PohlCon: products and EPD coverage snapshot

Who they are

PohlCon unites JORDAHL, H‑BAU Technik and PUK into a single manufacturer group active in structural and electrical fit‑out. The company reports roughly 1,500 employees, 14 national subsidiaries and activity in 40+ markets, positioning it as a multi‑category supplier rather than a pure play (PohlCon, 2025) (PohlCon, 2025).

What they sell

Across shell and fit‑out, the portfolio spans anchor channels, brickwork supports, punching shear reinforcement, sealing and thermal break elements, plus cable trays, mesh trays, cable ladders and underfloor systems. SKU breadth is wide. Think dozens of product families and clearly in the hundreds of individual variants.

EPDs on the board today

We found a current, product‑specific EPD for JORDAHL’s brickwork support bracket JVAeco+, published under the IBU program and referenced on PohlCon’s product page (PohlCon, 2025). That is a solid foothold in facade support, where submittals often ask for EN 15804 compliant data.

Notable gaps that can cost specs

For the high‑volume cable management range under PUK, we did not locate a product‑specific EPD on the major European registries as of December 20, 2025. When trays, ladders or mesh systems lack verified data, design teams modeling whole‑building LCAs must use conservative defaults, which can make a compliant alternative more attractive at equal performance.

Competitors with publish‑ready data

Cable trays are a head‑to‑head arena. OBO Bettermann holds a company EPD for cable support systems with ift Rosenheim, released July 10, 2024 and valid to July 10, 2029 (ift Rosenheim, 2025) (ift Rosenheim, 2025). Niedax and Legrand’s Cablofil brand also publish PEPs for cable management in the French ecosystem, used in RE2020 workflows (PEP/INIES, 2024–2025). In structural connections, Leviat’s HALFEN HIT thermal break and cast‑in channels are covered by IBU EPDs current through 2028, which show up in major spec libraries used by UK and EU designers (NBS Source, 2025). Firestop and chemical anchor systems from Hilti carry IBU EPDs within the same timeframe, a frequent swap in coordination meetings when verified data is required (IBU EPD‑Online, 2026).

Why this matters commercially

France’s RE2020 and many EU public clients lean on registry data for building LCAs; FDES and PEP are five‑year documents and sit inside the INIES pipeline that LCA tools pull from (INIES, 2025) (INIES, 2025). LEED v5 keeps the pressure on product‑specific EPDs for North American projects too. Without an EPD, the product is still purchaseable, yet the specifier often takes a scoring hit compared to a rival with a verified declaration. No one wants to loose a bid because the model used a generic penalty.

Where PohlCon likely wins with faster EPD coverage

Priority one: cable trays and mesh trays. They are high‑runner SKUs with broad market overlap against OBO, Niedax and Cablofil. One well‑scoped, program‑compliant EPD per family can unlock many line items through rules of representativeness. Priority two: anchor channels and punching shear reinforcement as a visible upgrade path in concrete packages, where Leviat’s HALFEN coverage shows up in submittal checklists.

Picking PCRs and operators, quickly

For metals‑heavy items like trays, PCR choices converge around EN 15804+A2 with national complements where relevant. In France, electrical cable management typically lands under PEP ecopassport; in Germany and broader EU, IBU handles construction products cleanly. What matters is consistency with the dominant competitor reference so specifiers can compare apples with apples, and that the declaration is published in the registries teams actually use day‑to‑day (INIES, 2025).

Practical next steps for a lean EPD rollout

Start with a single reference size per family that captures the bulk of volume, then extend by parametric coverage or additional SKUs if needed. Lock a recent reference year of plant data, including utilities and scrap flows, to avoid rework. Keep verification timelines in mind and back‑schedule from sales milestones; queue submissions so you recieve approved PDFs before major bid dates. A partner that handles data wrangling across plants and bills of materials will keep your engineers focused on launches rather than paperwork.

The takeaway

PohlCon has the product breadth to win more specs. Its EPD footprint is emerging, not yet portfolio‑wide, with a clear opportunity in cable management where competitors already show verified declarations. Close that gap, publish where modelers look first, and the next tender reads very differently.