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OUR VISION
As the leading privately-held provider of industrial, medical and specialty gases solutions, we are the first choice for customers and employees.
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OUR VALUES
Customer Focus:
Make customers our focus.
Employee Orientation:
Enhance employee orientation.
Responsibility:
Sustain safety and responsibility.
Entrepreneurship:
Empower entrepreneurship.
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OUR PURPOSE
Gases for Life.
Our culture of trust and respect
At Messer, our vision for Diversity & Inclusion is to create an environment where all of us accept, respect and value the differences of multiple identities and truly welcome the diverse ideas and perspectives of individuals. In doing so, Messer shapes an open and creative culture, providing every individual and equal opportunity to thrive
Our company history
1898
Adolf Messer founds the Frankfurter Acetylen-Gas-Gesellschaft Messer & Cie. in Höchst for the manufacture of acetylene developers and lighting fixtures.
1903
Ernst Wiss develops the first hydrogen-oxygen cutting torch and machines for autogenous welding and cutting technology at Griesheim-Elektron.
1908
Commissioning of the first oxygen plant by Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron.
1965
Birth of Messer Griesheim GmbH under Hans Messer: merger with parts of Knapsack Griesheim AG from Hoechst and expansion in Western Europe and North America.
1990
Expansion of business in Eastern and Central Europe.
1995
Start of business activities in China and rapid expansion.
2001
Goldman Sachs Funds and Allianz Capital Partners take over the shares of Hoechst (Aventis).
2004
Continuation under Stefan Messer as Messer Group GmbH after acquisition of all shares from the financial investors. Sale of the companies in Germany, UK and USA.
2008
The Messer brand is back in Germany.
2019
Messer Group acquires significant parts of Linde's business in the USA with CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, as well as Linde's activities in Canada, Brazil, Colombia and Praxair in Chile.
2021
Transformation of Messer Group GmbH into Messer SE & Co. KGaA.
2023
125th anniversary of Messer. Bernd Eulitz takes over as Chairman of the Management Board and Stefan Messer becomes Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Acquisition of all shares from CVC Capital Partners Fund VII. GIC becomes Messer's new strategic partner as a minority shareholder.
Messer in Numbers
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Our Products and Gases Solutions
At Messer, we call our products 'Gases for Life'. From oxygen and nitrogen to recovered carbon dioxide, argon, hydrogen, and helium, these gases, along with our patented solutions, help protect the environment and the climate, drive innovation, and contribute to decarbonization. ‘Gases for Life’ put the fizz in your favorite sparkling drinks, keep food fresh and reduce food waste, support the healthcare sector, make glass and steel production more efficient and environmentally friendly, enable semiconductor manufacturing and power clean mobility with fuel cell electric buses.
Do you want to dive into the world of 'Gases for Life' and discover their fascinating applications? Gases for Life
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