EPA TRI Facility · Textiles
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services)
Schertz, TX
- Total releases
- 47.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services): how the 47.1K lbs splits
47.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 47.1K lbs 100.0%
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services)'s 47.1K 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: Styrene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Schertz, TX, in the textiles sector. It reported 10.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 47.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,250 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) is pounds #610 and chemical-count #1538 at 47.1K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Visionworks Lab Services Inc; Central Texas Iron Works - Schertz; Axel Royal LLC; Schertz Readymix Concrete. Similar-scale Textiles peers outside Texas: Jessup Manufacturing Co; Worthen Coated Fabrics; Schmelzer Inds. Inc.; Uniroyal Global Engineered Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 47.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jessup Manufacturing Co and Worthen Coated Fabrics.
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
47K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services): Styrene-led volume
Among the 97 Textiles facilities in this database, Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) reports the 28th-largest volume (47.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene 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 Texas include Jessup Manufacturing Co and Worthen Coated Fabrics.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services)'s pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 47.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 8% (9.3K lbs to 10.0K lbs).
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services): 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 Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) year-over-year reported totals (increased by 8% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 9.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 8.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 10.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10.0K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 47.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services)
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Visionworks Lab Services Inc, Central Texas Iron Works - Schertz, Axel Royal LLC, ordered by distance.
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Other Textiles facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Jessup Manufacturing Co, Worthen Coated Fabrics, Schmelzer Inds. Inc..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) on cumulative reported pounds (47.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Alliance Tubular Products LLC, Dold Foods Inc, Plymouth Energy LLC. 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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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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Visionworks Lab Services Inc. Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) 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.
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This Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Schertz, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 313320 · Textiles. 1.0% of Guadalupe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Alliance Tubular Products LLC (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services) stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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