Congratulations, Koralli‑Tuote enters the EPD arena

What just launched

Koralli‑Tuote has published its first Environmental Product Declaration in October 2025. The declaration covers a kitchen‑cabinet product group that includes frames, drawers, upper‑cabinet doors, and removable shelves, which makes it usable across multiple fitted casework packages rather than a single SKU. The EPD is verified and published with EPD Hub and follows the operator’s Core PCR framework.

Why this matters in specs right now

Casework and healthcare fit‑outs increasingly require product‑specific, third‑party verified data in bids. Without it, teams default to conservative estimates that act like a weight vest in whole‑building accounting. A portfolio‑style EPD for cabinet assemblies puts Koralli‑Tuote on the same playing field as peers, so the conversation shifts from “can we use it” to “which option fits the design intent.” That’s a big deal for spec teams who dont want to wrestle spreadsheets.

Who Koralli‑Tuote is

Koralli‑Tuote is a Kokkola‑based, family‑run manufacturer focused on fitted furnishings for public spaces, especially hospitals, education, reception and service areas. Their model blends design assist, fabrication, and installation, which means a single supplier can carry a casework package from drawings to handover.

The program operator choice

The debut sits with EPD Hub. The operator was recognized by ECO Platform as an Established ECO EPD Programme Operator in December 2025, which improves cross‑market recognition and ECO Portal listing for eligible EN 15804 EPDs (EPD Hub, 2025).

Competitive snapshot

Koralli‑Tuote’s new declaration lands in a category where Nordic peers already show coverage. Martela reports a growing EPD set that includes storage and cabinet families, noting seven EPDs published by February 2024 and pointing users to EPD Norge for documents (Martela, 2024). Kinnarps lists cabinet and storage EPDs in EPD Norge’s furniture section, including Education Storage lines and Space storage variants (EPD Norge, 2025) (EPD Norge, 2025). For kitchen cabinetry specifically, JKE Design holds a kitchen‑cabinet EPD under The International EPD System, which underscores buyer familiarity with cabinet‑focused declarations (EPD International, 2025).

What this debut means competitively

This is a clear “entered the transparency arena” moment. For public projects and private healthcare builds that screen on verified EPDs, the barrier to entry drops. Against furniture and storage specialists already carrying EPDs, Koralli‑Tuote now checks the same compliance box and keeps the conversation centered on ergonomics, infection‑control detailing, and install reliability. Where projects look for a single vendor to cover multiple cabinet types, a product‑group EPD is especially helpful.

Keep the momentum: practical next steps

• Extend coverage from the cabinet group to adjacent casework that appears on the same schedule, for example medicine cabinets, reception counters, and school storage. This tightens compliance across the whole package.
• Map common material variants and hinges or runners to the existing model so sister EPDs can be added efficiently.
• Coordinate early with design teams on declared units and typical module sizes to cut RFI churn.

Can buyers find the EPD on the company website

We did not locate an EPD or sustainability page link on Koralli‑Tuote’s site at the time of writing, either in English or Finnish. Adding a visible EPD link in the product and downloads areas will speed submittals and reduce back‑and‑forth on every tender. Start with the cabinets overview and hospital products pages, then mirror it in references.

Bottom line for manufacturers reading this

Speed and ease matter as much as accuracy. A product‑group or portfolio EPD can unlock an entire schedule line at once, and publishing with an operator recognized across Europe improves discovery for teams who live in databases and portals (EPD Hub, 2025). If your pipeline includes public space casework, getting that first EPD live has outsized commercial impact compared with waiting for the perfect, all‑encompassing set.