The Timken Co
17 facilities · 11 states · 490.3K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, The Timken Co is the reported parent of 17 Form R facilities across 11 states, disclosing 490.3K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 38 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (213.7K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for The Timken Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for The Timken Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+17.4%
13 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+17.5%
99.4 thousand lb → 116.8 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- The Timken Co's total reported releases rose from 99.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 116.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Timken Co's water releases fell from 136 lb in 2022 to 82 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Timken Co's off-site transfers rose from 79.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 101.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Timken Co's air releases fell from 19.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read The Timken Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Timken Co Lincolnton Bearing Plant; Timken Smo LLC; Timken Smo LLC; Timken Aerospace( Mpb Corp Dba) Lebanon. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Zinc compounds; Toluene; Methanol; Manganese. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Missouri; Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Fabricated Metals; Plastics and Rubber; Machinery. 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: Timken Co Lincolnton Bearing Plant; Timken Smo LLC; Timken Smo LLC; Timken Aerospace( Mpb Corp Dba) Lebanon. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Zinc compounds; Toluene; Methanol; Manganese. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Missouri; Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Fabricated Metals; Plastics and Rubber; Machinery.
The Timken Co ranks #903 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. The Timken Co spans 11 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. The Timken Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 17 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for The Timken Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where The Timken Co sits among TRI parents
The Timken Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #901 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #902 · 24.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by The Timken Co
Sodium nitrite; Zinc compounds; Toluene; Methanol; Manganese lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Timken Co Lincolnton Bearing Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 173.7K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 156.4K lbs |
| Toluene | 52.6K lbs |
| Methanol | 51.5K lbs |
| Manganese | 41.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2 | 213.7K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 126.0K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 83.8K lbs |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 30.3K lbs |
| South Carolina | 3 | 28.9K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 6.2K lbs |
| Michigan | 2 | 553 lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 336 lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 242 lbs |
| Ohio | 2 | 214 lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 98 lbs |
Facilities (17)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Timken Co Lincolnton Bearing Plant Iron Station, NC | 211.5K lbs |
| Timken Smo LLC Springfield, MO | 126.0K lbs |
| Timken Smo LLC Fort Scott, KS | 83.8K lbs |
| Timken Aerospace( Mpb Corp Dba) Lebanon Lebanon, NH | 30.3K lbs |
| Timken Co Gaffney Bearing Plant Gaffney, SC | 15.5K lbs |
| The Timken Co - Tyger River Plant Union, SC | 13.4K lbs |
| Ggb LLC Thorofare, NJ | 6.2K lbs |
| Timken Co Asheboro Bearing Plant Randleman, NC | 2.3K lbs |
| Cone Drive Operations Inc. Traverse City, MI | 528 lbs |
| Diamond Chain Co Indianapolis, IN | 242 lbs |
| Lovejoy Inc Downers Grove, IL | 232 lbs |
| Timken-World Headquarters Facility North Canton, OH | 114 lbs |
| Timken Drives LLC Fulton, IL | 104 lbs |
| Timken Co Bucyrus Bearing Plant Bucyrus, OH | 100 lbs |
| Timken Drives Clinton, IA | 98 lbs |
| The Timken Co-Honea Path Facility Honea Path, SC | 47 lbs |
| Cone Drive Operations Inc Ludington, MI | 24 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest The Timken Co on total disclosed release pounds (490.3K lbs) and reporting facility count (17). Release-volume peers include Strongwell Corp, The Kraft Heinz Co, Monosol. Facility-count peers include Amphenol Corp, Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Hb Fuller Co. 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 North Carolina, Missouri, Kansas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with The Timken Co's TRI parent record
From The Timken Co, open Timken Co Lincolnton Bearing Plant or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for The Timken Co (Timken Co Lincolnton Bearing Plant in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where The Timken Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) 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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