Quad/graphics Inc
23 facilities · 13 states · 780.0K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Quad/graphics Inc is the reported parent of 23 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 780.0K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 44 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Wisconsin (417.5K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Quad/graphics Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Quad/graphics Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-11.6%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-23.7%
101.7 thousand lb → 77.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 5 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Quad/graphics Inc's total reported releases fell from 72.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 64.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quad/graphics Inc's air releases fell from 63.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quad/graphics Inc's off-site transfers fell from 9.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Quad/graphics Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Quad/graphics Inc; Quad/graphics Inc; Quad/graphics Marketing LLC; Quad/graphics Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative; Wec Energy Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Ethylene glycol; Toluene; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wisconsin; California; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Printing; Chemicals. 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: Quad/graphics Inc; Quad/graphics Inc; Quad/graphics Marketing LLC; Quad/graphics Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative; Wec Energy Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Ethylene glycol; Toluene; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wisconsin; California; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Printing; Chemicals.
Quad/graphics Inc ranks #734 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Quad/graphics Inc spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Quad/graphics Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 23 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Quad/graphics Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Foremost Farms USA Cooperative; Wec Energy Group) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Quad/graphics Inc sits among TRI parents
Quad/graphics Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Foremost Farms USA Cooperative and Wec Energy Group. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Foremost Farms USA Cooperative · rank #732 · 11.6M lbs
- Wec Energy Group · rank #733 · 7.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Quad/graphics Inc
Certain glycol ethers; Ethylene glycol; Toluene; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Quad/graphics Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 499.3K lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | 124.3K lbs |
| Toluene | 57.2K lbs |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 53.1K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 16.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7 | 417.5K lbs |
| California | 3 | 52.3K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 51.6K lbs |
| Nevada | 1 | 51.5K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 49.4K lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 45.9K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 30.9K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 28.3K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 18.9K lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 17.2K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 7.2K lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 5.8K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 3.7K lbs |
Facilities (23)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Quad/graphics Inc Hartford, WI | 142.6K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Inc Sussex, WI | 119.5K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Marketing LLC Pewaukee, WI | 87.2K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Inc Saratoga Springs, NY | 51.6K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC Fernley, NV | 51.5K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC Nashville, TN | 49.4K lbs |
| Quad Greenfield LLC Greenfield, IA | 30.9K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC Merced, CA | 30.4K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Inc West Allis, WI | 29.8K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Inc. The Rock, GA | 28.5K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Marketing LLC Chalfont, PA | 28.3K lbs |
| Quad/graphics Commercial & Specialty LLC Burlington, WI | 23.4K lbs |
| Chemical Research\technology (cr\t) Valdosta, GA | 17.3K lbs |
| Qg Printing II Corp Winchester, VA | 17.2K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC Riverside, CA | 16.7K lbs |
| Quad Packaging Inc Franklin, WI | 14.9K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC East Longmeadow, MA | 12.6K lbs |
| Qg Printing II Corp Tampa, FL | 7.2K lbs |
| Qg Printing II Corp Taunton, MA | 6.4K lbs |
| Qg Printing II Corp Charlotte, NC | 5.8K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC Riverside, CA | 5.2K lbs |
| Qg Printing II LLC Lufkin, TX | 3.7K lbs |
| Chemical Research/technology LLC (cr/t) Hartford, WI | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Quad/graphics Inc on total disclosed release pounds (780.0K lbs) and reporting facility count (23). Release-volume peers include Trinity Industries Inc, Ingevity Corp, Luvata N.a. Inc. Facility-count peers include Air Products & Chemicals Inc, Ardagh Holdings USA Inc, Cardinal Glass Industries. 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 Wisconsin, California, New York; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Quad/graphics Inc's TRI parent record
From Quad/graphics Inc, open Quad/graphics Inc or compare against Foremost Farms USA Cooperative rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Quad/graphics Inc (Quad/graphics Inc in WI). Largest facility
- Compare against Wec Energy Group, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Quad/graphics Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Foremost Farms USA Cooperative, Wec Energy Group) 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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