EPA TRI Facility · Printing
Gravure Ink
Bensenville, IL · Parent: Patrick Industries
- Total releases
- 6.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Gravure Ink: how the 6.4K lbs splits
6.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 6.4K lbs 100.0%
Gravure Ink's 6.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Methyl isobutyl ketone.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Gravure Ink is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bensenville, IL, in the printing sector. It reported 543 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 6.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,715 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gravure Ink is pounds #467 and chemical-count #802 at 6.4K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Oldcastle Precast Inc; Vorteq Coil Finishers; Sims Precious Metals; United Electronics Corp. Similar-scale Printing peers outside Illinois: Qg Printing II Corp; Xsys N.a.; American Packaging Corp; Roslyn Converters Inc. Other Patrick Industries sites in this extract: Structural Composites of India Na Inc; Front Line Manufacturing; Charleston Corp; Carrera Custom Painting Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methyl isobutyl ketone.
Gravure Ink stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Qg Printing II Corp and Xsys N.a..
Gravure Ink vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.4K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gravure Ink: Methyl isobutyl ketone-led volume
Among the 144 Printing facilities in this database, Gravure Ink reports the 96th-largest volume (6.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methyl isobutyl ketone alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Illinois include Qg Printing II Corp and Xsys N.a..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gravure Ink's pounds in one chemical - here Methyl isobutyl ketone at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gravure Ink's total reported releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 543 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gravure Ink's air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 543 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gravure Ink Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gravure Ink releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 59% (1.3K lbs to 543 lbs).
Gravure Ink: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gravure Ink year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 59% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Methyl isobutyl ketone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 543 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 6.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
Gravure Ink · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gravure Ink
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Oldcastle Precast Inc, Vorteq Coil Finishers, Sims Precious Metals, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Printing Facilities
Other Printing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Qg Printing II Corp, Xsys N.a., American Packaging Corp.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gravure Ink on cumulative reported pounds (6.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Pj Trailers Mfg, Dcp Midstream - Chitwood, Glen-Gery Corp. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Pj Trailers Mfg Sumner, TX · Machinery 6.4K lbs reported
- Dcp Midstream - Chitwood Alex, OK · Natural Gas Processing 6.4K lbs reported
- Glen-Gery Corp Iberia, OH · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 6.4K lbs reported
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Fayetteville Plant Fayetteville, NC · Plastics and Rubber 6.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Patrick Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Structural Composites of India Na Inc, Front Line Manufacturing, Charleston Corp.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Methyl isobutyl ketone; nearby reporters include Oldcastle Precast Inc. Gravure Ink stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Gravure Ink TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Methyl isobutyl ketone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gravure Ink totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bensenville, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 323111 · Printing. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pj Trailers Mfg (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gravure Ink stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Methyl isobutyl ketone. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov