Dorma.com: products, competitors, and EPD coverage
Dorma is now part of dormakaba. That matters for EPDs, because most declarations live under the dormakaba name, not the legacy Dorma brand. If a project team searches for “Dorma EPD” and comes up empty, it is usually a labeling issue, not a capability gap. Here is how their portfolio maps to EPDs, where coverage is strong, and where a well chosen declaration can unlock more specs without a firefight on price.
Who Dorma is today
Dorma merged with Kaba several years ago, and the combined company goes to market as dormakaba. The Dorma brand still shows up on classic door controls and glass hardware, yet EPDs are typically published under dormakaba or regional subsidiaries. Their sustainability hub outlines broader goals and reporting, which helps align product workstreams with enterprise targets (dormakaba Sustainability).
What they sell, at a glance
Think Division 08, front to back. Door closers and floor springs. Automatic sliding and swing door operators. Revolving doors and entrances. Mechanical and electronic locks, readers, and keys. Turnstiles and interlocks. Movable glass and framed partitions through group brands. The range hits offices, healthcare, education, hospitality, and high security facilities.
Portfolio breadth and rough SKU scale
Across regions the family spans multiple product categories and, very roughly, hundreds of SKUs. Exact counts are hard to pin down publicly because regional variants and accessory packs multiply quickly. For commercial teams this means a lot of near neighbors where a single EPD can lift specification odds across several sibling SKUs.
EPD coverage snapshot
Coverage is broad in door controls, operators, secure entry, and access control. Public operator libraries show product‑specific EPDs for revolving doors and operators, a mix of door closers, as well as electronic access components across Europe and North America, with validity windows visible on each record (IBU, 2024). That gives specifiers project‑ready documentation rather than defaulting to generic assumptions that hurt carbon accounting under LEED v5.
Where the gaps may sit
We did not find consistently visible, product‑specific EPDs for some long‑tail hardware like certain glass patch fittings and commodity hinges in public operator portals at the time of writing. Given the size of the catalog, new declarations may be in progress or published regionally. If a high‑runner SKU lacks a current EPD in the market you sell into, that is low hanging fruit for more specs and fewer substitutions.
A practical example of spec risk
If a hospital package calls for automatic swing operators and a Dorma legacy model is proposed without a current product‑specific EPD in hand, teams may switch to a competitor that can hand over one immediately. STANLEY Access publishes EPDs for Magic Force and Magic Access swing operators in SCS Global Services, which project reviewers can cite directly (SCS Global Services, 2023). In doors and frames, Allegion lists UL‑verified EPDs for Steelcraft and Republic tornado assemblies, which are often bundled in education and critical facility projects where documentation must be complete on day one (UL, 2024). For operable walls in conference and education spaces, Hufcor has category EPDs on core panel families that satisfy many owner requirements during design development (SCS Global Services, 2021).
Who they run into on bids
Depending on the package, dormakaba regularly meets:
- ASSA ABLOY for door hardware, exit devices, and hinges in office, healthcare, and mixed use. Their brands surface a wide slate of published EPDs across hardware families that specifiers recognize quickly (UL, 2024).
- Allegion for steel doors and frames, fire rated glazing systems, and builders hardware in education and civic work, with multiple UL EPDs visible to reviewers (UL, 2024).
- STANLEY Access Technologies for automatic entrances in healthcare and retail, with SCS EPDs covering sliding and swing operator lines used as drop‑in substitutes on many submittals (SCS Global Services, 2023).
- Boon Edam and similar entrance specialists for premium revolving entries in corporate and public sector lobbies, where a single EPD can decide a tie.
Make EPDs work harder inside the catalog
A PCR is the rulebook of Monopoly, ignore it and the game falls apart. The fastest path is to pick the same rulebook your top competitor used for the same function, publish one clean product‑specific EPD per hero configuration, then reference it across close variants. That keeps data collection tight, reduces lab time, and gives sales one document that answers the majority of reviewer questions. If your best seller is missing an EPD, prioritize it before the next bid cycle, not after.
What this means for commercial teams
An EPD does not guarantee a win. It removes a penalty that otherwise pushes a product out of consideration when carbon accounting uses pessimistic defaults. For busy specifiers, the brand with the tidy, verifiable EPD often gets the green light. The work is operational, not glamorous, but the payoff shows up in fewer substitutions and quicker approvals. Getting the right data once, then keeping it current, saves hours for engineers and product managers who would rather build the next release than chase spreadsheets. That is the work we obsess over so your team does not have to. It’s particulary noticeable on fast‑track projects where submittals move within days.
Frequently Asked Questions
What product families under the Dorma legacy brand typically show EPDs in public operator portals?
Door closers, floor springs, automatic sliding and swing operators, revolving doors, secure entry systems, and several electronic access components often have visible EPDs in IBU or similar operator libraries (IBU, 2024).
Which competing products commonly appear with EPDs that can replace Dorma items on submittals?
Allegion steel doors and frames with UL EPDs, STANLEY Access automatic operators with SCS EPDs, and Hufcor operable walls with SCS EPDs are frequently acceptable alternates in healthcare, education, and office projects (UL, 2024) (SCS Global Services, 2023) (SCS Global Services, 2021).
How many SKUs does the broader dormakaba portfolio span and how many have EPDs?
Public sources do not publish a definitive count by SKU. The portfolio stretches across many categories with hundreds of variants. EPD visibility is strong in major categories, with some long‑tail hardware not always covered in public operator portals at a given moment.
About the Author
John brings a clear, research-driven perspective on the EPD, LCA and HPD space and keeps a close pulse on environmental trends and standards in North America, helping clients understand where the industry is heading and how to get there.
