Insteel Industries Inc
8 facilities · 6 states · 318.9K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Insteel Industries Inc is the reported parent of 8 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 318.9K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 19 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Florida (128.5K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Insteel Industries Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Insteel Industries Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-91.6%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-95.5%
83.8 thousand lb → 3.7 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.
- Insteel Industries Inc's total reported releases fell from 44.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Insteel Industries Inc's off-site transfers fell from 44.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Insteel Industries Inc's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Insteel Industries Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products Co; Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc; The Mosaic Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nickel. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Florida; Texas; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: 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: Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products Co; Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc; The Mosaic Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nickel. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Florida; Texas; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Fabricated Metals.
Insteel Industries Inc ranks #1,073 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Insteel Industries Inc spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Insteel Industries Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 8 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Insteel Industries Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc; The Mosaic Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Insteel Industries Inc sits among TRI parents
Insteel Industries Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc and The Mosaic Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc · rank #1,071 · 116.3M lbs
- The Mosaic Co · rank #1,072 · 11.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Insteel Industries Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nickel lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Insteel Wire Products. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 264.2K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 54.7K lbs |
| Lead compounds | 11 lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lbs |
| Nickel | 0 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2 | 128.5K lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 104.2K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 86.3K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (8)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Insteel Wire Products Sanderson, FL | 128.5K lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Co Houston, TX | 104.2K lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Gallatin, TN | 86.3K lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Dayton, TX | 7 lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Saint Joseph, MO | 0 lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Hickman, KY | 0 lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Co Jacksonville, FL | 0 lbs |
| Insteel Wire Products Mount Airy, NC | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Insteel Industries Inc on total disclosed release pounds (318.9K lbs) and reporting facility count (8). Release-volume peers include Core Molding Technologies Inc, Merchants Metals LLC, Belden Inc. Facility-count peers include Agropur Inc, Albemarle Corp, Allegheny Technologies Inc. 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 Florida, Texas, Tennessee; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Insteel Industries Inc's TRI parent record
From Insteel Industries Inc, open Insteel Wire Products or compare against Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Insteel Industries Inc (Insteel Wire Products in FL). Largest facility
- Compare against The Mosaic Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Insteel Industries Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc, The Mosaic Co) 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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