Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10M
Total assets Small plan by assets
45
Participants Small participant base
59th
Percentile by assets National rank
$224,696
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees · Sponsored by General Wire Spring Company · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$10M in assets, 45 participants

General Wire Spring Company's General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees reported $10M in total assets and 45 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 59th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #8,450 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

General Wire Spring Company multi-year trail

General Wire Spring Company's plans moved +25.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees at $10M / 45 participants.

#8,450
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+6.9%
assets growth YoY

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$10,111,300 Top 41% higher than 59% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees is a small filing (45 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $652K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees reported participants fell from 50 in the plan year 2022 filing to 45 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees end-of-year assets rose from $9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 251646143 · General Wire Spring Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees · $10M · 45 · 59th

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Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees in the asset neighbourhood

Holland Neway UAW Retirement Income PlanHolland Neway UAW Retirement…$10MRetirement Plan for Employees of the Millers Insurance GroupRetirement Plan for Employee…$10MGeneral Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit EmployeesGeneral Wire Spring Company …$10MGrain Craft, Inc. Retirement Plan for Hourly EmployeesGrain Craft, Inc. Retirement…$10MB&g Foods Stoughton, Wisconsin Union Pension PlanB&g Foods Stoughton, Wiscons…$10M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

General Wire Spring Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Wire Spring Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$37M 25.322112257288875% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$25M$30M$35M$40M 202220232024 $29.2M $36.6M ▲ +25.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 90 $29M
2023 2 90 $33M
2024 2 89 $37M

General Wire Spring Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income$652K
Employer EIN251646143
Plan Effective Date1966-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.0101113 · Participants: 45General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit EmployeesNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.224377797 · Participants: 27434National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 6.602912146 · Participants: 47052Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.63715 · Participants: 63680The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.323012123 · Participants: 5080Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.257223708 · Participants: 7374The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Grain Craft, Inc. Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees in TN ($10M); by covered participants it is Cosmetic Laboratories, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in TX (45 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (45 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees assets move in 2023? ▼
General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees grew at a solid clip - up 6.9% during 2023, from $9M to $10M. Reported net income was $652K.
How have General Wire Spring Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Wire Spring Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.3%, from $29M to $37M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Grain Craft, Inc. Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees in TN ($10M, 24 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General Wire Spring Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cosmetic Laboratories, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in TX (45 participants, $315 in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 251646143.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.