Empire Die Casting Company 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust
American Light Metals, LLC Dba Empire Die Casting Company, Macedonia OH. Employer ID 611727213, plan number 002. Annual reports on file for 2013 to 2025.
Where the money went
Plans that moved money into this one:
- 2013: money from Empire Die Casting Co., Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust moved in.
- Filed 2013-2025Empire Die Casting Company 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust, American Light Metals, LLC Dba Empire Die Casting Company
- 2025Assets transferred to Kay Manufacturing Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
- TodayKay Manufacturing Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan still files. Principal Life Insurance Company keeps the records. That is where to ask.
Records are kept by Principal Life Insurance Company, per the 2025 filing.
Left in 2020? You may be owed employer money
- In plan year 2020, active participants fell from 170 to 131 (23%), and 36 people left before they were fully vested. When a plan loses about 20% or more of its participants in a year, the IRS presumes a partial plan termination (Revenue Ruling 2007-43). Everyone who left in that period must then be fully vested in the employer's contributions. A 2021 law (Consolidated Appropriations Act, section 209) can excuse a drop between March 2020 and March 2021 if the plan had rehired enough people by March 31, 2021. Filing
This is a reason to ask the plan, not a finding. The plan decides, and it may show the drop was routine.
Worked here?
Check your years. We show whether the plan merged or moved money while you were there, and draft the letter to the plan that holds it now.
Events in the filings
- 2025: Final return: the plan reported that it ended (merged, transferred, or distributed all assets).
- 2025: At least 25% of plan assets were transferred to another plan this year (merger or spin-off).
People in the plan
"Separated, still owed" counts people who left the employer but still have a benefit in the plan, as reported by the plan.
| Plan year | Participants | Separated, still owed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 217 | 23 | Filing |
| 2015 | 228 | 36 | Filing |
| 2016 | 242 | 57 | Filing |
| 2017 | 288 | 114 | Filing |
| 2018 | 263 | 70 | Filing |
| 2019 | 324 | 151 | Filing |
| 2020 | 177 | 0 | Filing |
| 2021 | 241 | 51 | Filing |
| 2022 | 241 | 59 | Filing |
| 2023 | 177 | 42 | Filing |
| 2024 | 157 | 44 | Filing |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | Filing |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings. Plan-level facts only; no one's balance. Information only, not legal advice.