Short Description

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 Asia, Europe and the Americas. More than 11,000 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 a 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.

Executive Board

16
November
2023
| 16:51 Europe/Amsterdam

Vita Bernd Eulitz

Chief Executive Officer

16
November
2023
| 16:51 Europe/Amsterdam

Vita Helmut Kaschenz

Chief Financial Officer

16
November
2023
| 16:49 Europe/Amsterdam

Vita Dr Werner Hickel

Chief Operating Officer Asia

16
November
2023
| 16:49 Europe/Amsterdam

Vita Virginia Esly

Chief Operating Officer Europe

16
November
2023
| 16:47 Europe/Amsterdam

Vita Elena Skvortsova

Chief Operating Officer Americas



 

 


 

Supervisory Board

01
January
2023
| 10:58 Europe/Amsterdam

From industry and business

Dr. Werner Breuers       

                                                                                     
Elisabeth DongElisabeth Dong    

                                                                                     
Dr. Johannes Fritz       

Vice-Chairman                                                          
Heike Niehues       

                                                                                    
Sabine Scheunert                                             
Dr. Nathalie von Siemens                                
Geoff WildGeoff Wild                                

 

Shareholder

  • Maureen Messer-Casamayou