Wabtec Corp
31 facilities · 13 states · 2.3M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Wabtec Corp is the reported parent of 31 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 2.3M lbs of toxic releases. 7 of 98 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (1.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Wabtec Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Wabtec Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+15.8%
23 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+15.4%
430.0 thousand lb → 496.1 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 3 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Wabtec Corp's total reported releases rose from 428.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 496.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wabtec Corp's air releases rose from 330.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 406.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wabtec Corp's water releases fell from 169 lb in 2022 to 152 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wabtec Corp's off-site transfers fell from 98.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 89.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Wabtec Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Railroad Friction Products Corp; Aero Transportation Products Inc; Sancast Inc; Wabtec Components. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Toluene; Styrene; Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Missouri; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Primary Metals; Plastics and Rubber; Machinery. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Railroad Friction Products Corp; Aero Transportation Products Inc; Sancast Inc; Wabtec Components. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Toluene; Styrene; Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Missouri; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Primary Metals; Plastics and Rubber; Machinery.
Wabtec Corp ranks #430 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Wabtec Corp spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Releases are facility-concentrated: Railroad Friction Products Corp accounts for most of Wabtec Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Wabtec Corp 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 Wabtec Corp sits among TRI parents
Wabtec Corp 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 #428 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #429 · 24.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Wabtec Corp
n-Hexane; Toluene; Styrene; Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Railroad Friction Products Corp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 1.3M lbs |
| Toluene | 270.1K lbs |
| Styrene | 211.4K lbs |
| Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 167.5K lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 87.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1 | 1.8M lbs |
| Missouri | 2 | 245.7K lbs |
| Ohio | 3 | 73.0K lbs |
| Virginia | 2 | 38.4K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 34.5K lbs |
| Tennessee | 3 | 24.4K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 19.6K lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 1.9K lbs |
| Iowa | 2 | 235 lbs |
| Nevada | 1 | 130 lbs |
| South Carolina | 3 | 87 lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 56 lbs |
| Maryland | 1 | 41 lbs |
Facilities (31)
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Wabtec Corp on total disclosed release pounds (2.3M lbs) and reporting facility count (31). Release-volume peers include Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC, Poet Holding Co LLC, Dairy Farmers of America Inc. Facility-count peers include Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Holcim Participations (us), National Oilwell Varco LP. 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, Ohio; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Wabtec Corp's TRI parent record
From Wabtec Corp, open Railroad Friction Products Corp or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Wabtec Corp (Railroad Friction Products Corp 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 Wabtec Corp 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.
Use and verify this record
Wabtec Corp'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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