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Viskase Companies Inc in the Commodity Chemicals industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 1.9; made up of an environmental score of 1.6, social score of 0.0 and governance score of 4.0.
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Peer Group Comparison
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1 | Calix Ltd | 8.0 | High |
1 | Castrol India Ltd | 8.0 | High |
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474 | Bluestar Adisseo Co | 2.1 | Medium |
475 | Amines and Plasticizers Ltd | 2.0 | Medium |
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476 | Viskase Companies Inc | 1.9 | Low |
476 | Asahipen Corp | 1.9 | Low |
476 | Associated Oxygen Ltd | 1.9 | Low |
591 | Zhejiang Zhongcheng Packing Material Co Ltd | 0.0 | Low |
591 | Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co Ltd | 0.0 | Low |
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Viskase Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells nonedible cellulosic, fibrous, and plastic casings for preparing and packaging processed meat products 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, cooked sausages, and coarse ground fresh sausages; and large cellulose casings for giving cylindrical or oval shape to the processed meats that are used in bologna, mortadella, deli ham, bierwurst, and dry sausages. It also provides fibrous casings for use in a range of applications, including pepperoni, salami, luncheon meats, boneless hams, 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. In addition, the company offers VISFLEX casings for a range of 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. Further, it offers 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.