Messer Group

Messer Group GmbH
Company typeGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
IndustryChemicals
Founded1898; 126 years ago (1898)
HeadquartersBad Soden, Germany
Key people
Stefan Messer (CEO) and Jürgen Heraeus (Chairman)
ProductsIndustrial gases, fine chemicals
Number of employees
10,000 approx (2019)
Websitewww.messergroup.com

The Messer Group GmbH[1] is a supplier of industrial gases. Business is focused on 30 European and Asian countries. The company headquarters are located in Bad Soden (Germany). The managing director of the family company is Stefan Messer, grandson of the company founder.[2]

Messer is selling gases for industrial use like oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, shielding gases and gases for medical use. The family-owned group was most recently valued at upwards of €12 billion.[3]

  1. ^ "Die Geschichte der Messer Group". corporate.messergroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ^ "Digitale Pressemappe der Messer Group GmbH" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-04.
  3. ^ "Messer Nears GIC Stake Sale at Over €12 Billion Valuation". 30 May 2023.