Taizhou Huali Floors: EPD status and spec potential
Taizhou Huali New Materials is a high‑capacity OEM for resilient flooring that sells into North America and Europe. If you spec LVT, SPC or WPC, you’ve probably touched a Huali‑made plank. The open question for bid teams is simple: do their declarations keep pace with their product breadth, or are specs drifting to rivals with fresher paperwork?
Who Huali is, at a glance
Huali manufactures resilient flooring at scale, with facilities in China, Vietnam and the U.S., and a Thailand site communicated as coming online. Their U.S. arm lists a Chatsworth, Georgia address. On their site, the certificates page highlights VOC and management system labels like FloorScore, GREENGUARD and ISO standards (Huali certificates).
What they make
Product families include gluedown LVT, loose lay LVT, click LVT, rigid LVT often marketed as SPC, plus WPC and selected MGO‑core variants. That’s several distinct resilient categories serving commercial and residential use cases like healthcare, education, retail and multifamily.
How many SKUs and ranges
Based on published series pages and typical OEM variation in wear layers, formats and finishes, Huali likely offers products in the dozens per region, and low hundreds globally. It’s a broad shelf that can satisfy most price points and performance briefs.
EPD coverage today
As of November 20, 2025, we don’t see a currently valid, product‑specific EPD publicly listed for Huali’s LVT, SPC or WPC. Past UL‑verified declarations appear to have timed out in late 2025. UL Solutions is a major ISO 14025 program operator for flooring EPDs, which helps explain why buyers often expect to find current listings there (UL Solutions, 2025).
Why that gap matters on bids
LEED projects and owner standards frequently give preference to products with verified EPDs. USGBC’s guidance distinguishes product‑specific Type III EPDs from industry‑wide versions and values them accordingly, which nudges spec teams toward manufacturers with current, product‑specific declarations (USGBC, 2024). In short, no current EPD can mean extra accounting penalties for the project team and a higher chance your product gets swapped late in the game.
Competitors Huali meets most often
You’ll commonly square off against global resilient brands and their commercial lines in healthcare, education and workplace interiors. Examples include Tarkett, Shaw’s Patcraft, Mannington Commercial, Mohawk Group, Gerflor, and large private‑label importers. Many of these maintain active EPDs at the collection or platform level.
Proof in the market: who’s publishng
Patcraft’s Luxury Vinyl Tile carries a third‑party verified EPD that remains valid through mid‑2027, a clean fit for LEED submittals (SCS Global, 2022–2027). Tarkett continues to renew vinyl platform EPDs across Europe with validity windows that run into 2029 and 2030, signaling rhythm and coverage the market recognizes (EPD International, 2024–2029). For teams that can’t find a product‑specific document, the RFCI trade association also publishes industry‑wide EPDs for LVT, SPC and WPC from 2024, which help but typically carry lower valuation than product‑specific types (RFCI, 2024).
A likely best‑seller that needs an EPD
Rigid core SPC is a Huali staple and popular in healthcare and education fitouts. Without a current EPD, that SKU can lose out to a rival’s SPC or LVT with an active declaration, especially where LEED credits are targeted or corporate procurement policies call EPDs out by name (USGBC, 2024). That hurts margin because the fallback is competing on price instead of performance and transparency. It’s not just a sustainability story, it’s pipeline math.
How to close the gap quickly
If production data is organized by site and line, renewing a lapsed EPD is faster than a first‑time effort. Start with the common flooring Part B PCR, confirm geographic scope and reference year, then collect energy, material and scrap data by product platform rather than by every SKU variant. A strong LCA partner will also benchmark competitors’ PCR choices to keep comparisons apples to apples. Where data is thin, a prospective EPD can bridge to sales, then be refreshed once a full year of production is available. This is where white‑glove data wrangling saves your engineers real hours.
Where to aim coverage first
Prioritize products that show up most in specifications and substitutions: gluedown LVT for corridors and patient rooms, and 20 mil wear SPC for education and retail rollouts. One platform‑level, product‑specific EPD can cover dozens of selling SKUs. Add a second declaration for WPC where acoustic comfort is the deciding factor. That sequence maximizes bid eligibility quickly while keeping review cycles manageable. It’s definately the pragmatic route.
The takeaway for manufacturers like Huali
Your portfolio breadth is a strength. The missing piece is fresh, product‑specific EPDs on the high‑volume platforms buyers shortlist first. Competitors already point to active documents in submittals, and industry‑wide EPDs exist for the categories you sell, but they don’t replace the commercial pull of a current, product‑specific Type III EPD (RFCI, 2024; EPD International, 2024–2029). Tighten the data, pick the right PCR, and get the declarations back on the shelf so specifiers can choose you without hesitation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does LEED require an EPD for LVT, SPC or WPC to be used on a project?
No. LEED never certifies products. Projects can earn credit when a threshold of installed products carry EPDs, and product‑specific Type III EPDs generally carry higher valuation than industry‑wide ones (USGBC, 2024).
If an older EPD expired this fall, is it still acceptable?
Once past the validity date, you should not count it toward LEED thresholds. Renew promptly to avoid gaps. Program operator rules outline validity and renewal cadence (UL Solutions, 2025).
Can one EPD cover multiple SKUs?
Yes. Platform‑level EPDs often cover a family of wear layers, sizes and finishes as long as the PCR and program operator allow it and the declared unit is consistent (EPD International, 2024–2025).
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.
