Vesuvius USA 401(k) and pension plans

Vesuvius USA Corporation, Champaign, IL. EIN 37-0893657. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Stern Metals, Inc.

Vesuvius USA Corporation has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, with 911 participants and $202 million in assets in 2024. Fidelity has been its recordkeeper since 2009.

Active plans: 3
Participants: 1,850
Plan assets: $284 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 8
Industry: Manufacturing

All 8 plans

Active plans first

Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 005Employer EIN 37-0893657
Participants (2024): 911
Net assets (2024): $202 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2024
Plan administrator: Vesuvius USA Corporation
1404 Newton DR
Champaign, IL 61822
(412) 429-1800As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1986

Plans merged into this one: Cookson Precious Metals Employee Savings Plan (2018).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	911	$202 million	Fidelity
2023	965	$193 million	not listed
2022	977	$174 million	not listed
2021	969	$230 million	not listed
2020	992	$217 million	not listed
2019	1,032	$212 million	Fidelity
2018	1,069	$192 million	Fidelity
2017	891	$203 million	Fidelity
2016	905	$175 million	Fidelity
2015	910	$166 million	Fidelity
2014	895	$176 million	Fidelity
2013	881	$168 million	Fidelity
2012	960	$141 million	Fidelity
2011	1,012	$123 million	Fidelity
2010	1,070	$123 million	Fidelity
2009	1,089	$113 million	Fidelity

Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 37-0893657
Participants (2024): 543
Net assets (2024): $31.8 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2024
Plan administrator: Vesuvius USA Corporation
1404 Newton DR
Champaign, IL 61822
(412) 429-1800As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1977

Plans merged into this one: Vesuvius 401(k) Plan for Buffalo Hourly Employees (2009); Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees of Vesuvius Mcdanel Company (2009); Vesuvius USA 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees at the Vesuvius USA Wurtland Plant (2009); Vesuvius USA 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees at the Tyler, Texas Plant (2009).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	543	$31.8 million	Fidelity
2023	569	$29.1 million	Fidelity
2022	587	$27.4 million	Fidelity
2021	622	$34.4 million	Fidelity
2020	590	$33.8 million	Fidelity
2019	607	$35.8 million	Fidelity
2018	657	$32.0 million	Fidelity
2017	683	$35.5 million	Fidelity
2016	701	$34.6 million	Fidelity
2015	765	$34.2 million	Fidelity
2014	812	$34.7 million	Fidelity
2013	813	$32.4 million	Fidelity
2012	841	$29.0 million	Fidelity
2011	920	$26.3 million	Fidelity
2010	922	$27.2 million	Fidelity
2009	958	$27.3 million	Fidelity

Vesuvius USA Corporation Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 37-0893657
Participants (2024): 396
Net assets (2024): $50.8 million
Administered by: Northern TrustEarlier: The Angell Pension Group (2013–2020)
Plan administrator: Vesuvius USA Corporation
5510 77 Center Drive, Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28217
(412) 429-1800As filed for 2024
In effect since: July 1, 1982

Earlier sponsor: Stern Metals, Inc. (2009–2011).

Earlier plan names: Cookson America, Inc. Pension Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	396	$50.8 million	Northern Trust
2023	397	$50.5 million	Northern Trust
2022	404	$45.4 million	Northern Trust
2021	406	$65.5 million	not listed
2020	415	$67.4 million	The Angell Pension Group
2019	562	$67.4 million	The Angell Pension Group
2018	672	$60.6 million	The Angell Pension Group
2017	711	$67.3 million	The Angell Pension Group
2016	708	$61.2 million	The Angell Pension Group
2015	2,117	$116 million	The Angell Pension Group
2014	2,165	$121 million	The Angell Pension Group
2013	2,207	$115 million	The Angell Pension Group
2012	2,335	$120 million	not listed
2011	3,476	$127 million	not listed
2010	3,492	$118 million	not listed
2009	3,581	$108 million	not listed

Cookson Precious Metals Employee Savings Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2018 its assets moved to the Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, sponsored by Vesuvius USA Corporation (EIN 37-0893657, plan 005). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 020Employer EIN 37-0893657
Participants (2017): 413
Net assets (2017): $10.6 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2018
Plan administrator: Vesuvius USA Corporation
250 Park West Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
(412) 429-1800As filed for 2018
In effect since: January 1, 1989

Earlier sponsor: Stern Metals, Inc. (2009–2011).

Year by year, 2009 to 2018

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2018	0	$0	Fidelity
2017	413	$10.6 million	Fidelity
2016	428	$9.7 million	Fidelity
2015	457	$11.1 million	Fidelity
2014	483	$12.8 million	Fidelity
2013	547	$14.4 million	Fidelity
2012	351	$15.0 million	Fidelity
2011	925	$37.4 million	Fidelity
2010	1,042	$39.5 million	Fidelity
2009	1,080	$37.2 million	Fidelity

Vesuvius 401(k) Plan for Buffalo Hourly Employees

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2009 its assets moved to the Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees, sponsored by Vesuvius USA Corporation (EIN 37-0893657, plan 004). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 014Employer EIN 37-0893657
Plan administrator: Cookson America, Inc.
One Cookson Place
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 521-1000As filed for 2009
In effect since: October 5, 1998

Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees of Vesuvius Mcdanel Company

401(k)Merged

Plan number: 008Employer EIN 37-0893657
Plan administrator: Cookson America, Inc.
One Cookson Place
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 521-1000As filed for 2009
In effect since: January 1, 1992

Vesuvius USA 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees at the Vesuvius USA Wurtland Plant

401(k)Merged

Plan number: 015Employer EIN 37-0893657
Plan administrator: Cookson America, Inc.
One Cookson Place
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 521-1000As filed for 2009
In effect since: September 1, 2004

Vesuvius USA 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees at the Tyler, Texas Plant

401(k)Merged

Plan number: 009Employer EIN 37-0893657
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009
Plan administrator: Cookson America, Inc.
One Cookson Place
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 521-1000As filed for 2009
In effect since: January 1, 1994

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((412) 429-1800). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 8 plans

Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees

Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees

Vesuvius USA Corporation Pension Plan

Cookson Precious Metals Employee Savings Plan

Vesuvius 401(k) Plan for Buffalo Hourly Employees

Vesuvius Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees of Vesuvius Mcdanel Company

Vesuvius USA 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees at the Vesuvius USA Wurtland Plant

Vesuvius USA 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees at the Tyler, Texas Plant

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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