Messer Industriegase is the German national and sales company with over 100 employees and headquarters in Bad Soden. Messer Industriegase GmbH has its headquarters in Bad Soden am Taunus near Frankfurt. Air separation plants are located in Siegen, Salzgitter as well as in Speyer. Messer Industriegase operates a hydrogen production plant in Castrop-Rauxel. Messer is the world’s largest family-run specialist for gases used in industry, environmental protection, medicine, the food and beverage sector, welding and cutting technology, 3D printing, construction, and research and science. Under the ‘Messer – Gases for Life’ brand, the company markets products and services in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Its approximately 11,200 employees* collaborate in a family business that focuses on diversity and mutual respect. In most industrial processes, gases are just as important as water and electricity and play a major role in their decarbonization – through the use of green hydrogen, for example. Messer offers one of the largest product portfolios in the market and develops and optimizes application technologies for gases in state-of-the-art competence centers. As a pharmaceutical company, Messer supplies medical and pharmaceutical gases and turnkey solutions and has a proven track record as a reliable provider of vital products – in pandemic situations, for example. Founded in 1898, the company’s headquarters are located in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt, Germany. In 2021, Messer generated an expected consolidated sales of 3.5 billion* euros. * Sum of Messer Group and Messer Industries, which includes 100 percent of the at-equity holding Messer Industries.