Viskase Companies, Inc. (VKSC)

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Viskase Companies, Inc.

333 East Butterfield Road
Suite 400
Lombard, IL 60148-5679
United States
630-874-0700
https://www.viskase.com

Sector(s): Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Packaging & Containers
Full Time Employees: 

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Maurice J. Ryan	Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales	180.8k	N/A	1952
Mr. Thomas D. Davis	Chairman, CEO & President	N/A	N/A	1956
Mark Cole	VP & Chief Financial Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Michael Blecic	Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Michael Schenker	General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Executive VP	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of December 31, 2006 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Viskase Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells nonedible cellulosic, fibrous, and plastic casings for preparing and packaging processed meat products and services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers NOJAX cellulose casings for use in the automated production of hot dogs, dry mini salamis, and cooked and coarse ground sausages; and large cellulose casings to give cylindrical or oval shape to the processed meats that are used in bologna, mortadella, deli ham, bierwurst, and dry sausages. It also provides VISDRY casings for dried or smoked sausages; VISFLEX casings for cheese and processed meat applications; VISMAX casings for molded, and formed processed meat and poultry applications; VISLON for meat, poultry, and cheese applications; VISMOKE casings for cooked and smoked meat products, semi-dry sausages, and spreadable dry sausages; VISCOAT casings for a range of applications, including turkey, ham, and roast beef products; and POLYJAX casings for the production of hot dog, sausage, chorizo products, and meat snack sticks. In addition, the company provides fibrous casings for use in a range of applications, including pepperoni, salami, boneless hams, luncheon meats, and other deli-style processed meats, as well as for processed and smoked cheeses; color transfer casings for a range of natural and synthetic shades; flavor transfer casings for taste profiles; smoke transfer casings for processed meat or cheese products; and spice transfer casings for processing facility. Further, it offers textile spice transfer casings for transfer of the spice to the food; Ve-Net products; and MEMBRA-CEL, a dialysis membrane made from regenerated cellulose. The company was founded in 1925 and is based in Lombard, Illinois. Viskase Companies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P.

Corporate Governance

Viskase Companies, Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder Rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.