Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
12
Participants Small participant base
47th
Percentile by assets National rank
$547,873
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc. · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$7M in assets, 12 participants

Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc.'s Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported $7M in total assets and 12 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 47th 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.

  • #5,479 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

What the 2024 filing shows

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan holds $7M for 12 participants - about $547,873 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.

#5,479
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+0.4%
assets growth YoY

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,574,475 47th percentile higher than 47% 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

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' 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. Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan is a small filing (12 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$585K in the plan year 2023 filing to $23K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 20 in the plan year 2023 filing to 12 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 274109506 · Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan · $7M · 12 · 47th

  • TYPE $7M
  • TYPE 12
  • TYPE 47th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Douglas J. Frye, Law Corporation Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #5479

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 New Jersey →

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Douglas J. Frye, Law Corporation Defined Benefit Pension PlanDouglas J. Frye, Law Corpora…$7MWestfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanWestfalia Separator, Inc. Em…$7MX-Ray Associates of New Mexico, PC Cash Balance Pension Plan & TrustX-Ray Associates of New Mexi…$7MThe Pension Trust Estate for Shopmen's Local Union No. 473The Pension Trust Estate for…$7MKnoxville Milling Company Pension PlanKnoxville Milling Company Pe…$7M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$23K
Employer EIN274109506
Plan Effective Date1963-10-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7M 7.878599099225965% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6.4M$6.6M$6.8M$7M$7.2M 202220232024 $7.14M $6.57M ▼ -8.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 23 $7M
2023 1 20 $7M
2024 1 12 $7M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey

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

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.006574475 · Participants: 12Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanRetirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson, Total assets ($B): 21.095569114 · Participants: 37882Retirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.066557714 · Participants: 83812JPMorgan Chase Retirement PlanNokia Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.855309 · Participants: 7280Nokia Retirement Income PlanThe Prudential Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.025028912 · Participants: 16233The Prudential Merged Retirement PlanMerck US Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.090083286 · Participants: 26843Merck US Pension Plan
Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Douglas J. Frye, Law Corporation Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($7M); by covered participants it is Employees' Retirement Plan of Galion Community Hospital in OH (12 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12 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 Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.4% during 2024, from $7M to $7M. Reported net income was $23K.
How have Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gea Mechanical Equipment U.S. Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 7.9%, from $7M to $7M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Douglas J. Frye, Law Corporation Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($7M, 2 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Westfalia Separator, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Retirement Plan of Galion Community Hospital in OH (12 participants, N/A 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 274109506.

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.