Messer. Gases for Life. and Locations 2012

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Messer Group GmbH Messer-Platz 1 65812 Bad Soden Phone +49 6196 7760 0 Fax +49 6196 7760 442

Status: 2012 Messer Group GmbH

Gases for Life:

Industrial gases play an important role in everyday matters. It is impossible to imagine doing without them in most aspects of our lives because in many industrial production processes gases are as important as water and electricity. They are visible as fizz- ing bubbles in drinks – but in many products they Would you like to find out more are hidden. Potato chips packed under a controlled about the variety and uses of atmosphere, xenon headlights and krypton torches gases in our daily lives? Then show them clearly – but gases are also used, for visit our new website at instance, in producing paper, ice cream, wind tur- bines, cars and airbags, tiles and ceramics, and www.GasesforLife.de water standpipes.

Would you like to find out more about the variety and uses of gases in our daily lives? Then visit our new website at www.gasesforlife.de.

There you will learn how nitrogen cools concrete, endowing it with greater stability, how liquid carbon dioxide makes foam materials even more comforta- ble, and why gases in lamps help them operate longer. But applications such as the natural treatment of potable water with oxygen or the recycling of plastics using cryogenic nitrogen also show how important gases are for our lives.

3 Messer Group GmbH

The company 1898 Adolf Messer found Frankfurter Acetylen-Gas- Messer is one of the leading industrial gas compa- Gesellschaft, Höchst am Main/Frankfurt, Germany. nies, and is active in over 30 countries in Europe and Asia, as well as Peru and New Zealand with 1910 over 60 operating companies. The international acti- First air separation plant vities are managed from Frankfurt am Main, whilst 1911 management of core technical functions – logistics, 1932 Move into US market engineering, production and application technology Production of arc welding electrodes – is undertaken from Krefeld. 1946 Expansion in Europe and the USA From acetylene to xenon, the Messer Group has one of the most diverse product portfolios on the 1953 market – the company produces industrial gases Dr. Hans Messer assumes control. such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, shielding gases for welding, 1965 specialty gases, medical gases and many different 1966 Merger with Knapsack-Griesheim AG (Hoechst) gas mixtures. Further expansion in Western Europe to form Messer Griesheim GmbH and the USA The Messer Group has state-of-the-art research and 1989 competence centers in which it develops applied 1995 Expansion in Eastern Europe – two billion technologies for the use of gases in almost every Globalisation strategy pursued deutschmark turnover mark reached sector of industry, in food technology, medicine as well as research and science. 1998 Stefan Messer becomes member of Executive Board. 1999

Sale of Cutting and Welding Division 2001 (MEC Group) to the Messer family 2004 Takeover of Hoechst shares by investment funds Buyback of all shares by the Messer family 2005 after sale of Messer in Germany, UK and USA. Stefan Messer becomes CEO. Buyback of all the MEC Group’s shares 2008 by the Messer family 2009 Launch of Messer Industriegase GmbH in Germany Start-up of seven new air separation units 2010 in Europe. Expansion in China 2011 Start-up of two air separation units in Europe, one in Vietnam and three in China Move to a joint group head office Bad Soden

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Our program „for a successful atmosphere”

From acetylene to xenon, the Messer Group offers you much more than gases which meet your needs. Our expertise in application technology is both comprehensive and specialised, and therefore provides the key to the optimisation of processes in terms of quality, economy and innovation.

Your company will profit as a result, no matter what sector you work in: whether transport, food, chemical, petrochemical, metallurgy, environmental technology, electronics, medicine, industrial or welding technology.

The same applies to the various delivery methods: from cylinders to road or rail tankers through to pipelines or on-site facilities. Together, we will find the solution that best fits your individual gas requirements.

Whether liquefied or gaseous, we will supply the gas products you need in their exact volume and quality.

Of course, our portfolio also includes the ideal hardware for using our products in the most effective way.

Let our expertise make your company more successful!

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Separating air to produce gases.

means of internal heat exchange, in which Oxygen supply What is air? And what is air separation? the flows of cold gas generated during the Air is a mixture of gases, consisting primarily Air can be separated into its components by Purity of nitrogen (78 %), oxygen (21 %) and the means of distillation in special units. So-called air process cool the compressed air. Rapid 100 % Liquid gas supply Cryogenic air inert gas argon (0.9 %). The remaining 0.1 % fractionating plants employ a thermal process reduction of the pressure then causes the 99 % separation units is made up mostly of carbon dioxide and the known as cryogenic rectification to separate the compressed air to cool further, whereby it inert gases neon, helium, krypton and xenon. individual components from one another in order undergoes partial liquefaction. Now the air is Cylinders to produce high-purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon ready for the separating column, where the and in liquid and gaseous form. bundles actual separation takes place. 93 % VPSA/VSA units Separation of air Separation of air into pure oxygen and pure nitrogen is performed in two

columns, the medium-pressure and the low- 90 % pressure columns. The difference in boiling 1 10 100 1.000 10.000 m3/h point of the constituents is exploited for the separation process. Oxygen becomes a liquid at -183 °C and nitrogen at -196 °C. The continuous evaporation and condensation brought about by the intense exchange of matter and heat between the rising steam Nitrogen supply and the descending liquid produces pure nitrogen at the top of the low-pressure Purity 100 % column and pure oxygen at the bottom. Liquid gas supply Cryogenic air separation units Argon is separated in additional columns and Cylinders 99,9 % involves some extra steps in the process. and PSA units bundles 99 % Withdrawal and storage Membrane units Gaseous oxygen and nitrogen are fed into pipelines for transport to users,

Oxygen Nitrogen Argon e.g. steelworks. In liquid form, oxygen, nitrogen and argon are stored in tanks and transported to customers by tanker lorries. 90 % Compression of air Purification of air 1 10 100 1.000 10.000 m3/h Ambient air is drawn in, filtered and Impurities such as water vapour and compressed to approx. 6 bar by a compressor. carbon dioxide are then removed from the air in a so-called molecular sieve.

Precooling of air Cooling of air To separate air into its components, Because the gases which make up air it must first be liquefied at an extremely low only liquefy at very low temperatures, the puri- temperature. As a first step, the compressed fied air in the main heat exchanger is cooled to air is precooled with chilled water. approx. -175 °C. The cooling is achieved by

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Pipeline gases Gases in road tankers and storage tanks In integrated industrial areas with a large number of bulk customers, for example in steel production The most economically effective way to supply or in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, “medium” volumes is to transport and store them gases such as oxygen or nitrogen can be supplied as cryogenic liquid and compressed gases in road centrally via a system of pipelines engineered and tankers. We provide our products in insulated managed by Messer. storage containers with vaporizers or in pressure vessels on your site.

Argon Oxicut Grieson Oxygen On-site Helium Nitrogen Carbon dioxide Hydrogen If it is not possible to connect a bulk customer to Nitrocut a pipeline system, a production unit will be built on-site, which in many cases is operated remotely.

Air separation units for: Technical gases in cylinders Oxygen Nitrogen Cylinders or bundles are ideal for supplying Argon smaller volumes of gases, especially for welding technology*. Cryogenic generators for: Oxygen Argon Nitrogen Argon mixtures Carbon dioxide Membrane units for: Oxygen Nitrogen Nitrogen *Inert welding gases: Synthetic air PSA units for: etc. Ferroline – Inert welding gas for Oxygen ordinary and low-alloy steel Nitrogen Megalas – operating gas for lasers Inoxline – Inert welding gas for VPSA/VSA units for: Fuel gases such as: high-alloy steel Oxygen Acetylene Butane Aluline – Inert welding gas for Steam reformers for: Natural gas aluminium and non-ferrous metal Hydrogen MAPP Propane Forming gas – Root protection for With on-site facilities it is possible to extract dry Propellant according to DIN 51622 high-alloy and some low-alloy steel compressed air. Hydrogen

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Specialty gases Hydrocarbons: Acetylene Butane Messer offers an extensive range of high purity Ethylene gases, standard mixtures and custom-made gas Methane mixtures in any technically possible combination. We Propane supply various specialty gases in volumes ranging Propylene from pressure cans to 300 bar cylinder bundles. etc.

Liquid helium (in dewars or tank containers) Inorganic gases: Ammonia Food gases: High purity gases: Chlorine All of Messer’s pure gases and gas Argon up to 6.0 Hydrogen chloride mixtures used in the food industry Helium up to 6.0 Refrigerants are named Gourmet. The gases Carbon dioxide up to 5.5 Nitrogen oxide satisfy the highest quality standards Oxygen up to 5.5 Sulphur dioxide and are permitted by the European Nitrogen up to 6.0 Sulphur hexafluoride Union for food applications. Hydrogen up to 6.0 Hydrogen sulphide etc. The following extract gives you Noble gases: an overview of our gases and gas Neon Laboratory gases: mixtures: Krypton Gases and gas mixtures in small quantities in Xenon pressure cans and corresponding withdrawal Gourmet C Carbon dioxide systems and gas purifying systems Gourmet N Nitrogen Standard mixtures: Gourmet O Oxygen Argon/methane Gases for the electronics industry: Gourmet A Argon Banana-ripening gas High purity inorganic gases and gas mixtures for Mixtures for lighting technology producing semiconductors Gourmet N80 Helium/hydrogen 80 % Nitrogen Laser mixtures 20 % Carbon dioxide Extinction gases Synthetic air Gourmet N70 etc. 70 % Nitrogen 30 % Carbon dioxide Individual mixtures: In response to customer request, Messer prepares Gourmet O70 mixtures (calibrating gases, test gases) from more 70 % Oxygen than one hundred possible components from the 30 % Carbon dioxide percentage to ppb range. If necessary, we can provide a certificate from an accredited institute. Gourmet N50 50 % Nitrogen Carbon monoxide 50 % Carbon dioxide

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Medical gases Gas supply

Messer produces and distributes medical gases in accordance with the requirements of European Pharmacopoeia and in line with European GMP guidelines. The medical business is divided into Messer Transport Customer the fields of institutional care and home care. Large throughput Our range of gases: Medical Gases Oxygen Nitrous Oxide Air, synthetic or compressed Carbon dioxide Air separation units Pipeline Nitrogen Helium Special Gasmixtures and pulmonary function gases

Further technologies and the associated hardware are also offered for the area of home care, such as On-site facilities oxygen concentrators, devices for sleep therapy and ventilation.

Hardware Tanker Storage tank Messer provides the equipment or gas supply systems necessary to use our products including expert advice on how to operate them. Tank Service truck Dewar Hardware for technical and specialty gases in cylinders: Pressure regulator Expansion stations Withdrawal systems Laboratory equipment Safety devices Bundle Purging devices Filling plant Valves and manometers Cylinder truck

Hardware for cryogenic liquid gases: Super isolated transfer lines Cylinders Small Transport and storage containers throughput Transfer systems

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Countries Page

Albania 18 Algeria 19 Austria 20 Belgium 21 Bosnia-Herzegovina 22 Tailor-made and local Bulgaria 23 Croatia 24 With the Messer Group, you can take this headline Overview of competence centers: Czech Republic 25 at face value. With over 120 locations in the im- Denmark 26 portant markets of Europe, Asia and in Peru, we • Industry, metallurgy, heat treatment, burner Estonia 27 are always close to you. We also have specialty technology: Gumpoldskirchen, Austria France 28 gases plants in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany 29 Hungary, Serbia, Switzerland and China. Your • Food industry, chemistry, pharmaceutics: Hungary 30 advantages: Short delivery distances and products Mitry-Mory, France Italy 31 customized for your market and your individual Russia (Kaliningrad) 32 requirements. • Welding and Cutting: Krefeld, Germany; Dällikon, Latvia 33 Switzerland; Budapest, Hungary and Shanghai, Lithuania 34 Our commitment to your success doesn’t stop China Macedonia 35 here. We have established technical competence Montenegro 36 centers in Germany, Austria, France, Hungary, • Cryogenic grinding of foodstuffs, plastics etc.: Netherlands 37 Switzerland and China to focus our efforts on Krefeld, Germany New Zealand 38 innovation – for your industry as well. People’s Republic of China 39 Peru 40 Poland 41 Portugal 42 Romania 43 Serbia 44 Slovakia 45 Slovenia 46 Spain 47 Switzerland 48 Turkey 49 Ukraine 50 Vietnam 51

17 Albania Algeria

Messer Albagaz SH.P.K. Messer Albagaz was established in September 2007 Messer Algérie SPA To supply its customers, Messer Algérie has two Autostrada Tiranë - Durrës, Km 4.5 as a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Messer Group. Lotissement RADI H’Mida n° 02 nitrogen generators in Skikda, with a total production Tirana The company, which currently has 26 employees, Cheraga, Alger capacity of 6,000 cubic meters per hour. A nine- Phone +355 48 200 696 has its headquarters in Tirana. Phone +213 21 36 63 63 kilometer pipeline delivers gaseous nitrogen to Fax +355 48 200 697 +213 21 37 57 88 the customers. With these plants, Messer Algérie www.messer.al Messer Albagaz can supply its customers with the +213 21 36 73 73 covers a large part of the nitrogen demand in the complete range of industrial, medical and specialty +213 21 36 12 12 industrial region of Skikda. gases. One area of focus is supplying hospitals and Fax +213 21 37 57 88 clinics with medical gases, primarily liquid medical Messer Algérie, based in Algiers, is a joint venture oxygen. Messer Albagaz is one of two companies in between Messer and ENGI, an Algerian industrial Albania who are authorized to supply medical gases. gas manufacturer. The joint venture was founded in 1998 in order to supply four major petrochemical customers in Skikda with nitrogen. Skikda is situated about 500 kilometres east of the Algerian capital and is one of the largest petrochemical industry regions in Algeria.

Algier, Cheraga Skikda

Tirana

Company

Subsidiary Korça

Filling plant Company

Acetylene production Air separation unit Gjirokastër

Gas centre Pipeline

18 19 Austria Belgium

Messer Austria GmbH Messer Austria has been a part of the Messer Messer Belgium N.V. In late December 2011 at company headquarters in Industriestraße 5 Group since 1969 and currently consists of seven Nieuwe Weg 1 Zwijndrecht Messer Belgium commissioned a new, 2352 Gumpoldskirchen locations and 70 gas centres. State-of-the-art Haven 1053 state-of-the-art gas cylinder filling plant for industry Phone +43 50603 0 production and filling facilities are operated at our 2070 Zwijndrecht and specialty gases. Messer has been active in Fax +43 50603 273 location in Gumpoldskirchen; gas centres and filling Phone +32 3 561 61 11 practically every sector of the Belgian market for [email protected] plants in every state ensure a quick and individual Fax +32 3 561 61 01 more than 100 years – in cylinder gases as well as www.messer.at gas supply. Messer Austria operates air separation in the supply of liquid gases

units, stores or transports gases in road tankers or bECO2 bvba The company helps its customers handle their cylin- cylinder systems and also produces gases on-site. Nieuwe Weg 1 der gases and provides them with industry-specific At its own European research and development Haven 1053 gas applications. These services extend to total gas center in Gumpoldskirchen, the company optimises 2070 Zwijndrecht management, which includes picking up the cylin- Company its innovative services as well as its high temperature Phone +32 3 561 61 11 ders and maintaining the gas facilities on-site. The processes on the modern burner test facility. Fax +32 3 561 61 01 company’s many years of expertise go hand in hand with a wide range of products and comprehensive Subsidiary Our specially-trained personnel test customer [email protected] services. In the medical sector in particular, Messer requests for different application technologies in www.messer.be has made a name for itself with its high safety and Air separation unit our facilities for use in the food, industrial, chemi- quality standards.

cal, environmental and metallurgy sectors. Its bECO2 joint venture has allowed Messer to Acetylene production establish a good position in the CO2 market. With the new CO2 plant in Zwijndrecht, approx. 130 kilo-

tons of CO2 per year can be produced, purified and On-site production liquefied from ambient air and then supplied to customers, including those in the food and bever- Hydrogen production age industry. Deurne Zwijndrecht Houthalen Technical center Lichtervelde Gent Zelzate Herstal Filling plant 8 On-site facilities Herzogenburg Company Gas centre Thalheim Subsidiary

CO2 production

Gumpoldskirchen Filling plant Specialty gases plant

(2013) Sulz Gas centre Kuurne

CO2 production 1 gas centre in Luxembourg

Vomp Specialty gases plant La Louvière Bad Blumau Bruxelles/ 70 Gas centres Graz Brussel Product source 44 Gas centres Weissenstein

20 21 Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria

Messer Tehnoplin d.o.o. Messer is the leading industrial gas company in Messer Bulgaria EOOD The Messer Group location in Bulgaria was founded Rajlovacka bb Bosnia-Herzegovina. All the significant customers 3 A Dimitar Peshev blvd. in 1995. Messer Bulgaria is a leader in the Bulgarian 71122 Sarajevo-Rajlovac in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the food and beverage, Sofia 1528 gas market. Apart from its domestic business, the Phone +387 33 953 100 medical and chemical segments are supplied with Phone +359 2 807 3232 company also serves customers in neighbouring

Fax +387 33 953 129 oxygen, CO2, acetylene, argon and nitrogen as well Fax +359 2 807 3211 countries. as cylinder gases from local filling plants. Liquefied [email protected] Messer BH Gas d.o.o. products are manufactured in the new air separation www.messer.bg Messer Bulgaria has main locations in Sofia and Rajlovacka bb plant for air gases which started up in 2009. Vratza. Over 2,000 tons of liquefied gas and around 71122 Sarajevo-Rajlovac 20,000 cylinders are delivered to customers every Phone +387 33 953 100 The Messer Group has three companies in Bosnia- month. The whole subsidiary is certified according Fax +387 33 953 129 Herzegovina: Messer Tehnoplin, founded in 1998, to ISO 9001:2000. Messer Mostar Plin, founded in 1997, and Messer Messer Mostar Plin d.o.o. BH Gas, founded in 2007. Since August 2004 Messer The employees play a significant role in achieving Rodoc bb has also been a majority owner of Plin Sarajevo DD, these and all other aims set by Messer Bulgaria. Company 88000 Mostar its joint venture partner in Messer Tehnoplin. This is due to the high European working standards Phone +387 36 35 25 51 as well as their familiarity with the special features Tel./Fax +387 36 35 00 97 Subsidiary of the Bulgarian market.

[email protected] www.messer.ba Air separation unit Messer BHGas Messer Tehnoplin Sočkovac DC Bihac Messer Tehnoplin Filling plant Banja Luka Messer Tehnoplin Lukavac Gas centre

Rousse Vidin Shoumen Svistov Montana Pleven Lovetch

Messer BH Gas Company Zenica Vratza

Subsidiary Messer Tehnoplin Varna Sarajevo - Rajlovac Sofia Messer BH Gas Air separation unit Sarajevo - Rajlovac

Acetylene production Messer Mostar Plin Mostar Sliven Blagoevgrad Filling plant Burgass

Plovdiv Katurnitza Haskovo Stara Zagora 22 23 Croatia Czech Republic

Messer Croatia Plin has been operating in Croatia Messer Croatia Plin d.o.o. Messer Technogas s.r.o. Two companies represent the Messer Group in the since 1992 as a subsidiary of Messer Group. The Industrijska 1 Zelený pruh 99 Czech Republic: company is based in Zaprešić, not far away from 10290 Zaprešić 140 02 Praha 4 the Croatian capital of Zagreb. Phone +385 1 3310 326 Phone +420 241 008 100 Messer Technogas, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fax +385 1 3310 265 Fax +420 241 008 140 Messer Group, is the main supplier of liquefied and The air separation units in Zaprešić and Dugi Rat, [email protected] [email protected] cylinder gas products including technical systems, the CO and nitrogen oxide production plant in www.messer.hr 2 www.messer.cz applications and services. The company has been Kutina and the acetylene production plant in Ribnjaci active in the Czech market since 1991. The first provide the basis for a wide range of products and MG Odra Gas, spol. s r. o. deliveries to customers started in 1992, and business services that Messer Croatia Plin offers to customers Na Popinci 1088, activities involving cylinder and liquefied gases were in various industries throughout the country. 739 32 Vratimov greatly expanded just a year later. Phone +420 595 682 186 The installation of an air separation unit in Zaprešić Fax +420 595 682 403 MG Odra Gas is a joint venture between Messer and a CO plant in Kutina have made it possible for 2 [email protected] (70 %) and the largest Czech steel manufac-turer the company to expand its business in liquefied www.mgog.cz ArcelorMittal Ostrava (30 %). gases and CO . 2 Founded in 1992, the company is the essential manufacturing base for Messer Technogas and an important supplier of technical gases: ArcelorMittal Ostrava, Green Gas DPB and Biocel Paskov are supplied with gases directly via pipeline.

Varaždin Čakovec

Zaprešić Kašina Samobor Company Koprivnica Ravna Gora

Rijeka Subsidiary Praha Company Labin 130 Gas centres Kladno Air separation unit Pula 25 On-site facilities Subsidiary Zagreb Ostrava Acetylene production Vrbovec Ribnjaci Vratimov Air separation unit Kutina Slavonski Brod Zadar Filling plant Acetylene production

On-site production Filling plant Dugi Rat

Gas centre Gas centre Opuzen

CO2 production Pipeline

24 25 Denmark Estonia

Messer Danmark A/S Messer Danmark offers its customers an extensive Elme Messer Gaas A.S. Elme Messer Gaas supplies the Estonian market Essen 9 range of application-oriented and innovative proce- Kopli 103 with the entire product range of gases. A dense 6000 Kolding dures in which gases are used to optimise processes. 11712 Tallinn network of 36 gas centres facilitates a quick and Phone +45 7632 0220 Messer Danmark transports the required gases in Phone +372 610 2001 customer-oriented supply of cylinder gases. Fax +45 7632 0239 tankers or produces them on the customer site. Fax +372 610 2002 [email protected] A specific trained team from Messer has specialised [email protected] Elme Messer Gaas was founded in 1999 as a joint www.messer.dk in areas where no alternatives are available on the www.elmemesser.ee venture with one of the biggest industry groups in Danish market. A major discount grocery store chain, the Baltics (BLRT Grupp). The company is based in has chosen the Siber technology patented by Messer Tallinn.

in which liquid CO2 is used and which provides a guaranteed and cost-optimised cold chain. Elme Messer supplies customers in Estonia with liquid gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide. Thanks to the special application expertise of the Estonian Messer company, these customers are predominantly from the shipbuilding, food and beverage, electronics, metallurgy and petrochemical industries.

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Air separation unit

Company Jõhvi Acetylene production Rakvere Auvere Väike-Maarja (2012) Tallinn Rapla Keila Filling plant Narva Paldiski Sillamäe

Gas centre Haapsalu

Paide

Käina Põltsamaa

Jõgea Kolding Tartu Lihula Kuressaare

Viljandi Pärnu Võru Valga 26 27 France Germany

Messer France S.A.S. Messer France has a specialty gases plant in Mitry- Messer Group GmbH Messer Group GmbH, with headquarters in Bad

25, rue Auguste Blanche Mory, five filling plants and various CO2 production Messer-Platz 1 Soden, is the holding company of the Messer Group. 92816 Puteaux Cedex locations throughout France – e.g. one with a capacity 65812 Bad Soden Its subsidiary Messer Industriegase GmbH operates Phone +33 1 40 80 33 00 of 120,000 tons per year in Lavéra – as well as two air Phone +49 6196 7760 0 a state-of-the-art filling plant in Siegen. Gases for Fax +33 1 40 80 33 99 separation units in Beauvais and Saint Herblain where Fax +49 6196 7760 442 numerous applications are delivered in steel cylinders [email protected] also an acetylene plant is. Messer France has product [email protected] and cylinder bundles from here. Two state-of-the-art www.messer.fr slices of air separation units in Strasbourg, L’Isle-d’ www.messergroup.de air separation units in Siegen and Salzgitter provide Abeau and Toulouse. the company with its own production capacities for ASCO Carbon Dioxide SARL Messer France is well known for its innovative applica- Messer Industriegase GmbH cryogenically liquefied gases. In Krefeld, on the site 7, Rue de la Cray tions, particularly for the food industry, and continues Messer-Platz 1 of the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, 25420 Voujeaucourt to build on this strength through its state-of-the-art 65812 Bad Soden Messer has a technical centre for developing new Phone +33 3 81 71 70 20 technical competence center in Mitry-Mory. Phone +49 6196 7760 200 technologies in the welding and cutting sectors. In Fax +33 3 81 37 26 43 Fax +49 6196 7760 280 Willich, Messer operates a highly-specialised tech- [email protected] A subsidiary and production facility of ASCO Carbon [email protected] nical centre for experiments in the fields of cold www.ascoco2.com Dioxide LTD, a provider of complete CO2 solutions, www.messer.de grinding and recycling. is located in Voujeaucourt, where various types of ASCO Kohlensäure AG in Switzerland, which belongs Company ASCO’s dry ice machines are produced. Messer Information to Messer, offers complete CO2 and dry ice solutions Services GmbH and also has sales staff in Germany. Otto-Hahn-Straße 2-4 Messer Information Services GmbH is the IT service Subsidiary 64823 Groß-Umstadt company in the Messer Group. The IT company Phone +49 6078 3997 0 makes its services available centrally to the Messer Fax +49 6078 3997 815 World through its research centre in Gross-Umstadt. Air separation unit www.messer-is.com Beauvais Mitry-Mory Fretin Acetylene production Rouen Folschviller Carpiquet Technical center Colmar

Puteaux Filling plant Strasbourg

Nangis Company Gas centre Voujeaucourt Salzgitter Krefeld St. Herblain Subsidiary Willich CO2 production St. Georges/ L’Isle d’Abeau Air separation unit Specialty gases plant Siegen 20 Gas centres Carbon-Blanc Technical center Groß-Umstadt Product source Bad Soden

Filling plant Company Lacq Lavéra Aubagne Toulouse Gas centre Manufacturing facility 300 Gas centres

28 29 Hungary Italy

Messer Hungarogáz Kft An air separation plant, one acetylene plant, two Messer Italia S.p.A. In Italy, Messer has branches in Piacenza, Florence Váci út 117. hydrogen production facilities and several filling Via Cav. V. Tedeschi, 1 and Padova as well as two cylinder filling plants in 1044 Budapest plants for cylinder gases make up the backbone of 10036 Settimo Torinese TO Padova and at its head office in Settimo-Torinese P.O. Box 80, H-1325 Budapest Messer Hungarogáz, which operates over 130 gas Phone +39 011 89 302 11 near Turin. The company offers its customers the

Phone +36 1 4351 100 centers throughout Hungary. A CO2 plant in the Fax +39 011 89 302 38 full range of liquefied and compressed industrial Fax +36 1 4351 101 western Hungarian city of Ölbő is operated in a joint [email protected] gases as well as specialty gases. At its filling plants venture with the Hungarian oil and gas company www.messeritalia.it in Brugine (Padova) and Settimo-Torinese, Messer Messer MOL Gáz Kft MOL. This facility produces highly purified carbon Italia uses state-of-the-art technology for gas cylinder Dr. Hans Messer út 1 dioxide suitable for use in the demanding food filling. The 300-bar filling technology offered by 9621 Ölbő industry as well. Specialists at the “European Con- Messer boosts storage capacity by 50 per cent Phone +36 95 366 160 trol Center” at the headquarters in Budapest moni- thanks to the increased pressure compared with Fax +36 95 366 161 tor and manage a total of 19 on-site facilities. These the usual 200-bar cylinders. Messer is one of the

are located in Hungary as well as at other major biggest CO2 suppliers in Italy, with two carbon diox- [email protected] customers of its European sister companies. ide production units in the thermal area of Tuscany. www.messer.hu The natural carbon dioxide is sourced from under- The calibration laboratory for gas analysis at Messer ground wells and conforms to the highest quality Hungarogáz was recognized by the Hungarian Ac- standards. Messer Italia operates a certified food creditation Body as an officially accredited lab. This safety management system at its locations which means that Messer Hungarogáz has the first and complies with the international standard FSSC so far only certified testing laboratory. 22000:2010.

Company Messer Hungarogáz has been an active player in the Hungarian market since 1989 and is one of the country’s leading producers of industrial gases. Air separation unit

Acetylene production 20 Gas centres Brugine

Tiszaújváros Settimo-Torinese Piacenza On-site production (Torino) Nyíregyháza Dorog Hatvan Budapest Hydrogen production Siena Nyergesújfalu Firenze Company Filling plant Győr Subsidiary Gas centre Szombathely Ölbő Szolnok Filling plant CO2 production 130 Gas centres

Gas centre Specialty gases plant Pétfürdő

Dunavarsány CO2 production Pipeline Rácalmás Dunaföldvár 30 31 Russia (Kaliningrad) Latvia

000 Elme Messer K Kaliningrad is an important strategic pillar in the Elme Messer L SIA In 2012 Elme Messer Metalurgs expanded its Sudostroitelnaya 75 Baltic region within the entire Elme Messer organi- Aplokciema 3 production location in Liepaja by a second state- 236011 Kaliningrad zation. 1034 Riga of-the-art air separation plant to produce oxygen, Phone +7 4012 395 255 Phone +371 67 355 445 nitrogen and argon. Fax +7 4012 395 592 Elme Messer K has been operating in the Russian Fax +371 67 355 446 These plants for supplying the market with liquid [email protected] enclave of Kaliningrad since 1999. A filling plant [email protected] gases are unique in the Baltic. Via a pipeline they www.elmemesser.ru and three gas centers supply the market, which www.elmemesser.eu also supply oxygen and nitrogen to the only steel has a population of just under one million, with words in the Baltic, Liepaja Metalurgs. the Messer Group’s entire range of gases. Elme Messer Metalurgs LSEZ SIA With 23 gas centres and distribution partners, Elme Brivibas iela 93 Messer L also ensures comprehensive coverage of Hospitals, refrigerator manufacturers and shipyards 3401 Liepaja the Republic of Latvia. are the main customers of gases and gas applica- Phone +371 63 424 274 Since 1997 Elme Messer L, which is headquartered tions. Its geographical location within the EU and Fax +371 63 424 287 in Riga, has also supplied the Latvian market with access to the Baltic Sea provide Kaliningrad with its [email protected] the entire product range of cylinder and liquid gases. outstanding potential for future economic success.

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Air separation unit

Filling plant

Gas centre

Sovetsk Limbazhi Pipeline Talsi Valmiera Ventspils Tukums

Cesis Sloka

Riga Kuldiga Kaliningrad

Rezekne Company Liepaja

Filling plant Gvardejsk Jelgava Ogre Gusev Kraslava Saldus Gas centre Dobele Aizkraukle

Jekabpils Daugavpils 32 33 Lithuania Macedonia

UAB Elme Messer LIT Elme Messer Lit, located in Vilnius, has been sup- Messer Vardar Tehnogas d.o.o.e.l Messer Vardar Tehnogas was founded in 1997 as Ateities g. 10 plying the Lithuanian market with industrial gases Istocna industriska zona bb a wholly owned subsidiary of the Messer Group. 08303 Vilnius and services from the Messer Group since 1999. 1040 Madzari-Skopje The company has its head office in Skopje. Phone +370 5 2715605 Tel. +389 2 2551418

Fax +370 5 2712249 Filling plants for industrial gases in Vilnius and Tel. +389 2 2551419 Messer Vardar Tehnogas has a CO2 production [email protected] Klaipeda in addition to 18 gas centres ensure Tel. +389 2 2549108 plant in Bitola and operates a modern cylinder gas www.elmemesser.lt that cylinder gases can be supplied reliably and Fax +389 2 2581386 filling plant for oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and economically. Lithuania has considerable potential, www.messer.com.mk argon, as well gas mixtures. The industrial gases in especially in the areas of agricultural and food cylinders are distributed nationwide through 15 gas production. centres. In 2011, the company added the production of dry ice, which is used by a wide variety of The large shipyards in Klaipeda on the Baltic coast businesses, including wine growers and caterers, are supplied flexibly and in appropriate quantities to its portfolio. by Elme Messer LIT’s own fleet due to the high quantities required. Messer’s own telemetry system Messer Vardar Tehnogas currently has 25 employ- is standard equipment for the tank facilities here, ees and distributes the entire range of products measuring the customers’ consumption to ensure offered by the Messer Group. that deliveries from the production plant in Liepaja, Latvia arrive “just in time”.

Company

N. Akmene Filling plant Mazeikiai Kelme Siauliai Joniskis Panevezys Kumanovo Madzari-Skopje Veles Utena Gas centre Kriva Palanka

Kursenai Sveti Nikole CO2 production

Klaipeda Tetovo Kočani Silute

Taurage Gostivar Radoviš Moletai Radviliskis Kaunas Strumica Kičevo Company Marijampole Ohrid Filling plant

Gevgelija Gas centre Alytus Bitola Druskininkai Vilnius Kavadarci Elektrenai Varena Prilep 34 35 Montenegro Netherlands

Messer Tehnogas AD Messer Tehnogas operates an air separation unit Messer B.V. Messer has been represented in the Netherlands Vuka Karadžića bb in the same area where Nikšic steel mill is and its Middenweg 17 since 1992: Messer B. V. coordinates its business 81400 Nikšić own filling plant for industrial gases in cylinders. Havennummer M317 activities from its company headquarters in Moerdijk. Phone +382 77 400 040 In addition, the company has a plant for producing 4782 PM Moerdijk There the company operates, among other things, Fax +382 77 400 042 acetylene in Bijela. Messer Tehnogas provides the Phone +31 168 384 300 a production plant to manufacture acetylene and a [email protected] Montenegrin market with industrial, medical and Fax +31 168 384 355 filling plant for technical gases in cylinders which specialty gases, welding technology equiment and [email protected] employs the innovative 300-bar technology. Progas d.o.o. medical equipment. The main customers are this www.messer.nl It supplies customers from many branches, – for Vuka Karadžića bb steel mill, shipyards, aluminium producers and instance the metallurgical industry, the food industry, 81400 Nikšić hospitals. the drinking water industry, as well as laboratories Phone +382 77 400 040 – with smaller quantities of industrial and specialty Fax +382 77 400 042 Since 1997 Messer Tehnogas has been active in gases in cylinders, and, when larger volumes are Montenegro as a subsidiary of the Messer Group. required, using tankers and storage containers The firm was founded in 1955 as a governmental with a capacity of up to 50,000 litres of liquid gas. company to produce industrial gases and was ac- The know-how of a gas specialist which is active quired from the former company Tehnogas in 1965. worldwide, proximity to the customers and an The headquarters of the company are in Nikšić. extensive distribution network with gas centres enable Messer to react promptly to the requirements of its customers in the region and of the market. This makes Messer a safe and reliable partner in the Netherlands.

Midlum Pljevlja

Bijelo Polje

Company Velsen-Nord

Nikšić Subsidiary Company Rotterdam Dinxperlo Acetylene production Acetylene production Bijela Wijchen Filling plant Filling plant

Petrovac Podgorica Gas centre Gas centre

Air separation unit Product source Moerdijk Landgraaf

36 37 People’s Republic New Zealand of China

ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd A subsidiary and production facility of ASCO Messer Griesheim (China) Messer China consists of one holding company Canterbury Street, Hornby Carbon Dioxide LTD, a provider of complete Investment Co. Ltd. and twelve operating companies at 16 production

8042 Christchurch 4 CO2 solutions, is located in Christchurch, where 33/F Central Plaza sites – seven joint ventures and six wholly owned

Phone +643 349 7029 ASCO CO2 production and recovery plants are 381 Huaihai Zhong Rd. companies. Fax +643 349 4337 produced. Shanghai 200020 [email protected] Phone + 8621 2312 6666 The facilities are located throughout the country. www.ascoco2.com Fax + 8621 6391 6860 Messer China has a wide range of production sites, [email protected] from air separation units to large liquefiers and www.messergroup.cn hydrogen production plants through to cylinder filling plants and small, non-cryogenic air separation units.

The construction of further air separation units is planned for completion in 2012/2013. In addition, pipeline systems cover the constant oxygen demand of major customers in the metallurgy sector.

Company

Air separation unit

On-site production

Hydrogen production Xianggang Messer

Filling plant Wujiang Messer Chongqing Pipeline (2013)

Company Sichuan Messer Leshan Branch Christchurch Manufacturing facility Chengdu Chenggang Messer Zhangjiagang Messer Sichuan Messer Messer Griesheim (China) Pangang Messer Investment (Shanghai) Xichang Branch Ningbo Messer Pangang Messer Panzihihua Kunming Messer Yunnan Messer Anning Branch Foshan MS Messer Yunnan Messer Xianggang Messer Yuxi Branch Shunde MS Messer Yangjiang Branch Haikou (2013) 38 39 Peru Poland

Messer Gases del Peru S.A. Messer became active in Peru in 1996 with the pur- Messer Polska Sp. z o.o. Messer Polska is the largest owner-managed Avenida Argentina 2228 chase of seven family-owned companies. Initially, ul. Maciejkowicka 30 industrial gas supplier in Poland. The strong Callao 1 Lima four small air separation units were operated along 41-503 Chorzów market position of the company was additionally Phone +511 413-1000 the west coast of Peru. Since 1998, the seven Phone +48 32 77 26 000 highlighted in 2009 when an air separation plant, Fax +511 413-1022 individual companies have been operating under Fax +48 32 77 26 115 dedicated for oxygen, nitrogen and argon produc- [email protected] the name Messer Gases, which was later changed [email protected] tion, was opened in Rybnik. Messer Polska has a

to Messer Gases del Peru. www.messer.pl particularly large market share for CO2, liquid and compressed argon, gas mixtures and acetylene. Messer Gases del Peru operates an air separation unit capable of producing 450 tons per day to The Messer Group has been operating on the ensure supplies to a leading steel manufacturer in Polish market since 1992. The head office of Chimbote, located north of the Peruvian capital. Messer Polska is situated in Chorzów and there are 90 gas centres located strategically through- Production surpluses from this facility are brought out the country. Application technology specialists to the market by eight sales agencies, most of which Company in Chorzów and skilled field staff provide customers are located along Peru’s west coast. from the food, steel, mechanical and chemical industries with professional support and service. Subsidiary Messer Polska can pride itself in having a state- of-art supply logistics and a wide range of products Air separation unit in its offer.

Acetylene production

Filling plant 90 Gas centres Piura Police

Gas centre

CO2 production

Cajamarca Poznań Company Trujillo Warszawa

Huaraz Air separation unit Chimbote Środa Śląska

Kędzierzyn-Koźle Acetylene production Lima-Callao

Filling plant Pisco

Rybnik Gas centre Nazca Chorzów

40 41 Portugal Romania

MesserGas Distribuiçao MesserGas Distribuiçao de Gases Industriais is con- Messer Romania Gaz SRL Messer Romania Gaz was established in 1998 as de Gases Industriais tinuously expanding its nation-wide distribution net- Str. Delea Veche hr. 24 the first of the two companies that Messer operates Av. 5 de Outubro 151, 6º D work. The company offers the entire product range Corp A, Etaj 3 in Romania today. The joint venture Messer Energo 1050-053 Lisboa of cylinder gases to customers from the chemical, 024102 Bucuresti S2 Gaz was founded in 1999. The group of companies’ Phone +351 217 942 551 metallurgy, automotive and food industry, glass Phone +40 21 327 36 24 head office is in Bucharest. Fax +351 217 942 552 making and environmental technology industries. +40 21 327 36 26 Messer Romania Gaz in Resita has had its own [email protected] Fax +40 21 327 36 26 state-of-the-art production facility for air gases since www.messer.pt MesserGas Distribuiçao de Gases Industriais was the end of 2009. By investing in the air separation founded in Portugal in November 2004 as a wholly Messer Energo Gaz S.R.L unit, Messer has ensured that its customers in owned subsidiary of the Messer Group. Santierului nr. 1 the region are guaranteed a long-term and prompt Mintia - Deva supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon as well as Phone +40 254 236 451 medical oxygen for hospitals and the homecare sector. Fax +40 254 236 454 Acetylene and air gases are produced and filled into steel cylinders at the sites in Deva and Rm. Valcea. [email protected] www.messer.ro Thanks to the continuous expansion of the gas centre network, customers from all of Romania’s important industrial hubs enjoy access to the full range of industrial gases.

The liquefied gases division supplies companies in the metallurgical, medical, glassmaking, shipbuilding, transportation and food industries throughout Roma- nia. Alba Iulia Bistrita Brasov Zalau Medias Cluj Oradea Iasi Mintia - Deva Bacau

Company Hunedoara Barlad

Ploiesti 9 Gas centres Subsidiary Arad Buzau Timisoara Galati Air separation unit Lisboa Sibiu Resita Acetylene TG. Jiu production Dr. Turnu-Severin

Company Filling plant Craiova Tulcea

Gas centre Gas centre Bucuresti Pitesti Constanta Rm. Valcea 42 43 Serbia Slovakia

Messer Tehnogas AD Tehnogas is the first choice of customers for tech- Messer Tatragas s.r.o. Messer supplies the entire Slovakian market with Banjički put 62 nical and medical gases in Serbia. The company Chalupkova 9 over 160 employees at two companies and over 11090 Beograd was founded in 1929, and the majority of shares 819 44 Bratislava 62 distribution partners. Phone +38 1113537210 were purchased by the Messer Group in 1997. Phone +421 2 502 54 111 Fax +38 1113537299 Fax +421 2 502 54 112,113 Messer Tatragas sells industrial, specialty and [email protected] The main production sites of Messer Tehnogas are [email protected] medical gases to its Slovakian partners. www.messer.rs two air separation units in Smederevo, the largest www.messer.sk in the Balkans, linked via pipeline to the Železara Messer Slovnaft is a joint venture with refinery Messer Bleona d.o.o. Smederevo steel plant. The third air separation unit Messer Slovnaft s.r.o Slovnaft. Gas products such as oxygen and nitrogen Ul. Sitnićka bb mainly supplies the copper smelter in Bor, and the Vlčie Hrdlo are produced in the company’s own air separation Kosovska Mitrovica fourth is located in Merošina near Niš. The four 824 12 Bratislava unit and transported via a pipeline to the refinery. Phone +377 44 165 900 facilities are important sources for liquefied gases Phone +421 2 4524 5283 At the same time, liquefied gases are produced Mobil +381 65 3537 370 through-out the Balkans. Messer Tehnogas Fax +421 2 4552 3740 here for the Slovakian market. [email protected] supplies customers in all industrial areas, namely www.messer-slovnaft.sk metallurgy, chemical and petrochemical industry, electronic industry, food and beverage, water treatment and environmental protection, as well as in the field of medical and specialty gases, delivering Company in all forms such as in cylinders or bulk transport in tankers.

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Odžaci Acetylene production Pančevo Company

Novi Sad On-site production Air separation unit Beograd Filling plant Smederevo Hydrogen production

77 Gas centres Gas centre Požega Bor Kraljevo CO2 production Bratislava Košice Pipeline Niš

Filling plant Hydrogen production

Gas centre 62 Gas centres Specialty gases plant Šal’a Kosovska Mitrovica

44 45 Slovenia Spain

Messer Slovenija d.o.o. Messer Slovenija was founded in 1992 through Messer Ibérica de Gases S.A. Messer Ibérica de Gases has been operating in Spain Jugova 20 a joint venture between TDR Ruše and Messer. Autovía Tarragona-Salou, Km.3,8 since 1970 and has been a 100% holding of the 2342 Ruše Today, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary 43480 Vilaseca (Tarragona) Messer Group since 2007. The company headquar- Phone +386 2 669-03-00 of the Messer Group. Phone +34 977 30 95 00 ters are located in the Tarragona (Catalonia) industrial Fax +386 2 661-60-41 Fax +34 977 30 95 01 complex, the largest site for chemicals and petro- [email protected] Filling plants are located in Ruše and Ljubljana, [email protected] chemicals in Spain and indeed Southern Europe. www.messer.si which is also where the acetylene production is www.messer.es Messer Ibérica operates its own air separator plants based. The air separation unit located in Zaprešić, at Vilaseca and El Morell, from which it supplies its Croatia provides liquid nitrogen, oxygen and argon. major customers in the region with oxygen and nitro- Messer Slovenija has a 30% holding in the facility. gen via a 90-kilometer pipeline network. The cylinder and liquid gas business is also being continually Messer Slovenija supplies customers from all expanded. Messer Ibérica operates filling plants in industries, but enjoyed particular success in the Vilaseca and Alicante for industrial gases, and gases areas of metallurgy, environmental technology, for the food industry as well as the medical sector. food and pharmaceuticals over the last few years. These plants use the innovative 300-bar technology. In addition, Messer Slovenija has made a name for With a well-developed distribution network, as itself in installing high purity gas supply systems for well as its own distribution centres in Madrid and pharmaceutical companies and research institutes. Zaragoza, Messer is able to react rapidly to the demands of its customers and the market. Messer Ibérica provides a complete range of products for industrial, specialty and medical gases as well as gas supply systems for customers from all sectors. Leading companies across the entire Iberian Peninsu- la are supplied, particularly those from the chemical, petrochemical, metallurgy, glass and ceramic and food industries, as well as those from the environmental technology and medical sectors.

Ruše Zaragoza 35 Gas centres

Company

Barcelona Subsidiary Tarragona Company Air separation unit Ljubljana Acetylene production Filling plant

Filling plant 30 Gas centres Gas centre Alicante Gas centre Pipeline Madrid

46 47 Switzerland Turkey

Messer Schweiz AG Messer Schweiz has three main areas of activity: the Messer Aligaz Sanayi Gazları AS Messer Aligaz came into being in 1999 with Messer's Seonerstrasse 75 state-of-the-art modern cylinder filling and production Hacı Halim Mah. acquisition of the majority holding in Aligaz. The 5600 Lenzburg plant for hydrogen and speciality gases in Lenzburg, Yeni Demiryolu Caddesi No. 60 company headquarters are located in Kartepe. With Phone +41 62 886 41 41 the new air separator unit for oxygen, nitrogen and 41135 Kartepe - Kocaeli the commissioning of a new air separating plant for Fax +41 62 886 41 00 argon in Visp and ASCO Carbon Dioxide in Romans- Phone +90 262 317 49 00 the production of oxygen, nitrogen and argon, as

[email protected] horn as a competence centre for CO2. Fax +90 262 373 67 47 well as a modern filling plant for industrial and medi- www.messer.ch [email protected] cal gases in steel cylinders in Kartepe, the company Messer Schweiz supplies gases and also gas mix- www.messer.com.tr is expanding its market position within Turkey. ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd tures to trade and industry as well as to the pharma- With further filling plants in Rami and Manisa as Industriestrasse 2 ceutical, research, food and medical sectors. It also well as logistic hubs in Istanbul (Anatolian side) and 8590 Romanshorn provides technical equipment, gas supply systems Bursa, Messer Aligaz has a foothold in the most Phone +41 71 466 80 80 and other services such as the retesting of cylinders important industrial regions. Fax +41 71 466 80 66 and the homecare supply of medical oxygen. Further [email protected] core competencies include individual consultations, Messer Aligaz supplies all types of industrial and www.ascoco2.com cryogenic technology expertise, welding and cutting, medical gases in cylinders and in large quantities. REMCO AG on-site plants and an optimised delivery service. The company also produces acetylene. Hilagstrasse 22 8360 Eschlikon ASCO Carbon Dioxide provides complete CO2 and Tel. +41 71 973 75 00 dry ice solutions, all from a single source: CO2 pro- Fax +41 71 973 75 05 duction and recovery, dry ice production, dry ice [email protected] blasting and a variety of CO2 equipment is only a part of the comprehensive product range. Company

Air separation unit Company Lenzburg 34 Gas centres Acetylene production Subsidiary Romanshorn

Air separation unit Filling plant

Hydrogen Eschlikon production Gas centre

Filling plant

Istanbul/Rami Gas centre Kartepe Kocaeli Specialty Bursa gases plant Préverenges/ Company Lausanne

Competence Centre Manisa Manufacturing facility Visp 48 49 Ukraine Vietnam

Elme Messer Ukraine Elme Messer Ukraine was established in 2004. It is a Messer Vietnam With three filling plants in Haiphong, Vung Tau and Autogena 10 100% subsidiary of Elme Messer Gaas A.S., Estonia. Industrial Gases Co., Ltd. Ho Chi Minh City, Messer is the largest foreign sup- 61046 Kharkov In mid 2005, Elme Messer Ukraine acquired from Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park plier of cylinder gases in Vietnam. A team of more Phone +380 577 280 111 the state a majority stake in the current Kharkovski No 21, Road No 3, Thuan An Town than two hundred experts are available to provide Fax +380 577 280 222 Autogeni Plant in Kharkov. The Kharkovski Autogeni Binh Duong Province customers with help and advice on technical issues [email protected] Plant operates air separation and filling plants and Phone +84 (650) 756700 concerning the storage and supply of gases. Messer www.elmemesser.com.ua supplies the Kharkov region with oxygen and nitrogen Fax +84 (650) 756600 offers the complete range of gases, whether large in cylinder and liquid forms. A new air separator, volume, high-purity gases, gas mixtures or specialty Kharkovski Autogeni Plant equipped with cutting-edge technology, will be Messer Haiphong gases. Autogena 10 producing oxygen, nitrogen and argon for Interpipe, Industrial Gases Co., Ltd. Some 80 per cent of motorcycles in Vietnam are now 61046 Kharkov the largest Ukrainian steel pipe manufacturer, in An Duong Townlet welded using gases from Messer. Key customers Phone +380 577 280 111 Dnepropetrovsk from 2012. Haiphong include Yamaha and Honda, as well as their suppliers. Fax +380 577 280 222 Phone +84 (31) 38 715 51 Messer is also a major supplier of welding gas [email protected] The aim of the Messer Group’s activities in the Fax +84 (31) 38 717 98 mixtures to the shipbuilding industry with customers www.elmemesser.com.ua Ukraine is to establish a network which will enable like STX Offshore A.S., Norway, Strategic Marine Pty it to provide the entire product range as well as Messer Binh Phuoc Ltd, Australia, and Saigon Shipyard Ltd., Singapore. expertise in gases and applications technology on Industrial Gases Co., Ltd. Messer also offers gases for applications in many a nationwide basis. Hamlet 10, Minh Hung Commune, other fields, such as food industry, metalworking or Bu Dang District laser technology. The Kharkov region in the country's northeast is Binh Phuoc Province With the commissioning of a new state-of-the-art an industrial centre for heavy engineering and the Phone +84 (0) 651 3972 888 for production plant oxygen, nitrogen and argon Ukrainian aviation industry. The distances between Fax +84 (0) 651 3972 889 in the Hai Duong Province, Messer will be able the regions of Dnepropetrovsk and Doneck range to further consolidate its good market positioning between 200 and 300 kilometres. These regions [email protected] within the liquid gas sector. represent the centre of Ukraine's heavy industry www.messer.com.vn (steel, mining, chemicals and refineries).

Hanoi Haiphong City

Province Hai Duong (ASU 2: 2013) Kharkov

Company

Company Subsidiary

Air separation unit Dnepropetrovsk Air separation unit

Filling plant Filling plant Binh Phuoc Province Ho Chi Minh City Gas centre CO2 production Vung Tau City

50 51 Making contact

Delivery programme Messer. Gases for Life. and locations 2012

Messer Group GmbH Messer-Platz 1 65812 Bad Soden Phone +49 6196 7760 0 Fax +49 6196 7760 442

[email protected] www.messergroup.com

Status: 2012