industry food service manufacturing founded 1925 founder erwin o. freund headquarters lombard illinois united states area served worldwide key people thomas davis president and ceo products food casings total assets 203 542 000 2006 number of employees 2 100 website http www.viskase.com viskase formerly visking is a global corporation based out of lombard illinois united states that supplies plastic cellulose and fibrous film and packaging to the food service industry including casings for processed meats such as hot dogs and sausages . viskase has manufacturing facilities in the united states mexico brazil and france as well as sales offices located around the world . viskase is a publicly traded company using the stock symbol otc pink vksc . contents 1 company history 1.1 origins 2 products 3 references 4 external links 5 see also company history edit origins edit edwin o. freund founder of what would become viskase sought a readily available replacement for animal intestine casing . upon creating a cellulose casing using the viscose process also used in rayon he realized the product stuffed well linked and was able to withstand the smokehouse . quite by accident he discovered that when the casing was removed from the product the sausages retained their shape and were firm . this was the beginning of the skinless frankfurter or hot dog . 1 in the 1950s visking corporation became a division of union carbide . 2 products edit full product listing nojax fibrous visflex vismax lcc polyjax viscoat smoke master & color master membra cel 3 references edit viskase about us . viskase companies inc. retrieved 22 june 2013 . leslie enders houck . the chicago tribune . retrieved 24 april 2015 . viskase products . viskase companies inc. retrieved 19 december 2011 . external links edit viskase corporate website see also edit dialysis tubing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title viskase & oldid 738571097 categories food and drink companies of the united statescompanies listed on the pink sheetsdarien illinoiscompanies based in dupage county illinoishidden categories use dmy dates from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 19 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view