Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ITW SPECIALTY FILMS
500 STATE ST, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL, 60411
Parent company: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Carcinogen
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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 | Methyl ethyl ketone | Toluene | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Methanol | 2-Nitropropane | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | 7,170 | 1,484 | — | — | 8,654 |
| 2023 | — | 7,190 | 1,492 | — | — | 8,682 |
| 2022 | — | 12,425 | 3,043 | — | — | 15,468 |
| 2021 | — | 12,706 | 2,497 | — | — | 15,203 |
| 2020 | — | 10,423 | 2,361 | — | — | 12,784 |
| 2019 | — | 11,656 | 3,022 | — | — | 14,678 |
| 2018 | — | 12,741 | 3,485 | — | — | 16,226 |
| 2017 | — | 15,953 | 3,125 | — | — | 19,078 |
| 2016 | — | 14,341 | 2,985 | — | — | 17,326 |
| 2015 | — | 19,455 | 4,292 | 458 | — | 24,205 |
| 2014 | — | 21,342 | 3,594 | 424 | — | 25,360 |
| 2013 | — | 18,871 | 3,976 | 440 | — | 23,287 |
| 2012 | — | 21,010 | 3,539 | 2,005 | — | 26,554 |
| 2011 | — | 29,644 | 3,130 | 2,053 | — | 34,827 |
| 2010 | — | 26,785 | 2,860 | 1,841 | — | 31,486 |
| 2009 | — | 22,904 | 4,050 | 1,575 | — | 28,529 |
| 2008 | — | 17,607 | 7,168 | 1,939 | — | 26,714 |
| 2007 | — | 23,659 | 4,052 | 1,023 | — | 28,927 |
| 2006 | — | 23,561 | 3,896 | 864 | — | 28,517 |
| 2005 | — | 42,293 | 6,009 | 710 | — | 49,248 |
| 2004 | — | 32,467 | 4,410 | 754 | — | 37,843 |
| 2003 | 45,005 | 22,300 | 3,570 | 500 | — | 71,630 |
| 2002 | 41,000 | 20,500 | 3,470 | 500 | — | 65,970 |
| 2001 | 40,570 | 21,776 | 3,411 | 524 | — | 66,574 |
| 2000 | 46,871 | 21,994 | 4,116 | 596 | — | 74,612 |
| 1999 | 45,894 | 19,667 | 4,751 | 774 | — | 72,195 |
| 1998 | 36,581 | 19,014 | 3,990 | 835 | — | 61,535 |
| 1997 | 29,971 | 16,131 | 4,150 | 834 | — | 51,853 |
| 1996 | 27,071 | 15,638 | 4,861 | 794 | — | 49,134 |
| 1995 | 21,150 | 13,350 | 5,150 | 700 | 35 | 41,175 |
| 1994 | 18,605 | 10,305 | 3,730 | 300 | 100 | 33,640 |
| 1993 | 22,305 | 13,905 | 6,030 | 400 | 200 | 44,040 |
| 1992 | 38,005 | 25,405 | 11,200 | 750 | 750 | 78,160 |
| 1991 | 58,000 | 43,800 | 18,600 | 2,100 | 1,000 | 133,550 |
| 1990 | 350,000 | 220,000 | 98,000 | 7,400 | 6,800 | 695,200 |
| 1989 | 472,000 | 244,000 | 99,700 | 8,200 | 21,600 | 888,000 |
| 1988 | — | 2,424 | 947 | — | 894 | 4,265 |
| 1987 | 2,152 | — | — | — | — | 2,152 |
▎ 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.