Facility detail

GKN SINTER METALS VAN WERT

1180 KEAR RD, VAN WERT, OH, 45891

Parent company: GKN SINTER METALS

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 Zinc compounds Copper compounds Acetone Nickel compounds Manganese compounds Total (lbs)
1999 1,339 406 — 17 — 1,762
1998 1,791 507 — 21 4 2,323
1997 1,861 507 — 21 4 2,393
1996 1,981 507 — 21 — 2,509
1995 2,178 507 — 21 — 2,706
1994 2,403 507 — 30 — 2,940
1993 — 505 — — — 505
1992 — 4 — — — 4
1991 — 15 — — — 15
1987 — — 250 — — 250

▎ 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.