealers, elastomerics, and topcoats that ride with these SKUs on typical wall sections can multiply the spec win‑rate.

Can we see these on the company website?

We did not find a sustainability or EPD download page on nakano.com.sg at the time of writing. Visibility matters, so we recommend adding a simple page that lists product names, EPD issue month, operator, and links to the PDFs. That tiny step makes life easier for estimators and QS teams hunting documentation mid‑tender. It’s definately worth it.

The takeaway

Nakano Singapore now competes with data. Two coatings EPDs published in November 2025, targeted at high‑use, spec‑critical lines, and ready for LEED v5 era scoring. That moves them from “comparable on price” to “comparable on evidence,” which is where more bids are decided today.