Bekaert Corp
4 facilities · 4 states · 446.9K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Bekaert Corp is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 446.9K lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 24 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arkansas (376.0K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Bekaert Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Bekaert Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-8.7%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-8.7%
117.4 thousand lb → 107.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Bekaert Corp's total reported releases fell from 117.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 107.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bekaert Corp's water releases rose from 69 lb in 2022 to 204 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bekaert Corp's off-site transfers fell from 87.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 79.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bekaert Corp's air releases fell from 30.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Bekaert Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Bekaert Corp; Bekaert Corp; Bekaert Corp; Bekaert Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Copper compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Georgia; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Bekaert Corp; Bekaert Corp; Bekaert Corp; Bekaert Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Copper compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Georgia; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals.
Bekaert Corp ranks #942 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Bekaert Corp files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Bekaert Corp accounts for most of Bekaert Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Bekaert Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Bekaert Corp sits among TRI parents
Bekaert Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and Suzano Packaging LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #940 · 16.6M lbs
- Suzano Packaging LLC · rank #941 · 15.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Bekaert Corp
Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Copper compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Bekaert Corp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 256.3K lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 83.6K lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 79.2K lbs |
| Copper compounds | 8.6K lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 4.6K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 1 | 376.0K lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 32.7K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 31.6K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 6.6K lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Bekaert Corp Van Buren, AR | 376.0K lbs |
| Bekaert Corp Rome, GA | 32.7K lbs |
| Bekaert Corp Orrville, OH | 31.6K lbs |
| Bekaert Corp Shelbyville, KY | 6.6K lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Bekaert Corp on total disclosed release pounds (446.9K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Dystar LP, Pine Hall Brick Co Inc, Mexichem Specialty Resins Inc. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Bekaert Corp's TRI parent record
From Bekaert Corp, open Bekaert Corp or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Bekaert Corp (Bekaert Corp in AR). Largest facility
- Compare against Suzano Packaging LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Bekaert Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, Suzano Packaging LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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