Company presentation Messer Group

Company presentation Messer Group
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Contents
Company
Locations
Key Figures
Products and Applications
Messer World
Customers
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Company
Short Profile
Short Profile
Specialist for Industrial Gases
Company
Messer is the largest owner-managed industrial gas company in the world.
Products
Messer produces and supplies oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, inert welding
gases, specialty gases, medical gases, food gases and many different gas mixtures.
Customers
All industrial sectors, healthcare as well as science and research benefit from its products and application
technologies.
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Company
Management
Owner and CEO
Stefan Messer
• CEO of Messer Group
• Stefan Messer’s roles include:
- President of the EIGA (European Industrial Gases
Association))
- Member of the Board of Directors of the International
Oxygen Manufacturers Association (IOMA), Washington
- Vice President of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and
Commerce (IHK)
(
)
- Member of the board of the German Welding Society (DVS)
- Honorary Senator of the Darmstadt Univerity of Applied
Sciences
- Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia
“Profits are important to us, but they’re not the be-all
and end-all. It is jjust as important
p
to be independent
p
and to turn our own ideas into reality.”
Stefan Messer, CEO and owner of the Messer Group
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Company
Management
Management
Together for success
Stefan Messer,
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands,
Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Uwe Bechtolf,
Controlling / Accounting & Strategy
Johann Ringhofer,
Engineering & Production
Adolf Walth,
Sales & Marketing Europe
Executive headquarters /
management of international
operations:
ti
Headquarters of the central
technical departments,
Procurement and Logistics:
Messer-Platz 1
65812 Bad Soden am Taunus
Gahlingspfad 31
47803 Krefeld
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Company
Management
Supervisory Board
The people behind the success
„A company needs to be free in order to invest in its
independence.”
Dr. Jürgen Heraeus, Chair
Dr. Werner Breuers
Dr. Bodo Lüttge
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Dr. Karl-Gerhard Seifert
Peter Wilhelm Storm
van’s Gravesande
Company
Mission Statement
Our Mission Statement
Vision
Messer is an important industrial gases group in its core markets
of Europe and China.
Messer is and will remain an independent family-run business.
We think and act decisively for a long term and measure
ourselves by our sustained success.
Together with our partners and associated companies in the field
of wear, fusion, and cutting technologies as well as precision
instrumentation we develop synergies and meet our customers’
needs expertly, reliably and with a flair for innovation.
This is what makes us the first choice for our customers
and employees.
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Company
Mission Statement
Mission
As an owner-managed family business with a rich tradition we are
focused on the future whilst taking into account the different
conditions in our existing markets. We also use our experience and
expertise to building up our position in new markets.
Ranging from acetylene to xenon we offer our customers a wide
range of technical and medical gases and food and specialty gases.
Our product range is completed by our excellent services and stateof-the-art
f th
t technical
t h i l plants
l t and
d equipment.
i
t
In our highly modern technology centres we work together with our
customers to develop application technologies for the use of gases
in almost every industry
industry, in food technology
technology, medicine,
medicine science and
research.
Our efficient and dedicated employees, our flexibility and the
closeness we feel to our customers in local markets makes us their
preferred partner.
Through entrepreneurial flair, farsighted thinking and the continuous
improvement of our processes, we create added value for our
customers
t
and
d so secure our mutual
t l success iin th
the llong tterm.
Solid finances and fair profits guarantee our independence and
support sustainable growth.
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Company
Mission Statement
Values
Customer orientation
We are focused on the individual requirements of our customers and
help them to improve their competitiveness and their performance.
Employee orientation
We train, develop and promote motivated and efficient employees
with integrity. We expect our employees to be resourceful and
responsible team players.
Responsible behaviour
We take our social responsibilities towards our employees and to
society very seriously: Safety, Health, Environment
Corporate responsibility
By responsibly managing our resources and applying the talents of
our employees we are increasing the worth of our company in the
long term.
Excellence
Our actions are based on technical expertise, innovation, flexibility
and the ability to make quick decisions.
Mutual
M
t al tr
trust
st and respect
We believe that cooperation is based on trust, sincerity, transparency
and frank communication. We respect and abide by the culture and
social customs of the countries in which we work.
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Company
Employees
Employees
Our most important asset
• 5,251 employees worldwide, with 90% of them outside the
German-speaking countries
• Targeted employee development
• Development of intercultural competence
“Growing
g sales and a
growing workforce go hand
in hand at Messer.”
• Training worldwide, the training rate for Germany is approx. 5.4%.
Stefan Messer
• Transnational ideas management
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Company
History
History
113 Years of competence in industrial gases
Foundation:
1898
1903
1908
Adolf
Ad
lf M
Messer fforms the
th Frankfurter
F kf t Acetylen-Gas-Gesellschaft
A t l G G
ll h ft Messer
M
& Cie.
Ci
in Höchst for the production of acetylene developers and light fittings.
Ernst Wiss develops the first hydrogen-oxygen cutting torch at Griesheim-Elektron.
These are followed by machines and equipment for gas welding technology.
Chemische Fabrik Griesheim Elektron begins operation of its first oxygen plant.
Growth:
1965
1966
1990
1995
2001
Birth of Messer Griesheim GmbH under Hans Messer.
Merger Adolf Messer GmbH with parts of Knapsack-Griesheim AG from Hoechst
Expansion in Western Europe and in North America
Expansion in Eastern and Central Europe
Entry into China and rapid expansion
Goldman Sachs Funds and Allianz Capital Partners take over the shares of Hoechst (Aventis).
Family ownership:
2004
2005
2006
2008
2011
The Messer family again owns 100% of the company.
The Messer family again owns 100% of Cutting and Welding Division.
Billion Euro turnover mark exceeded: Messer Group and Messer Eutectic Castolin.
Expansion of activities in Europe and Asia
Founding of Messer Industriegase GmbH in Germany
Move to a joint group head office Bad Soden
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Locations
Worldwide
More than 60 locations in over 34 countries
America:
Europe:
Africa:
Asia:
Australia:
Peru
Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
g
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia (Kaliningrad)
Serbia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Spain
S it l d
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Algeria
China
Vietnam
New Zealand
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Locations
Europe
Independent product supply in Europe
Estonia
Air separation units
Latvia
existing
air separation units
Lithuania
Denmark
Russia
air
i separation
ti units
it
in construction or planning
Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
Uk i
Ukraine
Germany
Czech
Republic
Slovakia
Romania
Hungary
Austria
Slovenia
Switzerland
France
Croatia
Bulgaria
Italy
BosniaHerzegovina
Serbia
Montenegro
Portugal
Macedonia
Spain
p
Albania
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Turkey
Locations
Europe
Central and South-Eastern Europe
Main focuses
• Market leader (over 40%) in four countries
• Centre of expertise for metallurgical and industrial
applications in Austria
• Certified production of gases for the food industry in nine
and for medical applications in 16 countries
• Secure cash flows from on-site facilities in: Austria, Hungary,
Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and the Czech
Republic
• On-site hydrogen plants in Austria, Serbia, Slovakia and Hungary
• Specialty gases plants in Austria and Hungary
• CO2 sources in Croatia, Macedonia, Austria, Poland,
Serbia and Hungary
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Locations
Europe
Western Europe
Main focuses
• Re-entry into the German industrial gas market with the entire
product range
range, two air separation plants and a cylinder filling plant
• Centre of expertise for industrial and food applications in France
• Strong position in Spain thanks to pipeline network
• On-site hydrogen plant in Switzerland
• Specialty gases plants in Switzerland, Belgium and France
• CO2-sources and outstanding positions in the CO2 market in
Benelux, France and Italy
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Locations
China
Product supply in China
Air separation units
existing
air separation units
air
i separation
ti units
it iin
construction or planning
Zhangjiagang
Wujiang
Shanghai
Chengdu
Chongqing
Leshan
Ningbo
Xichang
Xiangtan
Panzhihua
Kunming
Haikou
Anning
Y i
Yuxi
Foshan
Yangjiang
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Shunde
Locations
China
China
Main points:
• Messer was one of the pioneers in China and has had a presence
there since 1994.
• The industrial gases market there is predicted to grow by
16% a year.
• 13 operating companies, approx. 30 air separation units,
mainly for supplying steelworks
• Focus on three main regions, with leading positions above all in
Hunan, Yunnan and Sichuan, but also in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and
Guangdong
• The regional and sectoral structure of the Chinese market and
the size of the country offer opportunities in geographical and
industry niches.
• Specialty gas plants in Wujing, Chengdu and Foshan.
• Entry into new technologies, e.g. the treatment of drinking water
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Locations
Vietnam
Vietnam
Main points Vietnam:
• Messer has been present in Vietnam since 1997 and has three
companies in Haiphong, Ho-Chi-Minh-City and Binh Phuoc
Haiphong
Hai Duong (Province)
• One air separation unit (one under construction until 2013)
• Three filling plants for air gases, CO2 and gas mixtures
• Liquefaction plant for CO2 (still under construction)
• Core industries: steel production, motorcycle manufacturers,
shipyards, food processing and metalworking industries
Binh Phuoc (Province)
Ho-Chi-Minh-City
Vung Tau
Company
Air separation unit
existing
air separation unit
air separation unit
in construction
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Filling plant
CO2 production
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Key Figures
Overview
Unternehmen
Key Figures 2011
Development 2008 through 2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
Sales
in €m
795
797
909
1,029
EBITDA
in Mio.
Mio Euro
172
175
207
241
EBITDA margin
in %
22
22
23
23
Investments*
in Mio. Euro
194
202
168
191
4,696
5,211
5,288
5,251
Employees**
* incl.
incl IFRIC4
** contractual employments
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Key Figures
Sales and EBITDA
Sales and EBITDA 2011
Consolidated by regions
Asia
317
Corporate Office
18
Asia
82
Corporate Office
28*
Peru
14
Western
Europe
313
Peru
1
Western
Europe
46
South East
Europe
176
1.029 million €
Total Net Sales
Central Europe
191
South East
Europe
44
241 million €
Total EBITDA
Central Europe
40
* incl. consolidation effects
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Sales:
337
179
145
144
76
44
42
39
23
Share:
33%
17%
14%
14%
8%
4%
4%
4%
2%
(Petro-)C
Chemicals, rrubber,
plastics
Food, beverages &
tobacco
ngineering, electronics
Electr. en
Health se
ervices
Competittors
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Gas, wate
er, wastewa
ater,
waste
Engineerring, metal g
goods,
automotiv
ve
Others
Basic me
etals, glass,
ceramics
s
Sales by industry 2011
Key Figures
Sales
In million €, based on consolidated sales
Key Figures
Sales
Sales structure by distribution channel 2011
338
282
279
85
45
Share:
33%
27%
27%
8%
5%
Gas Cylinde
G
ers
pipeline and
d
On Site
O
Hardware
and other
a
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M
Medical
gas
ses
and access
a
sories
Sales:
Bulk
B
In million €, based on consolidated sales
Key Figures
Employees
Employees 2011
5,251 employees worldwide
Peru
2%
Corporate Office
2%
Western
Europe
17%
South East
Europe
26%
Logistics
15%
Sales &
Marketing
16%
Employees
by regions
Asia
39%
Application Technology
2%
Production
34%
Employees
by activities
Central Europe
14%
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Filling
16%
Administration
17%
Key Figures
Growth
Growth rates 2010 - 2016
Asia 13 %
(China and Vietnam)
Western Europe 7 %
Central Europe 4 %
South East Europe 4 %
Average
g growth
g
rate for the
Messer Group: approx. 8 %
Europe
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Asia
Products and Applications
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Products and Applications
Gases
Products
Variety from acetylene to xenon
Messer offers a wide variety of gases – liquefied or gaseous and
in numerous degrees of purity.
• Air gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and other noble
gases, are obtained directly from the ambient air by means of
air separation.
• Other gases are obtained from industry as a “waste product”
(carbon dioxide) or from natural sources (helium).
• Hydrogen and acetylene are chemically produced.
• Messer provides many different standard and individual
gas mixtures.
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Products and Applications
Gases
Gases for welding and cutting
Shielding gases for welding are sold under the same proprietary
names across the group, and these names are based on the
materials being worked:
• Ferroline - for plain and low-alloy steels
• Inoxline - for high-alloy steels and Ni-based alloys
• Aluline - for aluminium and non-ferrous metals
Other gases for welding and cutting:
• Forming gas protects the back of the weld against oxidation
• MegaLas
M
L - for
f laser
l
material
i l processing
i and
d ffor generating
i the
h
laser beam
• Nitrocut and Oxycut - gases for laser cutting
• Fuel gases - for oxy-fuel
oxy fuel technology
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Products and Applications
Gases
Gases for the Food Industry
Gourmet is the name under which Messer supplies pure
gases and gas mixtures for the food industry.
• Meet the highest quality standards
• Satisfy all the European legal provisions on food as well as every
HACCP requirement (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Points).
Some examples:
• Gourmet C: Carbon dioxide
e g for carbonating beverages
e.g.
• Gourmet N: Nitrogen
e.g. for freezing, refrigerating and packing food
• Gourmet O: Oxygen
e.g. for packing fresh salads
• Gourmet A: Argon
g for inerting
g to p
protect wine
e.g.
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Products and Applications
Gases
Specialty Gases
Messer offers an extensive product programme of pure gases,
standard mixtures and, upon customer request, individually
tailored gas mixtures.
• Liquid helium (in dewars)
• High purity gases (e.g. nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium, etc.)
• Noble gases (kr
(krypton,
pton xenon,
enon neon)
• Standard mixtures (e.g. argon/methane, laser mixtures, etc.)
• Individual mixtures (e.g.
(e g calibrating gases)
• Hydrocarbons (e.g. methane, acetylene, ethylene, etc.)
Carbon
bo monoxide
o o de
• Ca
• Inorganic gases (e.g. ammonia, chlorine, refrigerants, etc.)
• Laboratory gases (e.g. pressure cans, gas purifying systems, etc.)
• Gases for the electronic industry
(e.g. for producing semiconductors)
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Products and Applications
Gases
Gases for Medicine
The most important products at a glance:
• Medical oxygen, in liquid and gaseous form, primarily for
oxygen and respiratory therapy
• Laughing gas (nitrous oxide), in liquid and gaseous form,
for pain therapy, anaesthetic induction and mixed anaesthesia
• Medical air, synthetic or compressed, for contamination-free
respiration and inhalational anaesthesia
g
form,, primarily
p
y for minor
• Medical carbon dioxide,, in gaseous
surgical procedures and for medical baths
• Medical nitrogen, in liquid form, used in cryotherapy and
y
g y as well as for storing
g biological
g
materials
cryosurgery
• Helium, in liquid form, for cooling magnets in MRI scanners
• Medical gas mixtures, produced to individual customer
specifications in terms of content and quality
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Products and Applications
Gases
Value chain
From raw materials to their applications
Air separation unit
Products
Sales
Customer Segments
Automobile
Oxygen
21%
Argon /
Specialty gases
1%
Others
9%
Pipeline /
on-site
27%
Construction industry
Industry, production
and manufacturing
Foods and
beverages
Metallurgy /
steel and iron /
glass and ceramics
Nitrogen
78%
Cylinders
29%
Bulk
35%
Medicine and
pharmaceuticals
Welding and
cutting
Other products:
CO2, Helium, Hydrogen,
Acetylene, Propane
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Environment
Products and Applications
Forms of Supply
Delivery forms
Our services, individual and close by
Messer
Transport
Customer
Large
throughput
• 49 Air separation units (15 under construction)
• 6 Specialty gases plants in Europe, 3 in China
• 81 Filling stations for technical gases
Air separation unit
Pipeline
• 1200 Distributers and gas centres
working with us as sales partners
On-site facilities
Supply variations:
• Gases in cylinders and bundles
Tanker
Storage tank
• Gases in tankers and storage tanks
Tank
on-site
site facilities
• Gases from on
Service truck
Dewar
• Gases by pipeline
Bundle
Filling plant
Cylinder truck
Cylinders
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Small
throughtput
Products and Applications
Forms of Supply
Cylinders and Bundles
Individuality where small and medium quantities are involved
Use:
• In cases of lower gas demand
• Delivery quantities and times tailored to customer requirements
• Delivery and all the supply logistics for individual cylinders,
cylinder bundles or cylinder trailers
Products:
• Compressed gases up to 300 bar
• Special mixtures e.g. for medicine, science
Availability:
• Directly via local Messer Group distributors and gas centres
• Gas supply management by Messer
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Products and Applications
Forms of Supply
Tankers and Storage Tanks
Flexible deliveries of medium quantities
Use:
• In cases of variable or less sizeable gas demand
• Delivery quantities and times tailored to customer requirements
• Supply provided in insulated storage tanks with
vaporisers or in pressure vessels
Products:
• Cryogenic gases and gases liquefied under pressure
Availability:
• In all the markets where the Messer Group has operations
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Products and Applications
Forms of Supply
On-Site Facilities
Customised on-site security of supply
Use:
• In cases of continuously high gas demand
• At the production site – remote-controlled operation possible
• In cases where bulk customers cannot be connected to a
pipeline system
Products:
• Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, syngas, carbon dioxide
Technical options:
• Air separation units and cryogenic generators
• Non-cryogenic units such as Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA),
Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA), membrane units
• Hydrogen and synthetic gas production facilities
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Products and Applications
Forms of Supply
Pipeline Systems
The direct way of using gases
Use:
• In integrated industrial parks with numerous bulk consumers
Products:
• Oxygen, nitrogen, CO2 and hydrogen
Availability:
• In all industrial parks with a large demand, for example in
steel production or in the chemical and pharmaceutical
industry
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Application technology
Solutions for every task
• The needs and requirements of our customers are at the heart
of everything we do
• Competence from development to patent to market
implementation
• Application-specific advice based on knowledge of our
customers‘ processes
customers
• Market development and trials in every region
• Training of employees and customers in the use of equipment
• Customer events, seminars, demonstrations in our technical
centers
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Application technology
Technologies for metallurgy applications
Examples:
p
y enhancements for metallurgical
g
melting
gp
processes with oxygen
yg
• Capacity
• Oxygen burner technology for oxyfuel processes
• Heat treatment with protective and reactive gases
• Increased throughput in glass tanks with oxygen
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Application technology
Technologies for food applications
Examples:
g and freezing
g of food with liquid
q
nitrogen
g and dry
y ice
• Chilling
• Modified atmosphere packaging with inert gases and gas mixtures
• Transport cooling for maintenance of cold chain with dry ice and liquide nitrogen
• High pressure applications for extraction
extraction, crystallization
crystallization, sterilization
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Application technology
Technologies for chemicals, paper and the environment
Examples:
g
wastewater treatment with oxygen
yg
• Biological
• Drinking water treatment with oxygen and carbon dioxide
• Wastewater neutralisation with carbon dioxide
• Increased efficiency in waste and hazardous waste incineration with oxygen
• Spraying processes and inerting with nitrogen and carbon dioxide
• Production optimization in the paper industry with carbon dioxide
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Application technology
Technologies for industry
Examples:
y g
waste g
gas p
purification with liquid
q
nitrogen
g
• Cryogenic
• Cooling of cement and concrete in construction industry
• Inerting with nitrogen in lead-free soldering of printed circuit board
• Surface treatment and cleaning with dry ice blasting processes
• Cryogenic pulverisation with liquid nitrogen
• Aluminium extrusion with liquid nitrogen
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Application technology
Technologies for welding and cutting
Examples:
gas welding
g ((MIG/MAG)) with argon-based
g
gas mixtures
g
• Metal inert g
• Wolfram-Inert-Gas welding (WIG) with standard welding shield gas argon or with special mixtures
• Plasma cutting and welding
• Flame cutting with acetylene and oxygen
• Laser cutting and welding
• Thermal spraying
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Products and Applications
Application technology
Our competence centers
Innovative processes for many industries
Cold grinding/
Recycling
• Cold grinding
• Recycling
• Cryogenics
Krefeld,
Germany
G
Mitry-Mory,
France
Food/pharmaceuticals
• Chilling and freezing
• Transport refrigeration
• Inertisation/ packaging
• High-pressure
High pressure
extraction processes
• Spraying processes
Cutting &
Welding
• MAG welding
• WIG welding
• Thermal Cutting
• Thermal Spraying
Gumpoldskirchen,
Austria
Budapest,
Hungary
Dällikon,
Switzerland
Chemicals/paper/
environment
• Water treatment
• Oxidation/hightemperature processes
• High-pressure
extraction processes
• Spraying processes
Metallurgy/burning
• Melting processes in
metallurgy
• Heat treatment
• Glass production
Industry
• Electronics
• Construction industry
• Purification processes
• Waste air purification
• Cryogenic processes
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Brands
Part of the Messer World
“Messer World” is the roof under which Messer and Messer
Eutectic Castolin jointly present themselves to their
customers and partners with well-known brands:
ASCO Kohlensäure is a provider of individual and complete CO2
solutions.
BIT is a full
full-service
service provider for contract product development
and manufacturing of medical and diagnostic OEM
instrumentation.
Castolin Eutectic is a partner for wear protection,
protection repair and
joining technologies.
Messer Cutting Systems is the provider of innovative systems
and solutions for the metal
metal-working
working industry.
industry
Messer is the world’s largest owner-managed industrial gases
specialist.
Spectron Gas Control Systems is a specialist in gas supply
systems.
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Organisation
Organisational structure of the Messer world
The Messer family
Owners
Companies
Adolf Messer Foundation 27 %, 6 familiy members 73 %
Messer Industrie GmbH
MIG Holding
g GmbH
Messer Medical Home
Care Holding GmbH
MEC Employee GmbH
Messer Group GmbH
MEC Holding GmbH
Management
Brands
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The
Messer
family
Messer World
ASCO Carbon Dioxide
ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd.
Provider of individual and complete CO2 solutions
CO2 solutions:
Dry ice:
• CO2 product plants
• Dry ice machines,
machines pellets,
pellets discs and blocks
• ASCOJET dry ice blasting machines and
accessories
• CO2 storage tanks, stationary as well as transportable
• CO2 recovery
CO2 equipment and accessories:
• Transfer pumps, vaporizers
• Detectors, flowmeters
• CO2 testing equipment
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Key figures
Key figures for Messer Eutectic Castolin (MEC)
Key figures 2011
2011
535
Sales in million €
2.635
Employees
Sales by region EUR, millions
Workforce size by region
Africa &
Middle East
40
Western Europe
620
Germany
639
South America
52
Eastern Europe
p
183
Asia
117
China
256
Japan
179
NAFTA
549
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Africa &
Middle East
18
Western Europe
137
Germany
131
South America
10
Eastern Europe
p
29
Asia
19
China
46
Japan
39
NAFTA
106
Messer World
Castolin Eutectic
Castolin Eutectic
Partner for wear protection, surface protection, repair and fusion
technologies with welding, brazing and thermal coating
Our business areas:
• Maintenance and servicing technology
• Industrial surface protection
• Manufacture of high-performance components
• CastoLab Services - Specialist workshops for repair, surface layer welding and
anti-wear coating
• Special joining technology applications
• Customer training
1,400 employees in over 100 countries with over 700 highly qualified engineers
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Messer World
Messer Cutting Systems
Messer Cutting Systems
Supplier of pioneering technologies and services for the
metal-working industry
Product portfolio:
• Oxyfuel, plasma and laser cutting machines
• Equipment and machines for oxyfuel welding, cutting, brazing and heating
• Spare parts, repairs and retrofitting services
• Messer EnviroTec supplies plant-related
plant related environmental technology
• MesserSoft provides software solutions to optimise processes in cutting technology
• Modern training and applications centre
Over 800 employees at five locations in more than 50 countries
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Messer World
Spectron Gas Control Systems
Spectron Gas Control Systems
Specialist in gas supply systems providing best performance,
quality, reliability and technological know-how
Product portfolio:
• Diverse product family of appropriate components for a wide spectrum of gases, for applications
ranging from a simple valve through to gas cylinder cabinets for semiconductor gases
• Alarm and control systems for gas supply systems
• Gas purification systems
• Production sites in Germany and Britain
A global network of sales partners
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Messer World
BIT Companies
BIT Companies
Leading full-service provider for a wide range of
diagnostic and medical instruments
Product portfolio:
• Individual contract development and manufacture of mid-range to complex instrumentation and
custom-made automation solutions
• Instrumentation for Life – a partner for product development, manufacturing and after-sales service.
Highest quality standards according to ISO 13485 and ISO 9001, and FDA registered.
• Independent market leader in Europe and USA for high-quality IVD diagnostic systems in the high-end
OEM market
Locations in Germany, France, Japan, USA and China
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Cryogenic Engineering
Cryogenic Engineering
A joint venture between Messer Group and Hangzhou Hangyang
China, the leading production plant manufacturer
• Air separation units for the production of oxygen,
oxygen nitrogen,
nitrogen argon and liquid gas products
• Nitrogen and oxygen generators
• Components for air separation units
We use our know-how to develop air separation units that precisely meet the requirements of our
customers. We also make sure that the plant operates efficiently.
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Messer Information Services
Messer Information Services (MIS)
The service company for information technology by Messer and MEC
• From its central computing centre in Groß-Umstadt, MIS makes its services available worldwide
to some 2
2,900
900 users at Messer and MEC
MEC.
• MIS provides IT applications that support the diverse and complex requirements throughout the
different areas of the Messer world
70 employees provide, among other things, ongoing development of process-optimised programs
together with a secure and high-performance computing-centre operation.
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Customers
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Customers
Selection
A selection of our customers
US Steel
Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co.
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