EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Gentex Corp Automotive Div
Zeeland, MI · Parent: Gentex Corp
- Total releases
- 359.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gentex Corp Automotive Div: how the 359.0K lbs splits
359.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 334.1K lbs 93.1%
- Air Releases 24.9K lbs 6.9%
Gentex Corp Automotive Div's 359.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 93.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 6.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: N,N-Dimethylformamide.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Gentex Corp Automotive Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Zeeland, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 108.3K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 359.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,351 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gentex Corp Automotive Div is pounds #82 and chemical-count #105 at 359.0K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Plascore Inc; Aurorium Zeeland LLC; Mead Johnson & Co LLC; Howard Miller Co. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Able Manufacturing & Assembly LLC; Arcosa Marine Products Inc. Plt 75; Decostar Industries Inc; Truck Accessories Group. LLC DBA Tag East. Other Gentex Corp sites in this extract: Gentex Corp; Gentex Corp Fire Protection Div. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N,N-Dimethylformamide; Toluene; n-Butyl alcohol; Acetonitrile.
Gentex Corp Automotive Div stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (93.1% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 359.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Able Manufacturing & Assembly LLC and Arcosa Marine Products Inc. Plt 75.
Gentex Corp Automotive Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
359K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gentex Corp Automotive Div in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Gentex Corp Automotive Div reports the 116th-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Michigan include Able Manufacturing & Assembly LLC and Arcosa Marine Products Inc. Plt 75.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gentex Corp Automotive Div's total reported releases rose from 97.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 108.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gentex Corp Automotive Div's air releases rose from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gentex Corp Automotive Div's off-site transfers rose from 95.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 105.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gentex Corp Automotive Div Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gentex Corp Automotive Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 359.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 102% (53.6K lbs to 108.3K lbs).
Gentex Corp Automotive Div: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gentex Corp Automotive Div year-over-year reported totals (increased by 102% 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: N,N-Dimethylformamide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 34.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 64.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 97.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 108.3K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 87.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 86.8K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 54.3K lbs | - |
| Acetonitrile | 39.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 31.9K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 22.3K lbs | - |
| Methyl acrylate | 22.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Silver And Silver Compounds | 14.4K lbs | - |
Gentex Corp Automotive Div · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Plascore Inc, Aurorium Zeeland LLC, Mead Johnson & Co LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Able Manufacturing & Assembly LLC, Arcosa Marine Products Inc. Plt 75, Decostar Industries Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gentex Corp Automotive Div on cumulative reported pounds (359.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Waterloo Processing LLC, Able Manufacturing & Assembly LLC, Henkel US Operations Corp. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Gentex Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gentex Corp, Gentex Corp Fire Protection Div.
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 N,N-Dimethylformamide, Toluene, n-Butyl alcohol, Acetonitrile; nearby reporters include Plascore Inc. Gentex Corp Automotive Div stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Gentex Corp Automotive Div TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead N,N-Dimethylformamide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gentex Corp Automotive Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Zeeland, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 2.3% of Ottawa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Waterloo Processing LLC (Δ 204 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gentex Corp Automotive Div stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead N,N-Dimethylformamide. 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