Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc.

Data updated 2026-05-15

$89M
Total assets
88
Participants
90th
Percentile by assets
$1.0M
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Viskase Companies, Inc. · Illinois · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. holds $89M for 88 participants - about $1.0M per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 0.7% over the 2024 plan year.

$89M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
88
covered participants
90th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$1.0M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $640K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc.

Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Viskase Companies, Inc., headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $89M in total end-of-year assets and covers 88 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 952677354, and the plan has been effective since 1986-02-18. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $89M at the beginning of 2024 to $89M at year-end - down 0.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $89M, with reported net income of -$640K driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Viskase Companies, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $149M to $161M, a gain of 7.6%, while reported participants moved from 668 to 632 (-5.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $161M; the softest was 2022 at $149M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $149M in assets across 2 plans covering 668 participants; 2023 - $160M in assets across 2 plans covering 633 participants; 2024 - $161M in assets across 2 plans covering 632 participants.

By assets, Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. outranks 90% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.9x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$89M
Total Assets (End of Year)$89M
Net Assets (End of Year)$89M
Net Income-$640K
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN952677354
Plan Effective Date1986-02-18
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Viskase Companies, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 668 $149M
2023 2 633 $160M
2024 2 632 $161M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc.?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. holds $89M in total assets with 88 participants. It is sponsored by Viskase Companies, Inc..
What type of plan is Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc.?
Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1986-02-18. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 952677354.
Who sponsors the Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc.?
Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. is sponsored by Viskase Companies, Inc., located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 952677354 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. perform in 2024?
Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. held essentially flat - down 0.7% during 2024, moving from $89M to $89M in total assets. Net income was -$640K.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc.'s numbers.

  • By total assets, Ret. Program for Ees of Viskase Companies, Inc. ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois. Compare plans
  • Viskase Companies, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 7.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 952677354.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.