Kaba to dormakaba: EPD coverage at a glance

Who they are and what they sell

Kaba merged into dormakaba and today operates globally under the dormakaba brand. The kaba.com address routes into that universe. The portfolio covers door closers, mortise and cylindrical locks, electronic cylinders and readers, hotel locks, revolving doors, automatic sliding and swing doors, turnstiles and speed gates, exit devices, and supporting hardware.

EPD posture in a sentence

Coverage is solid across core architectural hardware and entrance systems. Many flagship closers, automatic door operators, revolving doors, turnstiles, electronic cylinders, hotel locks, and exit devices carry product‑specific EPDs with validity horizons that keep them useful for current pursuits. dormakaba also reports hundreds of sustainability‑related product declarations and certifications across the portfolio, a signal that EPDs are part of a systematic play, not one‑offs (dormakaba Sustainability Report, 2025) (link).

Product ranges and rough depth

Think families, not one‑offs. Door closers and floor springs in multiple lines. Automatic doors in framed and all‑glass variants. Revolving doors for prestige entrances and secure portals. Electronic cylinders, readers, and hotel locks under well known sub‑brands. Exit devices and levers under additional house brands. The SKU stack runs deep through finishes, handing, rail types, and electronics options. We did not find a public, audited SKU count and that is common for multi‑variant hardware.

Where EPDs are strongest today

Door control and entrance automation look mature. Multiple closer families and operators are covered, as are several revolving and speed‑gate models, plus electronic cylinders and hotel locks. That breadth gives specifiers room to stay inside one manufacturer while still meeting EPD requirements on most openings.

Gaps that can still trip a spec

We did not find product‑specific EPDs for some long‑lived workhorses like Simplex mechanical pushbutton locks. These are institutional staples, yet on projects that require product‑specific EPDs, specifiers may pivot to a different lock family or to a competitor whose comparable hardware is backed by a current declaration. That swap introduces risk for price, preference, and brand consistency. Small gap, real consequence for a chased job.

Competitor yardstick you will meet on real projects

Expect frequent head‑to‑head with:

• ASSA ABLOY for cylinders, closers, panic hardware, electromechanical devices, and complete entrances. Several door‑control components have current EPDs registered in 2025, for example G460 and G464 guide‑rail closer systems (EPD International, 2025) (G460) (G464).
• Allegion across LCN closers, Von Duprin exit devices, and Stanley Access automatic doors. Allegion publicly lists EPDs for popular Stanley Dura‑Glide and other series, which helps them on EPD‑sensitive projects (Allegion EPD Library, 2025) (link).
• Boon Edam and Gunnebo for premium revolving doors and security portals in airports, financial services, and corporate HQs.

Where they win on project types

Education, healthcare, airports, stadiums, corporate offices, and hospitality. The combination of door hardware, automatic doors, and secure portals lets teams standardize on one supplier. When EPDs are available for those major families, estimators can avoid generic defaults that inflate embodied‑carbon assumptions and penalize selection in materials accounting.

What to do if your hero product lacks an EPD

If a go‑to device, like a mechanical pushbutton lock, has no EPD, pair it with an EPD‑backed lockset or closer in the same opening so the submittal still accumulates verifiable, product‑specific declarations. Where a direct substitute exists with a current EPD, consider the switch early. Competitors actively publish new declarations, including door‑control and panic hardware lines in 2025 that are valid into 2030, so waiting can quietly push a product out of shortlist range (EPD International, 2025) (link).

Sustainability resources worth bookmarking

For policy, targets, and document libraries, start with dormakaba’s sustainability hub. It centralizes declarations, annual reporting, and product documentation helpful for submittals and audits (dormakaba Sustainability).

The commercial read‑out

EPD coverage is good where it matters most for doors and entrances. The remaining pockets without declarations, especially on legacy mechanical best sellers, are fixable opportunities. Close those gaps and the brand becomes harder to swap out when LEED v5‑minded specifiers build their schedules. Miss them and specifers may reach for an EPD‑backed equivalent that keeps their materials accounting clean.