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Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc.401(k)

CASCADE DIE CASTING GROUP EMPLOYEES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.70%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc. reported $71,862 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.70% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $862 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.44% to 0.70%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,460th of 2,619), and 8,331st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 424 to 322 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,087,012
Participants with balances427
Active participants322
Employer contributions$277,459
Employee contributions$1,047,125
Employer contribution per active participant$862
Average account balance$25,965
Benefits paid to participants$685,950
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.1M · 427 accts · $277K emplr
2023$9.5M · 324 accts · $228K emplr
2022$8.5M · 351 accts · $118K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,499
Investment management$24,063
Audit (IQPA)$11,300
Total administrative$71,862
The Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$862
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$862 per active participant
2023$615 per active participant
2022$278 per active participant

Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$36,499
ROCKEFELLER FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$24,064
DOEREN MAYHEW ASSURANCE · Accounting / audit$11,300

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$71,862 · 0.70%
2023$33,167 · 0.37%
2022$35,786 · 0.44%
Same employer
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Great Lakes Castings, LLC MI$11.2M · 0.72%
Century Plastics, LLC MI$11.1M · 0.70%
Wonderland Tire, Inc. MI$11.1M · 0.39%
Gudel, Inc. MI$11.1M · 0.01%
Case Systems Inc. MI$10.9M · 0.33%
Marketing Displays, Inc. MI$10.8M · 0.50%
Graceland Fruit, Inc. MI$10.8M · 0.44%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382628089 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.