EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Gentex Corp
Simpson, PA · Parent: Gentex Corp
- Total releases
- 42.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Gentex Corp: how the 42.9K lbs splits
42.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 42.6K lbs 99.3%
- Off-site Transfers 294 lbs 0.7%
Gentex Corp's 42.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Gentex Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Simpson, PA, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 8.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 42.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,466 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gentex Corp is pounds #264 and chemical-count #448 at 42.9K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lockheed Martin - Archbald; Fxi Inc. - Archbald; US Penitentiary Canaan; Alleima USA LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Pennsylvania: F&p America Manufacturing Inc; Crownline Boats; Exotic Metals Forming Co; Dillon Manufacturing. Other Gentex Corp sites in this extract: Gentex Corp Automotive Div; Gentex Corp Fire Protection Div. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
Gentex Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.3% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include F&p America Manufacturing Inc and Crownline Boats.
Gentex Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
43K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gentex Corp: Toluene-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Gentex Corp reports the 418th-largest volume (42.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 99.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include F&p America Manufacturing Inc and Crownline Boats.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gentex Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 99.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gentex Corp's total reported releases fell from 10.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gentex Corp's air releases fell from 10.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gentex Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gentex Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 7% (7.6K lbs to 8.1K lbs).
Gentex Corp: 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 Gentex Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 7% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 8.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 10.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 8.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 42.6K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 194 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 100 lbs | - |
Gentex Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gentex Corp
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Lockheed Martin - Archbald, Fxi Inc. - Archbald, US Penitentiary Canaan, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. F&p America Manufacturing Inc, Crownline Boats, Exotic Metals Forming Co.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gentex Corp on cumulative reported pounds (42.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Svc Manufacturing, F&p America Manufacturing Inc, Arclin USA LLC. 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.
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 Automotive Div, 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 Toluene, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Lockheed Martin - Archbald. Gentex 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.
Use and verify this record
This Gentex Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gentex Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Simpson, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336413 · Transportation Equipment. 24.6% of Lackawanna TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Svc Manufacturing (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gentex Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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