Messer SE & Co. KGaA

Chemical ManufacturingHesse, Germany501-1000 Employees

Messer SE & Co. KGaA is a chemical manufacturing company headquartered at 1 Messer-platz, Bad Soden am Taunus, Hesse, 65812 Germany, serving Asia, Europe, and the Americas under the brand Messer – Gases for Life. It is described as the world's largest privately held specialist for industrial, medical, electronic, and specialty gases, with a global workforce exceeding 12,000 employees; the local entity employs between 501 and 1,000 people. The company provides gases, services, and technology across sectors including environmental protection, the food and electronics industries, aerospace, welding and cutting, additive manufacturing, construction, energy, new materials, and research and science, and also supplies medical and pharmaceutical gases and complete solutions. Messer emphasizes decarbonization technologies, including clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and oxyfuel technology. Founded in 1898 and majority-owned by the Messer family, the group generated consolidated sales of approximately €4.5 billion in 2025.

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