Messer is the world's largest privately held specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases. Messer's Gases for Life are used in industry, environmental protection, medicine, the food industry, welding and cutting technology, 3D printing, construction, research and science. As a global player, Messer offers its sustainable products and services in Europe, Asia and America. More than 10,000 employees work together successfully with a focus on diversity and mutual respect.

In most industrial processes, gases are just as important as water and electricity and play a major role in their decarbonization – through the use of green hydrogen, for example. Messer offers one of the largest product portfolios in the market and develops and optimizes application technologies for gases in state-of-the-art competence centers.

As a pharmaceutical company, Messer supplies medical and pharmaceutical gases and turnkey solutions and has a proven track record as a reliable provider of vital products – in pandemic situations, for example.

Founded in 1898, the company’s headquarters are located in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt, Germany.

In 2022, Messer generated an expected consolidated sales of 4.164 billion* euros.

* Sum of Messer Group and Messer Industries, which includes 100 percent of the at-equity holding Messer Industries.

Advisory Board

Stefan Messer Chairman

From industry and business

Dr. Werner Breuers

Dr. Johannes Fritz Vice-Chairman

Heike Niehues

Sabine Scheunert

Dr. Karl-Gerhard Seifert

Dr. Nathalie von Siemens

Shareholder

• Maureen Messer-Casamayou