EPA TRI Facility · Printing
Multi-Color Corp
Niles, IL · Parent: Multi-Color Corp
- Total releases
- 37.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Multi-Color Corp: how the 37.6K lbs splits
37.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 34.9K lbs 92.8%
- Off-site Transfers 2.7K lbs 7.2%
Multi-Color Corp's 37.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 92.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 7.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Multi-Color Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Niles, IL, in the printing sector. It reported 702 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 37.6K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,788 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. Multi-Color Corp is pounds #277 and chemical-count #760 at 37.6K 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: Castwell Products; Avery Dennison; Lifeway Foods Inc; Xylem Inc. Similar-scale Printing peers outside Illinois: Nameplates Inc; Little Rapids-Printing Div; Arandell Corp; Rohrer. Other Multi-Color Corp sites in this extract: Multi-Color Corp; Multi-Color Corp; Multi-Color Corp - Clarksville; Multi-Color Corp-Norwood. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
Multi-Color Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (92.8% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 37.6K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nameplates Inc and Little Rapids-Printing Div.
Multi-Color Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
38K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Multi-Color Corp: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 144 Printing facilities in this database, Multi-Color Corp reports the 40th-largest volume (37.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Nameplates Inc and Little Rapids-Printing Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Multi-Color Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Multi-Color Corp's total reported releases fell from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 702 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Multi-Color Corp's off-site transfers fell from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Multi-Color Corp's air releases rose from 510 lb in 2022 to 702 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Multi-Color Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Multi-Color Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 37.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 96% (16.5K lbs to 702 lbs).
Multi-Color Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Multi-Color Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 96% from 2020 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 16.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 17.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 702 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 37.6K lbs | - |
Multi-Color Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Multi-Color Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Castwell Products, Avery Dennison, Lifeway Foods Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Printing Facilities
Other Printing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Nameplates Inc, Little Rapids-Printing Div, Arandell Corp.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Multi-Color Corp on cumulative reported pounds (37.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Highline Warren - Dallas, Possum Point Power Station, Agco Inc.. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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Other Multi-Color Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Multi-Color Corp, Multi-Color Corp, Multi-Color Corp - Clarksville.
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 Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Castwell Products. Multi-Color Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Multi-Color Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Multi-Color Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Niles, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 323111 · Printing. 0.1% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Highline Warren - Dallas (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Multi-Color Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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