Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Head Office)

Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Head Office)

Messer is the world’s largest privately owned specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases. Under the brand ‘Messer – Gases for Life’, the company offers gases and services in Asia, Europe and America. The cooperation between the more than 11,500 highly qualified international employees is based on mutual respect. Messer pays particular attention to diversity and inclusion.

Messer’s ‘Gases for Life’ are used in industry, environmental protection, medicine, the food industry, the electronics industry, welding and cutting technology, 3D printing, construction, research and science. Messer offers one of the largest product portfolios on the market and develops application technologies for gases in state-of-the-art competence centers. ‘Gases for Life’ are as important as water and electricity in most industrial processes and can play a significant role in their decarbonization, for example through the use of green hydrogen, CCUS or oxyfuel technology. In its customers’ processes, Messer’s customized gas solutions ensure greater safety, efficiency, quality, capacity and environmental compatibility and/or reduce the associated emissions and costs.

As a pharmaceutical company, Messer is also a provider of medical and pharmaceutical gases and complete solutions and has proven itself to be a reliable supplier of vital products.

The company was founded in 1898 and is majority-owned by the Messer family.

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