Facility detail

SUN CHEMICAL GPI

1100 FAIRCHILD RD., WINSTON SALEM, NC, 27105

Parent company: DAINIPPON INKS & CHEMICAL OF JAPAN

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Toluene Methyl ethyl ketone Acetone Dichloromethane Copper compounds Total (lbs)
1999 328 382 — — — 710
1998 1,987 — — — 6 2,000
1997 2,378 986 — — 16 3,890
1996 3,506 1,540 — — 76 5,184
1995 3,780 1,260 — — 52 5,141
1994 8,547 1,584 — — 63 10,258
1993 15,700 2,320 — — 250 18,301
1992 17,441 2,597 2,434 — — 22,581
1991 34,243 3,069 7,990 — 74 45,413
1990 35,359 1,767 5,749 3,356 — 46,307
1989 5,463 1,870 1,747 — — 9,111
1988 — 3,308 1,048 — — 4,362

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.