Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$21M
Total assets Small plan by assets
19
Participants Small participant base
71st
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$21M in assets, 19 participants

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc.'s Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan reported $21M in total assets and 19 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 71st 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.

  • #10,780 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. multi-year trail

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc.'s plans moved +18.0% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan at $21M / 19 participants.

#10,780
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-5.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$20,712,604 Top 29% higher than 71% of 123,620 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 2024

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan is a small filing (19 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 26 in the plan year 2023 filing to 19 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $22M in the plan year 2023 filing to $21M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 232888959 · Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan · $21M · 19 · 71st

  • IND $21M
  • EOY 19
  • 5500 71st
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Group Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of Keystone Powdered Metal Co
  • EIN ind #10780

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 Wisconsin →

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Tidelands Oil Production Company Employees' Pension PlanTidelands Oil Production Com…$21MGroup Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of Keystone Powdered Metal CoGroup Pension Plan for Salar…$21MMesser Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension PlanMesser Cutting Systems, Inc.…$21MMinor League Players Pension PlanMinor League Players Pension…$21MHomeland Pension Plan$21M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$50M 18.0162352096362% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$45M$50M$55M 202220232024 $42.6M $50.3M ▲ +18.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 192 $43M
2023 2 208 $47M
2024 2 207 $50M

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$22M
Net Assets (End of Year)$21M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN232888959
Plan Effective Date2000-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin

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

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.020712604 · Participants: 19Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension PlanBuilding Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity, Total assets ($B): 3.531588718 · Participants: 10236Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and VicinityThe Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.254287792 · Participants: 8254The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.075823689 · Participants: 7653The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanHarley-Davidson Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.851962731 · Participants: 1414Harley-Davidson Retirement PlanNorth Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.83166949 · Participants: 5105North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund
Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Group Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of Keystone Powdered Metal Co in PA ($21M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Employees of Local 15, 15a, 15c, 15d Iuoe AFL-CIO in NY (19 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.0% during 2024, from $22M to $21M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Messer Cutting Systems, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.0%, from $43M to $50M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Group Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of Keystone Powdered Metal Co in PA ($21M, 34 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Messer Cutting Systems, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan for Employees of Local 15, 15a, 15c, 15d Iuoe AFL-CIO in NY (19 participants, $47M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 232888959.

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.