EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Armacell Engineered Foams
Conover, NC · Parent: Armacell US Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 135.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Armacell Engineered Foams: how the 135.7K lbs splits
135.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 135.2K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 510 lbs 0.4%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Armacell Engineered Foams's 135.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Armacell Engineered Foams is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Conover, NC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 29.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 135.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,954 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Armacell Engineered Foams is pounds #133 and chemical-count #270 at 135.7K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Csp Composites Llc-Newton; Huntington Alloys Corp Special Metals Welding Products; Carpenter Co.; Cleveland-Cliffs Piedmont. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside North Carolina: Sumiriko Tennessee - Tazewell; Cooper Standard Industrial & Specialty Group; Toray Plastics (america) Inc; Engineered Composites. Other Armacell US Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Armacell LLC; Armacell LLC; Armacell LLC; Armacell LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Antimony compounds; Zinc compounds.
Armacell Engineered Foams stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 135.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sumiriko Tennessee - Tazewell and Cooper Standard Industrial & Specialty Group.
Armacell Engineered Foams vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
136K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Armacell Engineered Foams in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Armacell Engineered Foams reports the 269th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.9% of its sector. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Sumiriko Tennessee - Tazewell and Cooper Standard Industrial & Specialty Group.
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
- Armacell Engineered Foams's total reported releases fell from 45.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Armacell Engineered Foams's off-site transfers fell from 45.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Armacell Engineered Foams Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Armacell Engineered Foams releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 135.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 119% (13.5K lbs to 29.5K lbs).
Armacell Engineered Foams: 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 Armacell Engineered Foams year-over-year reported totals (increased by 119% 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: Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 20.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 27.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 45.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 29.5K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 71.7K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 37.3K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 26.7K lbs | - |
Armacell Engineered Foams · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Armacell Engineered Foams
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Csp Composites Llc-Newton, Huntington Alloys Corp Special Metals Welding Products, Carpenter Co., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Sumiriko Tennessee - Tazewell, Cooper Standard Industrial & Specialty Group, Toray Plastics (america) Inc.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Armacell Engineered Foams on cumulative reported pounds (135.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Polychemie Inc, Abbott Nutrition, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions Inc. - Beaumont. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Polychemie Inc Pearlington, MS · Chemicals 135.7K lbs reported
- Abbott Nutrition Sturgis, MI · Food 135.8K lbs reported
- Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions Inc. - Beaumont Beaumont, TX · Chemicals 135.7K lbs reported
- Sumiriko Tennessee - Tazewell Tazewell, TN · Plastics and Rubber 135.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Armacell US Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Armacell LLC, Armacell LLC, Armacell LLC.
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 Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Antimony compounds, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Csp Composites Llc-Newton. Armacell Engineered Foams stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Armacell Engineered Foams TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Antimony And Antimony Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Armacell Engineered Foams totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Conover, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326291 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.6% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Polychemie Inc (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Armacell Engineered Foams stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Antimony And Antimony Compounds. 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