Congrats, Plannja: first EPDs are live

What Plannja just launched

In January 2026 Plannja published its first‑ever Environmental Product Declarations covering two product families: Steel Roof and Façade Profiled Sheets, and Steel Rainwater Systems. The declarations read as portfolio EPDs rather than single SKUs, which is what spec teams want when profiles, gauges, and coatings vary by job. Both are verified and published with the program operator EPD Hub.

Why this matters on bids

Projects that require product‑specific or product‑family EPDs often penalize products without them by forcing conservative generic values in whole‑building LCAs, which can tilt comparisons away from otherwise competitive materials. With these EPDs, Plannja products move from datasheet claims to third‑party numbers that reduce back‑and‑forth in prequals and submittals. It is the difference between “maybe later” and “ready now”.

Who Plannja serves

Plannja designs and produces metal roofing, façade elements, and rainwater systems built for harsh Nordic weather, supplying residential and light‑commercial projects across Northern Europe. The company operates within Ruukki Construction and draws on SSAB steel, including well‑known color‑coated solutions used widely in Scandinavian architecture.

The scope in plain language

Steel Roof and Façade Profiled Sheets covers color‑coated profiled sheets, flashings, penetrations, and flat sheets used for roofing and cladding. Steel Rainwater Systems covers round and rectangular gutters, downpipes, and matching accessories. The family framing lets architects and contractors cite one verified document for a broad set of options instead of juggling many near‑identical PDFs.

Competitive snapshot

Ruukki Construction shows wide current EPD coverage for color‑coated and hot‑dip galvanized building products used in roofing and related applications, verified with the same operator and current through 2031 in several cases. That puts Plannja’s new family EPDs in familiar company and signals one ecosystem stepping up together. Lindab and Areco Profiles, two frequent alternatives in the Nordics for roof sheets and gutters, currently show expired declarations in public listings and no comparable live family EPDs for those lines as of February 2026. In short, Plannja has entered the transparency arena where one major rival is already strong, while others still have gaps.

What it means for specifiers

For roof and rainwater schedules, this debut removes a common blocker. Specifers can now keep Plannja in the mix on projects that ask for EN 15804‑aligned, third‑party verified EPDs, then compare profiles and coatings without documentation detours. If your team tracks program operator recognition, EPD Hub is listed by ECO Platform as an Established Programme Operator, which supports broader acceptance across EU markets (ECO Platform, 2025).

Smart next moves for Plannja

Two practical extensions would compound the win. First, add roof‑safety components and packaged accessories, which often sit on the same schedule; Ruukki expanded EPD coverage to roof‑safety products in 2024, a useful precedent for adjacent items many installers order together (Ruukki news, 2024). Second, consider a short guide that maps popular profiles and gutter sizes to the new EPDs so estimators can reference the right document quickly.

Where to find the documents

We looked for the January 2026 EPDs on Plannja’s website and could not locate them yet. The current downloads sections list earlier declarations and certifications, which is helpful but does not include the new roofing and rainwater family EPDs at the time of writing (Plannja downloads). Visibility matters for frictionless specs, so adding the new PDFs to the Sustainability or Downloads pages should be a priority.

Bottom line for the market

Plannja’s first EPDs flip the conversation from “do you have one” to “which profile and finish”. That is how bids speed up, how substitutions slow down, and how a familiar Nordic brand takes a bigger slice of the spec pie without chasing price.