Congrats, Strongwell: first EPD now live

What Strongwell just published

Strongwell has released its first Environmental Product Declaration for DURAGRID pultruded bar grating. The declaration is product‑family in scope rather than a one‑off SKU, a practical choice for platforms, walkways, and industrial decks that come in many configurations. Publication month is July 2025.

Program operator and who did the work

The EPD is issued through Smart EPD. The developer of record listed on the document is Strongwell, which signals tight ownership of data and assumptions that specifiers appreciate. Fewer hand‑offs, fewer surprises.

Why this matters in FRP right now

FRP grating and structural profiles show up where corrosion, weight, or safety knock metals out of contention. When an EPD is in hand, buyers can model embodied carbon with actual numbers for the product they want instead of a conservative generic that can add a penalty in low‑carbon scoring. That difference turns almost into awarded on carbon‑counted projects.

Company in brief

Strongwell manufactures fiber‑reinforced polymer composites for industrial and infrastructure use. The catalog spans pultruded structural shapes, molded and pultruded gratings, ladders and handrail systems, plates, and cladding attachment components. This debut plants a clear flag that their FRP is ready for documentation‑heavy work.

Competitive snapshot in grating and shapes

Fibergrate has already rolled out a set of product‑specific EPDs covering molded grating, pultruded grating, and structural shapes, giving them broad coverage across core FRP lines. See their newcomer profile here: Fibergrate. Bedford Reinforced Plastics and Creative Pultrusions remain harder to document at a glance since we do not see public, product‑specific EPDs listed as of January 2026. That makes Strongwell’s move timely and commercially useful.

Where to find the documents

Strongwell lists EPD content on its site. Start with the certifications hub for DURAGRID and other approvals here: Strongwell Certifications. For the STRONGIRT cladding attachment system, see the environmental page that links to the verification record: STRONGIRT Environmental Impact. If any of these links are tucked away, bringing them to the main product pages will definately boost visibility for specifiers who skim first, then click.

What this unlocks next

One published family sets the path for the rest. Logical next picks are molded grating and structural shapes, plus system accessories that frequently appear in submittals. Grouping related SKUs under the same ruleset keeps the lift manageable and speeds review. Commercial teams get a single source of truth they can attach to bids without a fire drill.

The takeaway

Strongwell has entered the transparency arena with a July 2025 launch. In FRP grating, that closes a paperwork gap and puts the brand in head‑to‑head conversations where Fibergrate is already present and others are still catching up. Keep the momentum, keep the documents front and center, and let the numbers carry more specs.