Messer SE & Co. KGaA, known as Messer Group, is a German family-owned industrial gases company. It produces and supplies industrial, medical, and specialty gases including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, and rare gases for a wide range of applications.
The company operates air separation units and other gas production plants, cylinder filling stations and bulk logistics, and provides on-site and pipeline supply solutions. Its products and services support customers in steel and metals, chemicals and refining, food and beverage, electronics, healthcare, and environmental sectors. Messer has operations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, often through joint ventures and regional subsidiaries (such as Messer Slovnaft and Messer Tatragas), and offers engineering, operation of gas facilities, and related technical services.
Also known as Messer Tatragas spol. s r.o., Messer Tatragas, Messer Slovnaft s.r.o., Messer Slovnaft, Messer SE & Co. KGaA, and Messer Group.
chemXplore tracks 10 projects involving Messer, of which 4 are active.
Messer's role on them: Owner, Investor / Financier, Operator, Developer, Technology / equipment supplier, and Pre-FEED / FEL study.
2 new construction and 2 expansion.
1 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.
Contractors, licensors, and offtakers are recorded on 2 of these 4 projects For subscribers
Targeting: Nitrogen (2), Oxygen (2), Argon (1), Carbon dioxide (1), Hydrogen (1)
EU antitrust clearance allows Germany’s first CO₂ export terminal in Bremen to target operations from 2031, initially handling ~2.3 Mtpa, expandable to ~4 Mtpa.
Two new plants in Thai Nguyen add 900 t/d liquid gas, bringing regional capacity to 2,000 t/d; USD 40M investment to support electronics and semiconductors.
10-year offtake plus minority equity in four European renewable hydrogen sites; minimum volumes start in 2026 and ramp to several hundred tonnes per year.
Completes purchases of WKS Group and Wipco, signs deal for Kobewel; adds filling stations, dissolved acetylene plants, welding distribution, cylinder depots and marine services.
Small-scale hydrogen valley linking production, distribution and end-use across Flemish ports, anchored on a 25 MW electrolyser and targeting port, transport and industry decarbonisation.
Planned CEO handover on July 1, 2026; outgoing CEO to retire; European COO departs June 30; CMO to become COO Europe; focus on continuity and family ownership.
Year‑on‑year 2% reduction in market‑based GHGs from operations; renewable electricity and solar installs; ZeCarb carbon services; independent limited assurance for materiality and select KPIs.
Stable 2025: margin held, net debt reduced, staff >12k. Investments in air-separation, on-site/CO2/cylinder plants, helium, decarbonization, R&D/digitalization. 2026 growth expected.
