Air meets life.

Air meets
life.
Company presentation
Messer Group
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Company
Locations
Key Figures
Products and Applications
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Customers
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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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Owner and CEO
Stefan Messer
• CEO of Messer Group GmbH
• Stefan Messer’s roles include:
 Vice President of the International Oxygen Manufacturers
Association (IOMA), Washington
 Vice President of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and
Commerce (IHK)
 Honorary Senator of the Darmstadt Univerity of Applied Sciences
 Honorary Senator of Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
 Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia
‘‘Profits are important to us, but they’re not the be-all
and end-all. It is just as important to be independent
and to turn our own ideas into reality.”
Stefan Messer, CEO und owner of Messer Group
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Management
Together for success
Stefan Messer,
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands,
Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Uwe Bechtolf,
Controlling / Accounting & Strategy
Adolf Walth
Stefan Messer
Dr. Uwe Bechtolf
Johann Ringhofer,
Engineering & Production
Johann Ringhofer
Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands
Adolf Walth,
Sales & Marketing Europe
Executive headquarters /
management of international
operations:
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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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
Dr. Nathalie von Siemens
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Dr. Karl-Gerhard Seifert
Peter Wilhelm Storm
van’s Gravesande
Our mission statement
Messer is an independent, owner-managed family company
producing industrial gases with a focus on Europe and China.
We act sustainably to meet the needs of our customers in
accordance with our collective responsibility for people, progress
and the environment.
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Employees
Our most important asset
• About 5,500 employees worldwide, with 92 % of them outside the
Germanspeaking countries
• Targeted employee development
• Development of intercultural competence
• Training worldwide, the training rate for Germany is 3.3
• Transnational ideas management
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“Growing sales and a growing
workforce go hand in hand
at Messer.”
Stefan Messer
History
117 Years of competence in industrial gases
Foundation:
1898
1903
1908
Adolf Messer forms the Frankfurter Acetylen-Gas-Gesellschaft Messer & Cie.
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
Establishment of Messer Griesheim GmbH under the aegis of 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
2014
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
Tenth anniversary of the Messer Group GmbH
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Company
Locations
Key Figures
Products and Applications
Messer World
Customers
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More than 60 locations in 31 countries
America:
Europe:
Africa:
Asia:
Peru
Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia (Kaliningrad)
Serbia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
Ukraine
Algeria
China
Vietnam
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Product supply in Europe through air separation
Air separation units
Estonia
Latvia
existing
air separation units
Lithuania
Denmark
air separation units
in construction or planning
Russia
Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
Ukraine
Germany
Czech
Republic
Slovakia
Romania
Hungary
Austria
Slovenia
Switzerland
France
Croatia
Bulgaria
BosniaHerzegovina
Serbia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Portugal
Albania
Spain
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Central and South-Eastern Europe
Main focuses
• Market leader (over 40 %) in many countries
• Nationwide network of sales offices
• 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
• On site hydrogen plants in Austria, Serbia, Slovakia and Hungary
• Specialty gases plants in Austria, Poland and Hungary
• CO2 sources in Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary,
Macedonia, Poland and Serbia
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Western Europe
Main focuses
• Re-entry into the German industrial gas market with the entire product
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 and France
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Product supply in China through air separation
Air separation units
existing
air separation units
air separation units in
construction or planning
Zhangjiagang
Wujiang
Shanghai
Chengdu
Chongqing
Leshan
Ningbo / Shaoxing
Xichang
Xiangtan
Panzhihua
Anning
Yuxi
Kunming
Haikou
Quanhui
Foshan
Shunde
Yangjiang
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China
Main points
• At 6.6 billion USD, the Chinese gases market is the second largest
market in the world after the USA, with 15 % annual growth.
• As one of the pioneers in China, Messer has had a presence in
the country since 1994.
• 17 operational companies, approx. 30 air separation units for the
supply of steelworks and industrial sectors requiring liquefied
gases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon)
• Main emphasis on three major regions with leading positions primarily
in Hunan, Yunnan and Sichuan, as well as in Jiangsu, Zhejiang
and Guangdong
• Currently the focus is on expanding the liquefied gases division to
provide a better supply to existing and new customers.
• Specialty gases plants in Wujiang, Chengdu and Foshan
• Entry into new business segments, e.g. CO2 and specialty
gases for the semiconductor and electronics industry
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Vietnam
Main points
• 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)
• Two air separation units, one in construction
• Three filling plants for air gases, CO2 and gas mixtures
• Liquefaction plant for CO2
Binh Phuoc (Province)
Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt
• Core industries: steel production, motorcycle manufacturers,
shipyards, food processing and metalworking industries
Vung Tau
Company
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existing
air separation unit
Air separation unit
air separation unit
in construction
CO2 production
Filling plant
Company
Locations
Key Figures
Products and Applications
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Customers
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Key figures 2014
Development 2011 until 2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
Sales
in million Euro
1,029
1,088
1,027
1,047
EBITDA
in million Euro
241
237
231
241
EBITDA margin
in %
23
22
23
23
Investments*
in million Euro
191
184
197
205
5,251
5,364
5,404
5,449
Employees**
* inkl. IFRIC4
** contractual employments
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Sales and EBITDA 2014
Consolidated by regions
South-Eastern
Europe
177
Central
Europe
189
Asia
321
South-Eastern
Europe
45
Central
Europe
34
1,047 million €
Total Net Sales
Peru
13
Western Europe
341
Corporate
Office
6
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Asia 82
241 million €
Total EBITDA
Peru
1
Corporate Office
10
Western Europe
51
Consolidation Effects
18
330
153
122
77
53
52
49
23
188
Share:
31 %
15 %
12 %
7%
5%
5%
5%
2%
18 %
Engineering, metal goods,
automotive
(Petro-)Chemicals,
rubber, plastics
Competitors
Electr. engineering, electronics
Health services
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Others
Gas, water, wastewater, waste
Food, beverages & tobacco
industries
Sales:
Basic metals, glass, ceramics
Sales by industry 2014
In million €, based on consolidated sales
Sales structure by distribution channel 2013
Sales:
378
313
270
48
38
Share:
36 %
30 %
26 %
4%
4%
Bulk
Pipeline and
on site
Gases in cylinders
Medical gases and
accessories
Hardware
and other
In million €, based on consolidated sales
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Employees 2014
5,449 employees worldwide
Central Europe
14 %
Asia
41 %
Administration
18 %
Logistics
15 %
Western
Europe
16 %
Corporate
Office
2%
South Eastern Europe
25 %
Production
31 %
Employees
by regions
Peru
2%
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Application Technology
2%
Employees
by activities
Sales &
Marketing
16 %
Filling
18 %
Expected growth rates 2014 - 2019
Western Europe 3 %
Central Europe 3 %
South East Europe 3 %
Asia 9 %
(China and Vietnam)
Average growth rate for the
Messer Group: approx. 5 %
Europe
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Asia
Company
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Key Figures
Products and Applications
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Customers
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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 “by-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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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
• Lasline - for laser material processing and for generating
the laser beam
• Nitrocut and Oxycut - gases for laser cutting
• Fuel gases - for oxy-fuel technology
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Gases for the food Industry
Gourmet is the name under which Messer supplies pure gases
and gas mixtures for the food industry.
• Gourmet gases meet the highest quality standards.
• Gourmet gases 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
• Gourmet N: Nitrogen
e.g. for freezing, refrigerating and packing food
• Gourmet O: Oxygen
e.g. for packing fresh salads
• Gourmet A: Argon
e.g. for inerting to protect wine
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Specialty gases
Messer offers an extensive product programme of pure gases,
standard mixtures and, upon customer request, individually
tailored gas mixtures.
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Liquid helium (in dewars)
High purity gases (e.g. argon, helium, nitrogen, oxygen, etc.)
Noble gases (krypton, xenon, neon)
Standard mixtures (e.g. argon/methane, laser mixtures, etc.)
Individual mixtures (e.g. calibrating gases)
Laboratory gases (e.g. pressure cans, gas purifying systems, etc.)
Hydrocarbons (e.g. methane, acetylene, ethylene, etc.)
Carbon monoxide
Inorganic gases (e.g. ammonia, chlorine, sulphur dioxide, etc.)
Refrigerants
Gases for the electronic industry (e.g. for producing semiconductors)
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Gases for medicine
The most important applications at a glance:
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Anaesthesia
Respiratory therapy
Diagnostic
Cryotherapy
Combined anaesthesia
Cooling of magnets in magnetic resonance tomographs
Storage of biological materials
Laser applications
Medicinal baths
Surgery
Operation of medical devices
Analgesia, and many more
The most important gases at a glance:
• Argon
• Gas mixtures
• Air
• Helium
• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Nitrous oxide
• Nitric oxide in nitrogen
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Gases for the pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaline - the gas range for the pharmaceutical industry
Messer's Pharmaline program includes specially tested gases that are
geared to the needs of the pharmaceutical industry and are intended to
help manufacturers of medicinal products to comply with the stipulations
of EU Directive 2001/83 and adhere to the GMP (good manufacturing
practice) guidelines.
Messer bases the manufacture of Pharmaline products on the latest
IPEC 1 guidelines and EXCiPACTTM 2 standards.
The most important gases and applications:
• Pharmaline A: Argon (AR) - used, for example, as an inert
atmosphere
• Pharmaline C: Carbon dioxide (CO2) - used, among other things, for
the production of pharmaceutical products in powder form
• Pharmaline N: Nitrogen (N2) - used, for example, for packaging in a
protective atmosphere
There are many more diverse applications for gases in the
pharmaceutical industry in addition to those listed above.
- International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council, The Joint IPEC – PQG Good Manufacturing
Practices Guide for Pharmaceutical Excipients, 2006.
2 EXCiPACTTM - a voluntary international certification scheme, Certification Standards for Pharmaceutical
Excipient Suppliers, 2012
1 IPEC
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Value chain
From raw materials to their applications
Air separation unit
Products
Oxygen
21 %
Sales
Argon/
Specialty
gases
1%
Others
4%
Customer Segments
Pipeline/
On site
30 %
Automobile
Construction industry
Industry, production
and manufacturing
Foods and
beverages
Metallurgy /
steel and iron /
glass and ceramics
Medicine and
pharmaceuticals
Cylinders
27 %
Nitrogen
78 %
Other products: CO2, Helium, Hydrogen, Acetylene, Propane
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Bulk
39 %
Welding and
cutting
Environment
Delivery forms
Our services, individual and close by
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63 Air separation units (7 under construction)
15 CO2 production plants
16 Acetylene production plants
10 Hydrogen production plants
6 Specialty gases plants in Europe, 3 in China
81 Filling stations for technical gases
1200 Distributers and gas centres working with us
as sales partners
Supply variations:
• Gases in cylinders and bundles
• Gases in tankers and storage tanks
• Gases from on site facilities
• Gases by pipeline
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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
• For products that can not be produced in liquid form due to their
chemical and physical properties
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Products:
Compressed gases and gas mixtures up to 300 bar
Acetylene, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, liquid gases and refrigerants
Special mixtures e.g. for medicine and science
Availability:
• Directly via local Messer Group distributors and gas centres
• Gas supply management by Messer
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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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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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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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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
• 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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Application technology
Technologies for metallurgy applications
Examples:
• Capacity enhancements for metallurgical melting processes with oxygen
• Oxygen burner technology for oxyfuel processes, e.g. for cement production
• Heat treatment with protective and reactive gases
• Increased throughput in glass tanks with oxygen
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Application technology
Technologies for food applications
Examples:
• Chilling and freezing of food with liquid nitrogen and dry ice
• Modified atmosphere packaging with inert gases and gas mixtures
• Transport cooling for maintenance of cold chain with dry ice and liquide nitrogen
• Special processes, such as high pressure applications, extraction, atomisation, disinfesting
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Application technology
Technologies for chemicals, paper and the environment
Examples:
• Biological wastewater treatment with oxygen
• Drinking water treatment with oxygen and carbon dioxide
• Wastewater neutralisation with carbon dioxide
• Debottlenecking of nitric acid production with oxygen
• Capacity increase in production of petrochemical intermediates with oxygen
• Production optimization in the paper industry with carbon dioxide
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Application technology
Technologies for industry
Examples:
• Cryogenic waste gas purification with liquid nitrogen
• 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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Application technology
Technologies for welding and cutting
Examples:
• Metal inert gas welding (MIG/MAG) with argon-based gas mixtures
• 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 with Lasline
• Thermal spraying
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Our competence centers
Innovative processes for many industries
Cutting & Welding
• MAG welding
• WIG welding
• Thermal Cutting
• Thermal Spraying
Cold grinding/
Recycling
• Cold grinding
• Recycling
• Cryogenics
Metallurgy/burning
• Melting processes in
metallurgy
• Heat treatment
• Glass production
Industry
• Electronics
• Construction industry
• Purification processes
• Waste air purification
• Cryogenic processes
Food/pharmaceuticals
• Chilling and freezing
• Transport refrigeration
• Inertisation/ packaging
• High-pressure extraction processes
• Spraying processes
Mitry-Mory,
France
Chemicals/paper
environment
• Water treatment
• Oxidation/hightemperature processes
• High-pressure extraction processes
• Spraying processes
Cutting & Welding
• Applications for welding
shield gases
Metallurgy/burning
• Melting processes in
metallurgy
• Glas production
Krefeld,
Germany
Chengdu,
China
Gumpoldskirchen,
Austria
Budapest,
Hungary
Europe
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Asia
Company
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Key Figures
Products and Applications
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Customers
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Part of the Messer World
Everything under one roof - "Messer World" is the one-stop shop
where Messer and Messer Eutectic Castolin's customers and
partners will find all their familiar brands:
• ASCO Kohlensäure is a provider of comprehensive, bespoke CO2 solutions.
• BIT is a leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic medical devices for
laboratories and hospitals.
• Castolin Eutectic is the world's leading provider of products and services for
the maintenance, repair, servicing and wear protection of industrial plants and
factory equipment.
• Messer Cutting Systems is a global provider of products and services to the
metalworking industry, covering everything from welding, cutting and brazing to
annealing.
• Messer Group is the world's largest owner-managed specialist for industrial
gases.
• Spectron Gas Control Systems specialises in gas supply systems.
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Organisational structure of Messer World
The Messer family
Owners
Adolf Messer Foundation 27 %, 6 family members 73 %
100 %
100 %
Companies
MIG Holding GmbH
Messer Industrie GmbH
Messer Medical Home
Care Holding GmbH
MEC Global GmbH
100 %
The Messer
family
MEC Employee II GmbH
Messer Group GmbH
Management
3,7 %
CEO S. Messer
CFO Dr. H.-G. Wienands
94 %
MEC Holding GmbH
CEO S. Schabel
CFO Dr. W. Schmitz
Brands
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2,3 %
ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd.
Provider of individual and complete CO2 solutions
CO2 solutions:
• CO2 product plants
• CO2 recovery plants
• CO2 storage tanks,
stationary as well as
transportable
CO2 equipment and
accessories:
• Transfer pumps, vaporizers
• Detectors, flowmeters
• CO2 testing equipment
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Dry ice:
• Dry ice machines, pellets,
discs and blocks
• ASCOJET dry ice blasting
machines and accessories
Key figures for Messer Eutectic Castolin (MEC)
Key figures 2014
2014
Sales in million Euro
521
Employees
2.921
Sales by region in million Euro
South America 9
Workforce size by region as of 31.12.2014
Africa & Middle East 5
South America 46
Eastern Europe 43
Western
Europe 130
Asia 23
Eastern Europe 189
Western
Europe 755
China 36
NAFTA 133
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Asia 191
China 236
Japan 33
Germany 109
Africa & Middle East 93
Japan 183
Germany 598
NAFTA 630
Castolin Eutectic
A global leader in wear protection, protective coatings, repair and joining technologies
using welding, brazing and thermal coating
Our areas of business:
• Maintenance and servicing technologies
• Industrial surface protection
• Manufacture of high-performance components
• CastoLab Services - workshops specialising in repair, surfacing and the application of anti-wear coatings
• Custom applications in the area of fusing technologies
• Special product packages for complex applications in key industries (oil and gas, steel, power generation, etc.)
1,614 employees in over 35 countries and over 550 highly qualified engineers and application specialists
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Messer Cutting Systems
Products and services for the metalworking industry, covering everything from welding,
cutting and brazing to annealing.
Product portfolio:
• Oxy-fuel, plasma and laser cutting machines
• From handheld machines to special purpose machines for the shipbuilding industry
• Machines and equipment for oxy-fuel welding, cutting, brazing and annealing
• Increased efficiency through integrated material handling systems
• Spare parts, repairs, modernisation, maintenance and servicing, as well as innovative environmental technologies
• MesserSoft software solutions for optimising production and business processes
• Messer Cutting Systems Academy provides comprehensive practical knowledge on the systems and techniques.
Approximately 900 employees at five production sites and in over 50 countries around the globe
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Spectron Gas Control Systems
Gas supply systems specialist that prides itself on providing the highest level of service,
quality, reliability and technological expertise
Product portfolio:
• Extensive product family covering everything from a simple valve to gas bottle cabinets
for semiconductor gases, and valves and accessories for a wide range of gases
• Alarm and control systems for gas applications
• Purification systems to ensure gas purity
• Production facilities in Germany, Great Britain, and Shanghai, China
A global network of distribution partners
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BIT Companies
Leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic medical devices for
laboratories and hospitals
Product portfolio:
• Technical development and manufacture of mid-level to complex custom instrumentation
• Proprietary platform solutions and product developments
• Tailor-made automation solutions and after-sales service for OEMs
• R&D, manufacture and after-sales service according to the highest quality standards and in compliance
with ISO 13485, ISO 9001; FDA registered
• Independent market leader in Europe and the United States for high-quality IVD systems in the high-end OEM market
Around 340 employees at facilities in Germany, France, China, Japan and the United States, over a third of
whom engaged in development work
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Cryogenic Engineering
A joint venture between Messer Group and Hangzhou Hangyang
China, the leading production plant manufacturer
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Air separation units for the production of oxygen, nitrogen and argon
Cryogenic generators for nitrogen and oxygen
Components for air separation units
Pressure swing adsorption and membrane units for oxygen and nitrogen production
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 (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 3,400 users at Messer and MEC.
• MIS provides IT applications that support the diverse and complex requirements throughout the
different areas of the Messer world
73 employees and two trainees provide, among other things, ongoing development of process-optimised
programs together with a secure and high-performance computing-centre operation.
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Company
Locations
Key Figures
Products and Applications
Messer World
Customers
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A selection of our customers
US Steel
Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co.
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