Alucoil: products and where EPDs stand

Who Alucoil is and what they sell

Alucoil is a Spain‑based manufacturer focused on advanced aluminum materials for building, transport, and industry. The portfolio centers on two façade workhorses: larson composite panels for ventilated cladding and larcore A2 aluminum honeycomb panels for ultra‑flat, lightweight skins. Colorways, gauges, and system options push the SKU count into the dozens, likely more once you include regional finishes.

Where these products compete

Larson FR and A2 land in exterior rainscreens, soffits, and interior surfaces where crisp flatness meets fire performance. Larcore A2 steps in when designers want extreme stiffness at low weight for large cassettes, canopies, or long spans. You will see both on headline projects, and Alucoil spotlights them on its site’s sustainability section, which is worth a skim for context (Sustainability).

EPD coverage today

Larson FR and A2 have a current, program‑operator‑published EPD with validity through 30 March 2027 (International EPD System, 2025) (International EPD System, 2025). AENOR also lists this declaration under mutual recognition with the same end date, which helps in EU tenders that prefer European operators (AENOR, 2024) (AENOR, 2024).

Larcore A2’s EPD, first registered in October 2020, lapsed on 26 October 2025. If larcore is a core revenue driver in façades, that renewal is the low‑hanging fruit to unlock more specs in 2026 planning cycles (International EPD System, 2025) (International EPD System, 2025).

Depth of coverage across ranges

EPDs for composite panel families typically cover multiple thicknesses and cores under one document, which is efficient for marketing and compliance. That said, sales often operate at the level of system variants and finish collections, where buyers ask for “this exact build‑up.” If local markets lean on system‑level declarations or FDES for assembled façades, having both product and system documentation reduces friction at bid time.

Notable gap and what it costs commercially

With larcore’s EPD expired, project teams working under EPD‑required specs may apply default or penalized carbon factors. That adds risk for architects and GCs, so they are more likely to pick an alternative that already comes with a current, third‑party‑verified EPD. The price of an EPD is frequently earned back with even a single mid‑sized win, but teams rarely see the projects they don’t get spec’d on. Lets not leave that blind spot unaddressed.

The competitive picture you meet in bids

Main rivals on composite façades include 3A Composites’ ALUCOBOND lines, Mitsubishi Chemical’s ALPOLIC A2 and fr families, and Arconic’s Reynobond for North America. Recent program‑operator records show ALPOLIC’s multi‑product EPD valid to 2030, which positions it cleanly for long‑cycle public work (International EPD System, 2025) (International EPD System, 2025). Reynobond’s North America declaration, also current to 2030, addresses US procurement contexts that look for region‑aligned PCRs (International EPD System, 2025) (International EPD System, 2025). In short, competitors are walking into submittals with ready paperwork.

If we were planning EPDs for this catalog

Start with larcore A2 renewal on an EN 15804+A2 basis and align the scope to the best‑seller thicknesses, then add a system‑level declaration where it wins you access in markets like France. Keep larson current and consider a North America pathway so US teams do not stall over PCR alignment. The right LCA partner will make data collection feel less like a scavenger hunt and more like a well‑run audit, so your engineers stay focused on production instead of spreadsheets.

What to watch next

Track two things on your roadmap. First, expiry horizons by line, because a declaration that goes out of date in the next quarter can surprise a bid team at the worst moment. Second, the system documentation buyers ask for in each country, since that is where “nearly there” often turns into a no‑go.