Illinois Tool Works Inc
45 facilities · 24 states · 1.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Illinois Tool Works Inc is the reported parent of 45 Form R facilities across 24 states, disclosing 1.0M lbs of toxic releases. 14 of 135 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Ohio (302.1K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Illinois Tool Works Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Illinois Tool Works Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-7.4%
36 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-7.4%
252.1 thousand lb → 233.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Illinois Tool Works Inc's total reported releases fell from 252.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 233.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Illinois Tool Works Inc's water releases fell from 18 lb in 2022 to 5 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Illinois Tool Works Inc's chemicals reported fell from 41 in 2022 to 37 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Illinois Tool Works Inc's air releases fell from 172.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 159.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Illinois Tool Works Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div; Itw Bedford Wire; Paslode Pontotoc; Itw Specialty Films. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Zinc compounds; Propylene; Certain glycol ethers; Styrene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; Michigan; Mississippi. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Chemicals; Primary Metals; Fabricated 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: Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div; Itw Bedford Wire; Paslode Pontotoc; Itw Specialty Films. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Zinc compounds; Propylene; Certain glycol ethers; Styrene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; Michigan; Mississippi. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Chemicals; Primary Metals; Fabricated Metals.
Illinois Tool Works Inc ranks #641 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Illinois Tool Works Inc spans 24 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Illinois Tool Works Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 45 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Illinois Tool Works Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Illinois Tool Works Inc sits among TRI parents
Illinois Tool Works Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Ecology Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #639 · 53.0M lbs
- US Ecology Inc · rank #640 · 39.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Illinois Tool Works Inc
Toluene; Zinc compounds; Propylene; Certain glycol ethers; Styrene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Toluene | 390.2K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 170.5K lbs |
| Propylene | 112.1K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 57.0K lbs |
| Styrene | 36.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 6 | 302.1K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 262.7K lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 112.1K lbs |
| Illinois | 5 | 75.3K lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 63.5K lbs |
| Texas | 3 | 49.1K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 48.9K lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 47.4K lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 9.4K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 9.1K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 8.0K lbs |
| Florida | 2 | 7.7K lbs |
| Connecticut | 1 | 6.1K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 2.5K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1.2K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 794 lbs |
| Missouri | 2 | 533 lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 223 lbs |
| North Carolina | 2 | 184 lbs |
| Maryland | 1 | 7 lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Arizona | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (45)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Illinois Tool Works Inc on total disclosed release pounds (1.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (45). Release-volume peers include Intel Corp, US Department of Homeland Security, Texas Instruments Inc. Facility-count peers include Basf Corp, Energy Transfer LP, Phillips 66. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Ohio, Michigan, Mississippi; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Illinois Tool Works Inc's TRI parent record
From Illinois Tool Works Inc, open Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Illinois Tool Works Inc (Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div in MI). Largest facility
- Compare against US Ecology Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Illinois Tool Works Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, US Ecology Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Illinois Tool Works Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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