Phillips Manufacturing: Products and EPD Coverage Snapshot
Phillips Manufacturing is a familiar name on drywall jobsites. They roll‑form a wide mix of beads, trims, channels and stucco accessories that ship quickly from multiple U.S. locations. What most teams want to know today is simple: which of those products carry Environmental Product Declarations, and where are the gaps that could be blocking specs on low‑carbon projects?
Who Phillips Manufacturing is
Founded in 1955 and headquartered in Omaha, Phillips makes finishing components for interior walls and stucco exteriors. The portfolio spans drywall corner beads and trims, paper‑faced metal beads, resilient sound channels, lath, stucco accessories, and select roofing metals (phillipsmfg.com). They are not a pure play in one item. Think of them as a house‑brand for gypsum finishing and plaster accessories that covers several neighboring needs.
Product families at a glance
Across the site, products cluster into three big families: drywall, lath and stucco, and roofing metals. Within drywall alone you will find metal corner beads, bullnose profiles, paper‑faced tape‑on beads, vinyl trims, expansion joints, and resilient channels. The full line likely totals in the hundreds of SKUs when sizes, finishes and radii are counted. That breadth helps distributors fill trucks from one supplier, which is handy when schedules are tight.
EPD status today
As of December 19, 2025, we could not locate any current, product‑specific EPDs publicly published for Phillips’ catalog on major operator registries. If one exists, it is not easy to find from typical specifier pathways. That makes their coverage low relative to peers in cold‑formed steel accessories and drywall trims.
Where the gap bites
Resilient channel is a likely bestseller for multi‑family, education and healthcare interiors. Many project teams now prefer or request product‑specific EPDs for common components like RC‑1 channel, metal lath, and steel trims to keep embodied‑carbon accounting clean under owner policies and evolving LEED v5 guidance. Without an EPD, contractors often default to a competitor with a declaration to avoid conservative penalties in carbon models. That can quietly cost bids even when price and performance are solid.
Competitors specifiers compare against
On like‑kind steel accessories and framing add‑ons, Phillips most often runs into ClarkDietrich, CEMCO and Marino\WARE. For vinyl and specialty trims, Trim‑Tex surfaces frequently. In some ceiling and grid applications, USG comes up as a system alternative where trims and suspension complement gypsum. Several of these companies publish product‑group EPDs that cover cold‑formed steel framing and accessories, which typically include items like resilient channel, clips, and expanded metal lath. The comparison happens in offices, schools, multi‑family, and outpatient healthcare where procurement is tuned to disclosure.
A quick win playbook for EPDs
Cold‑formed steel accessories commonly use the steel construction Part B PCR family, so a single product‑group EPD can credibly cover multiple SKUs when the data model is set up well. A practical first wave could bundle resilient channel, common metal corner beads, and expanded metal lath under one declaration, then add vinyl and paper‑faced beads in a second wave using the appropriate rules. The key lift is fast, accurate plant data collection for a recent reference year, then third‑party verification and publication. Choose a partner who will handle the messy data wrangling inside the plants so production teams are not buried.
What this means commercially
An EPD does not change how a corner bead installs. It changes how often it gets considered when a project filters for disclosures. One timely EPD can unlock specs across dozens of SKUs that share the same process data, which is why grouping is powerful. The cost of that first declaration is often offset by a single mid‑sized win, yet teams rarely see the opportunities they miss because they never hit the submittal pile. It’s ironic and it’s definately avoidable.
What we’d watch next
If Phillips begins publishing EPDs, expect them to start with steel accessories manufactured at high‑volume sites, then expand to vinyl and paper‑faced lines. Watch for site‑specific notes in the declaration and renewal timing so coverage stays current during busy bid seasons.
Explore product details at Phillips’ pages for metal corner beads and trims and lath and stucco accessories to see where a bundled EPD could cover the most SKUs in one move.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Phillips Manufacturing publish product-specific EPDs for its drywall beads, trims, and channels?
As of December 19, 2025, we could not find any publicly posted, product‑specific EPDs for Phillips’ core lines on major operator registries. If one exists, it is not easily discoverable.
Which Phillips products should be prioritized first for an EPD rollout?
Start with resilient channel, common metal corner beads, and expanded metal lath. These are widely specified and can often be grouped under a single cold‑formed steel accessories PCR, maximizing spec coverage for the effort.
Who are typical competitors with EPDs in similar categories?
ClarkDietrich, CEMCO and Marino\WARE publish product‑group EPDs that cover cold‑formed steel framing and accessories. Trim‑Tex is a frequent alternative for vinyl trims and USG can substitute at the system level in ceilings and assemblies.
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.
