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Delivery programme

and locations2012

Messer. Gases for Life.

Messer Group GmbHMesser-Platz 1

65812 Bad Soden Phone +49 6196 7760 0Fax +49 6196 7760 442

[email protected]

Status: 2012

Making contact

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Gases for Life:

Industrial gases play an important role in everydaymatters. It is impossible to imagine doing withoutthem in most aspects of our lives because in manyindustrial production processes gases are as impor-tant as water and electricity. They are visible as fizz-ing bubbles in drinks – but in many products theyare hidden. Potato chips packed under a controlledatmosphere, xenon headlights and krypton torchesshow them clearly – but gases are also used, forinstance, in producing paper, ice cream, wind tur-bines, cars and airbags, tiles and ceramics, andwater standpipes.

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

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

Messer Group GmbH

Would you like to find out moreabout the variety and uses ofgases in our daily lives? Then visit our new website at

www.GasesforLife.de

Move into US market

Expansion in Europe and the USA

Dr. Hans Messer assumes control.

Merger with Knapsack-Griesheim AG (Hoechst) to form Messer Griesheim GmbH

Expansion in Eastern Europe – two billion deutschmark turnover mark reached

Takeover of Hoechst shares by investment funds

Buyback of all the MEC Group’s shares by the Messer family

Start-up of seven new air separation units in Europe. Expansion in China

Move to a joint group head office Bad Soden

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1911

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1910

1946

Adolf Messer found Frankfurter Acetylen-Gas-Gesellschaft, Höchst am Main/Frankfurt, Germany.

First air separation plant

Production of arc welding electrodes

Further expansion in Western Europe and the USA

Globalisation strategy pursued

Stefan Messer becomes member of Executive Board.

Sale of Cutting and Welding Division (MEC Group) to the Messer family

Buyback of all shares by the Messer family after sale of Messer in Germany, UK and USA.

Stefan Messer becomes CEO.

Launch of Messer Industriegase GmbH in Germany

Start-up of two air separation units in Europe, onein Vietnam and three in China

Messer Group GmbH

20102011

The company

Messer is one of the leading industrial gas compa-nies, and is active in over 30 countries in Europeand Asia, as well as Peru and New Zealand withover 60 operating companies. The international acti-vities are managed from Frankfurt am Main, whilstmanagement of core technical functions – logistics,engineering, production and application technology– is undertaken from Krefeld.

From acetylene to xenon, the Messer Group hasone of the most diverse product portfolios on themarket – the company produces industrial gasessuch as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide,hydrogen, helium, shielding gases for welding, specialty gases, medical gases and many differentgas mixtures.

The Messer Group has state-of-the-art research andcompetence centers in which it develops appliedtechnologies for the use of gases in almost everysector of industry, in food technology, medicine aswell as research and science.

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Products

Our program „for a successful atmosphere”

From acetylene to xenon, the Messer Group offersyou much more than gases which meet yourneeds. Our expertise in application technology isboth comprehensive and specialised, and thereforeprovides 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, environmentaltechnology, 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 gasrequirements.

Whether liquefied or gaseous, we will supply thegas products you need in their exact volume andquality.

Of course, our portfolio also includes the ideal hard-ware for using our products in the most effectiveway.

Let our expertise make your company more successful!

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Products

Separating air to produce gases.

What is air?Air is a mixture of gases, consisting primarily

of nitrogen (78 %), oxygen (21 %) and the

inert gas argon (0.9 %). The remaining 0.1 %

is made up mostly of carbon dioxide and the

inert gases neon, helium, krypton and xenon.

And what is air separation?Air can be separated into its components by

means of distillation in special units. So-called air

fractionating plants employ a thermal process

known as cryogenic rectification to separate the

individual components from one another in order

to produce high-purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon

in liquid and gaseous form.

Compression of airAmbient air is drawn in, filtered and

compressed to approx. 6 bar by a compressor.

Precooling of airTo separate air into its components,

it must first be liquefied at an extremely lowtemperature. As a first step, the compressedair is precooled with chilled water.

Purification of airImpurities such as water vapour and

carbon dioxide are then removed from the airin a so-called molecular sieve.

Cooling of airBecause the gases which make up air

only liquefy at very low temperatures, the puri-fied air in the main heat exchanger is cooled toapprox. -175 °C. The cooling is achieved by

Separation of airSeparation of air into pure oxygen

and pure nitrogen is performed in twocolumns, the medium-pressure and the low-pressure columns. The difference in boilingpoint of the constituents is exploited for theseparation process. Oxygen becomes a liquidat -183 °C and nitrogen at -196 °C.The continuous evaporation and condensationbrought about by the intense exchange ofmatter and heat between the rising steamand the descending liquid produces purenitrogen at the top of the low-pressurecolumn and pure oxygen at the bottom.Argon is separated in additional columns andinvolves some extra steps in the process.

Withdrawal and storageGaseous oxygen and nitrogen are fedinto pipelines for transport to users,e.g. steelworks. In liquid form, oxygen,

nitrogen and argon are stored in tanks andtransported to customers by tanker lorries.

Oxygen supply

Nitrogen supply

means of internal heat exchange, in which the flows of cold gas generated during the process cool the compressed air. Rapid reduction of the pressure then causes thecompressed air to cool further, whereby itundergoes partial liquefaction. Now the air isready for the separating column, where theactual separation takes place.

1 10 100 1.000 10.000 m3/h

Purity100 %

99,9 %

99 %

90 %

Cylindersand bundles

Liquid gas supply Cryogenic air separation units

Membraneunits

PSA units

Purity100 %99 %

93 %

90 %1 10 100 1.000 10.000 m3/h

Cylindersandbundles

Liquid gas supply Cryogenic air separation units

VPSA/VSA units

Oxygen Nitrogen Argon

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Pipeline gases

In integrated industrial areas with a large number of bulk customers, for example in steel productionor in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry,gases such as oxygen or nitrogen can be suppliedcentrally via a system of pipelines engineered andmanaged by Messer.

On-site

If it is not possible to connect a bulk customer to a pipeline system, a production unit will be built on-site, which in many cases is operated remotely.

Air separation units for:OxygenNitrogenArgon

Cryogenic generators for:OxygenNitrogen

Membrane units for:Nitrogen

PSA units for:OxygenNitrogen

VPSA/VSA units for:Oxygen

Steam reformers for:Hydrogen

With on-site facilities it is possible to extract drycompressed air.

Gases in road tankers and storage tanks

The most economically effective way to supply“medium” volumes is to transport and store themas cryogenic liquid and compressed gases in roadtankers. We provide our products in insulated storage containers with vaporizers or in pressurevessels on your site.

Argon OxicutGrieson OxygenHelium NitrogenCarbon dioxide HydrogenNitrocut

Technical gases in cylinders

Cylinders or bundles are ideal for supplying smaller volumes of gases, especially for weldingtechnology*.

Argon Argon mixturesCarbon dioxideOxygenNitrogenSynthetic airetc.

Megalas – operating gas for lasers

Fuel gases such as:AcetyleneButaneNatural gasMAPPPropanePropellant according to DIN 51622

Hydrogen

*Inert welding gases:

Ferroline – Inert welding gas forordinary and low-alloy steel

Inoxline – Inert welding gas for high-alloy steel

Aluline – Inert welding gas for aluminium and non-ferrous metal

Forming gas – Root protection forhigh-alloy and some low-alloy steel

Products

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Products

Specialty gases

Messer offers an extensive range of high puritygases, standard mixtures and custom-made gas mixtures in any technically possible combination. Wesupply various specialty gases in volumes rangingfrom pressure cans to 300 bar cylinder bundles.

Liquid helium (in dewars or tank containers)

High purity gases:Argon up to 6.0Helium up to 6.0Carbon dioxide up to 5.5Oxygen up to 5.5Nitrogen up to 6.0Hydrogen up to 6.0

Noble gases:NeonKryptonXenon

Standard mixtures:Argon/methaneBanana-ripening gasMixtures for lighting technologyHelium/hydrogenLaser mixturesExtinction gasesSynthetic airetc.

Individual mixtures:In response to customer request, Messer preparesmixtures (calibrating gases, test gases) from morethan one hundred possible components from thepercentage to ppb range. If necessary, we can provide a certificate from an accredited institute.

Carbon monoxide

Hydrocarbons:AcetyleneButaneEthyleneMethanePropanePropyleneetc.

Inorganic gases:AmmoniaChlorineHydrogen chlorideRefrigerantsNitrogen oxideSulphur dioxideSulphur hexafluorideHydrogen sulphideetc.

Laboratory gases:Gases and gas mixtures in small quantities in pressure cans and corresponding withdrawalsystems and gas purifying systems

Gases for the electronics industry:High purity inorganic gases and gas mixtures forproducing semiconductors

Food gases:All of Messer’s pure gases and gasmixtures used in the food industryare named Gourmet. The gasessatisfy the highest quality standardsand are permitted by the EuropeanUnion for food applications.

The following extract gives you an overview of our gases and gas mixtures:

Gourmet C Carbon dioxideGourmet N NitrogenGourmet O OxygenGourmet A Argon

Gourmet N8080 % Nitrogen20 % Carbon dioxide

Gourmet N7070 % Nitrogen30 % Carbon dioxide

Gourmet O7070 % Oxygen30 % Carbon dioxide

Gourmet N5050 % Nitrogen50 % Carbon dioxide

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Gas supplyMedical gases

Messer produces and distributes medical gases in accordance with the requirements of EuropeanPharmacopoeia and in line with European GMP guidelines. The medical business is divided into the fields of institutional care and home care.

Our range of gases:Medical GasesOxygenNitrous OxideAir, synthetic or compressedCarbon dioxideNitrogenHeliumSpecial Gasmixtures and pulmonary function gases

Further technologies and the associated hardwareare also offered for the area of home care, such asoxygen concentrators, devices for sleep therapyand ventilation.

Hardware

Messer provides the equipment or gas supplysystems necessary to use our products includingexpert advice on how to operate them.

Hardware for technical and specialty gases in cylinders:Pressure regulatorExpansion stationsWithdrawal systemsLaboratory equipmentSafety devicesPurging devicesValves and manometers

Hardware for cryogenic liquid gases:Super isolated transfer linesTransport and storage containersTransfer systems

Products

Largethroughput

Smallthroughput

Messer Transport Customer

PipelineAir separation units

Tank

Filling plant Cylinder truck

Service truck

Tanker Storage tank

On-site facilities

Dewar

Bundle

Cylinders

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Overview of competence centers:

• Industry, metallurgy, heat treatment, burner technology: Gumpoldskirchen, Austria

• Food industry, chemistry, pharmaceutics: Mitry-Mory, France

• Welding and Cutting: Krefeld, Germany; Dällikon,Switzerland; Budapest, Hungary and Shanghai,China

• Cryogenic grinding of foodstuffs, plastics etc.: Krefeld, Germany

Locations

Tailor-made and local

With the Messer Group, you can take this headlineat face value. With over 120 locations in the im-portant markets of Europe, Asia and in Peru, we are always close to you. We also have specialtygases plants in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France,Hungary, Serbia, Switzerland and China. Youradvantages: Short delivery distances and productscustomized for your market and your individualrequirements.

Our commitment to your success doesn’t stophere. We have established technical competencecenters in Germany, Austria, France, Hungary, Switzerland and China to focus our efforts on innovation – for your industry as well.

Countries Page

Albania 18Algeria 19Austria 20Belgium 21Bosnia-Herzegovina 22Bulgaria 23Croatia 24Czech Republic 25Denmark 26Estonia 27France 28Germany 29Hungary 30Italy 31Russia (Kaliningrad) 32Latvia 33Lithuania 34Macedonia 35Montenegro 36Netherlands 37New Zealand 38People’s Republic of China 39Peru 40Poland 41Portugal 42Romania 43Serbia 44Slovakia 45Slovenia 46Spain 47Switzerland 48Turkey 49Ukraine 50Vietnam 51

Albania

Messer Algérie SPALotissement RADI H’Mida n° 02Cheraga, AlgerPhone +213 21 36 63 63

+213 21 37 57 88+213 21 36 73 73 +213 21 36 12 12

Fax +213 21 37 57 88

To supply its customers, Messer Algérie has twonitrogen generators in Skikda, with a total productioncapacity of 6,000 cubic meters per hour. A nine-kilometer pipeline delivers gaseous nitrogen to the customers. With these plants, Messer Algériecovers a large part of the nitrogen demand in theindustrial region of Skikda.

Messer Algérie, based in Algiers, is a joint venturebetween Messer and ENGI, an Algerian industrialgas manufacturer. The joint venture was founded in1998 in order to supply four major petrochemicalcustomers in Skikda with nitrogen. Skikda is situatedabout 500 kilometres east of the Algerian capital andis one of the largest petrochemical industry regions in Algeria.

Messer Albagaz SH.P.K.Autostrada Tiranë - Durrës, Km 4.5TiranaPhone +355 48 200 696Fax +355 48 200 697www.messer.al

Messer Albagaz was established in September 2007as a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Messer Group.The company, which currently has 26 employees,has its headquarters in Tirana.

Messer Albagaz can supply its customers with thecomplete range of industrial, medical and specialtygases. One area of focus is supplying hospitals andclinics with medical gases, primarily liquid medicaloxygen. Messer Albagaz is one of two companies inAlbania who are authorized to supply medical gases.

Algeria

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Company

Air separation unit

Pipeline

Company

Subsidiary

Filling plant

Acetylene production

Gas centre

Korça

Gjirokastër

Tirana

Algier, CheragaSkikda

Bruxelles/Brussel

44 Gas centres

Herstal

Gent

DeurneHouthalen

LichterveldeZelzate

La Louvière

1 gas centrein Luxembourg

Kuurne

Zwijndrecht

Messer Belgium N.V.Nieuwe Weg 1Haven 10532070 ZwijndrechtPhone +32 3 561 61 11Fax +32 3 561 61 01

bECO2 bvbaNieuwe Weg 1Haven 10532070 ZwijndrechtPhone +32 3 561 61 11Fax +32 3 561 61 01

[email protected]

Austria

Messer Austria GmbHIndustriestraße 52352 GumpoldskirchenPhone +43 50603 0Fax +43 50603 [email protected]

Messer Austria has been a part of the MesserGroup since 1969 and currently consists of sevenlocations and 70 gas centres. State-of-the-artproduction and filling facilities are operated at ourlocation in Gumpoldskirchen; gas centres and fillingplants in every state ensure a quick and individualgas supply. Messer Austria operates air separationunits, stores or transports gases in road tankers orcylinder systems and also produces gases on-site.At its own European research and developmentcenter in Gumpoldskirchen, the company optimisesits innovative services as well as its high temperatureprocesses on the modern burner test facility.

Our specially-trained personnel test customerrequests for different application technologies in our facilities for use in the food, industrial, chemi-cal, environmental and metallurgy sectors.

In late December 2011 at company headquarters inZwijndrecht Messer Belgium commissioned a new,state-of-the-art gas cylinder filling plant for industryand specialty gases. Messer has been active inpractically every sector of the Belgian market formore than 100 years – in cylinder gases as well asin the supply of liquid gases The company helps its customers handle their cylin-der gases and provides them with industry-specificgas applications. These services extend to total gasmanagement, which includes picking up the cylin-ders and maintaining the gas facilities on-site. Thecompany’s many years of expertise go hand in handwith a wide range of products and comprehensiveservices. In the medical sector in particular, Messerhas made a name for itself with its high safety andquality standards. Its bECO2 joint venture has allowed Messer to establish a good position in the CO2 market. Withthe new CO2 plant in Zwijndrecht, approx. 130 kilo-tons of CO2 per year can be produced, purified andliquefied from ambient air and then supplied tocustomers, including those in the food and bever-age industry.

Belgium

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Company

Subsidiary

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Specialty gases plant

Product source

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

On-site production

Hydrogen production

Technical center

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Specialty gases plant

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Herzogenburg

Gumpoldskirchen

70 Gas centres Graz

Weissenstein

Thalheim

8 On-site facilities

Sulz

VompBad Blumau

(2013)

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Vratza

Sofia

Blagoevgrad

Plovdiv Stara Zagora

Burgass

Varna

Vidin

Montana PlevenLovetch

RousseShoumen

Sliven

Katurnitza Haskovo

Messer Tehnoplin d.o.o.Rajlovacka bb71122 Sarajevo-RajlovacPhone +387 33 953 100Fax +387 33 953 129

Messer BH Gas d.o.o.Rajlovacka bb71122 Sarajevo-RajlovacPhone +387 33 953 100Fax +387 33 953 129

Messer Mostar Plin d.o.o.Rodoc bb88000 MostarPhone +387 36 35 25 51Tel./Fax +387 36 35 00 97

[email protected] www.messer.ba

Messer is the leading industrial gas company inBosnia-Herzegovina. All the significant customers in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the food and beverage,medical and chemical segments are supplied withoxygen, CO2, acetylene, argon and nitrogen as wellas cylinder gases from local filling plants. Liquefiedproducts are manufactured in the new air separationplant for air gases which started up in 2009.

The Messer Group has three companies in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Messer Tehnoplin, founded in 1998,Messer Mostar Plin, founded in 1997, and MesserBH Gas, founded in 2007. Since August 2004 Messerhas also been a majority owner of Plin Sarajevo DD,its joint venture partner in Messer Tehnoplin.

Messer Bulgaria EOOD3 A Dimitar Peshev blvd.Sofia 1528Phone +359 2 807 3232 Fax +359 2 807 [email protected]

The Messer Group location in Bulgaria was foundedin 1995. Messer Bulgaria is a leader in the Bulgariangas market. Apart from its domestic business, thecompany also serves customers in neighbouringcountries.

Messer Bulgaria has main locations in Sofia andVratza. Over 2,000 tons of liquefied gas and around20,000 cylinders are delivered to customers everymonth. The whole subsidiary is certified accordingto ISO 9001:2000.

The employees play a significant role in achievingthese and all other aims set by Messer Bulgaria.This is due to the high European working standardsas well as their familiarity with the special featuresof the Bulgarian market.

Bulgaria

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Svistov

Messer TehnoplinLukavac

Messer TehnoplinSarajevo - Rajlovac

Messer BH GasZenica

Messer Mostar PlinMostar

Messer BH GasSarajevo - Rajlovac

Messer TehnoplinDC Bihac Messer Tehnoplin

Banja Luka

Messer BHGasSočkovac

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Filling plant

Gas centre

Croatia Czech Republic

Messer Croatia Plin d.o.o.Industrijska 110290 ZaprešićPhone +385 1 3310 326Fax +385 1 3310 [email protected]

Messer Croatia Plin has been operating in Croatiasince 1992 as a subsidiary of Messer Group. Thecompany is based in Zaprešić, not far away fromthe Croatian capital of Zagreb.

The air separation units in Zaprešić and Dugi Rat,the CO2 and nitrogen oxide production plant in Kutina and the acetylene production plant in Ribnjaciprovide the basis for a wide range of products andservices that Messer Croatia Plin offers to customersin various industries throughout the country.

The installation of an air separation unit in Zaprešićand a CO2 plant in Kutina have made it possible forthe company to expand its business in liquefiedgases and CO2.

Messer Technogas s.r.o.Zelený pruh 99140 02 Praha 4Phone +420 241 008 100Fax +420 241 008 [email protected]

MG Odra Gas, spol. s r. o.Na Popinci 1088,739 32 VratimovPhone +420 595 682 186Fax +420 595 682 [email protected]

Two companies represent the Messer Group in theCzech Republic:

Messer Technogas, a wholly owned subsidiary of theMesser Group, is the main supplier of liquefied andcylinder gas products including technical systems,applications and services. The company has beenactive in the Czech market since 1991. The first deliveries to customers started in 1992, and businessactivities involving cylinder and liquefied gases weregreatly expanded just a year later.

MG Odra Gas is a joint venture between Messer (70 %) and the largest Czech steel manufac-turerArcelorMittal Ostrava (30 %). Founded in 1992, the company is the essentialmanufacturing base for Messer Technogas and animportant supplier of technical gases: ArcelorMittalOstrava, Green Gas DPB and Biocel Paskov are supplied with gases directly via pipeline.

Zagreb

Labin

Pula

ZadarSlavonski Brod

Vrbovec Ribnjaci

Kutina

Koprivnica

ČakovecVaraždin

Zaprešić

Samobor

Ravna Gora

Rijeka

Dugi Rat

Opuzen

Kašina

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Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

On-site production

Gas centre

Pipeline

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Kladno

Praha

Vratimov

130 Gas centres

25 On-site facilities

Ostrava

Estonia

Messer Danmark A/SEssen 96000 KoldingPhone +45 7632 0220Fax +45 7632 [email protected]

Messer Danmark offers its customers an extensiverange of application-oriented and innovative proce-dures in which gases are used to optimise processes.Messer Danmark transports the required gases in tankers or produces them on the customer site.A specific trained team from Messer has specialisedin areas where no alternatives are available on theDanish market. A major discount grocery store chain,has chosen the Siber technology patented by Messerin which liquid CO2 is used and which provides a guaranteed and cost-optimised cold chain.

Denmark

Elme Messer Gaas A.S.Kopli 10311712 TallinnPhone +372 610 2001Fax +372 610 [email protected]

Elme Messer Gaas supplies the Estonian marketwith the entire product range of gases. A densenetwork of 36 gas centres facilitates a quick andcustomer-oriented supply of cylinder gases.

Elme Messer Gaas was founded in 1999 as a jointventure with one of the biggest industry groups inthe Baltics (BLRT Grupp). The company is based inTallinn.

Elme Messer supplies customers in Estonia withliquid gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon andcarbon dioxide. Thanks to the special applicationexpertise of the Estonian Messer company, thesecustomers are predominantly from the shipbuilding,food and beverage, electronics, metallurgy andpetrochemical industries.

Kolding

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Tallinn Rapla

Rakvere

Väike-Maarja

Jõhvi

SillamäeNarva

Paide

Tartu

ViljandiPärnu

Keila

Paldiski

Haapsalu

Kuressaare

Lihula

Valga

Võru

Põltsamaa

Käina

Jõgea

Auvere (2012)

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Company

Company

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

France Germany

Messer France S.A.S.25, rue Auguste Blanche92816 Puteaux CedexPhone +33 1 40 80 33 00Fax +33 1 40 80 33 [email protected]

ASCO Carbon Dioxide SARL7, Rue de la Cray25420 VoujeaucourtPhone +33 3 81 71 70 20Fax +33 3 81 37 26 [email protected]

Messer France has a specialty gases plant in Mitry-Mory, five filling plants and various CO2 productionlocations throughout France – e.g. one with a capacityof 120,000 tons per year in Lavéra – as well as two airseparation units in Beauvais and Saint Herblain wherealso an acetylene plant is. Messer France has productslices of air separation units in Strasbourg, L’Isle-d’Abeau and Toulouse.Messer France is well known for its innovative applica-tions, particularly for the food industry, and continuesto build on this strength through its state-of-the-arttechnical competence center in Mitry-Mory.

A subsidiary and production facility of ASCO CarbonDioxide LTD, a provider of complete CO2 solutions, is located in Voujeaucourt, where various types ofASCO’s dry ice machines are produced.

Messer Group GmbHMesser-Platz 165812 Bad Soden Phone +49 6196 7760 0Fax +49 6196 7760 [email protected]

Messer Industriegase GmbHMesser-Platz 165812 Bad Soden Phone +49 6196 7760 200Fax +49 6196 7760 [email protected]

Messer Information Services GmbHOtto-Hahn-Straße 2-464823 Groß-UmstadtPhone +49 6078 3997 0Fax +49 6078 3997 815www.messer-is.com

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St. Herblain

Carbon-Blanc

Lavéra

St. Georges /L’Isle d’Abeau

Nangis

Strasbourg

Folschviller

Puteaux

BeauvaisFretin

Rouen

Carpiquet

Mitry-Mory

300 Gas centres

Colmar

Aubagne

Toulouse

Lacq

Voujeaucourt

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Technical center

Filling plant

Gas centre

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Technical center

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Specialty gases plant

Product source

Company

Manufacturing facility

Messer Group GmbH, with headquarters in BadSoden, is the holding company of the Messer Group. Its subsidiary Messer Industriegase GmbH operatesa state-of-the-art filling plant in Siegen. Gases fornumerous applications are delivered in steel cylindersand cylinder bundles from here. Two state-of-the-artair separation units in Siegen and Salzgitter providethe company with its own production capacities forcryogenically liquefied gases. In Krefeld, on the siteof the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein,Messer has a technical centre for developing newtechnologies in the welding and cutting sectors. InWillich, Messer operates a highly-specialised tech-nical centre for experiments in the fields of cold grinding and recycling. ASCO Kohlensäure AG in Switzerland, which belongsto Messer, offers complete CO2 and dry ice solutionsand also has sales staff in Germany.Messer Information Services GmbH is the IT servicecompany in the Messer Group. The IT companymakes its services available centrally to the MesserWorld through its research centre in Gross-Umstadt.

Willich

Siegen

Bad Soden

Salzgitter

20 Gas centres

Groß-Umstadt

Krefeld

ItalyHungary

Messer Hungarogáz KftVáci út 117.1044 BudapestP.O. Box 80, H-1325 BudapestPhone +36 1 4351 100Fax +36 1 4351 101

Messer MOL Gáz KftDr. Hans Messer út 19621 ÖlbőPhone +36 95 366 160Fax +36 95 366 161

[email protected]

An air separation plant, one acetylene plant, twohydrogen production facilities and several fillingplants for cylinder gases make up the backbone ofMesser Hungarogáz, which operates over 130 gascenters throughout Hungary. A CO2 plant in thewestern Hungarian city of Ölbő is operated in a jointventure with the Hungarian oil and gas companyMOL. This facility produces highly purified carbondioxide suitable for use in the demanding foodindustry as well. Specialists at the “European Con-trol Center” at the headquarters in Budapest moni-tor and manage a total of 19 on-site facilities. Theseare located in Hungary as well as at other majorcustomers of its European sister companies.

The calibration laboratory for gas analysis at MesserHungarogáz was recognized by the Hungarian Ac-creditation Body as an officially accredited lab. Thismeans that Messer Hungarogáz has the first and so far only certified testing laboratory.

Messer Hungarogáz has been an active player inthe Hungarian market since 1989 and is one ofthe country’s leading producers of industrial gases.

Messer Italia S.p.A.Via Cav. V. Tedeschi, 110036 Settimo Torinese TOPhone +39 011 89 302 11Fax +39 011 89 302 [email protected]

In Italy, Messer has branches in Piacenza, Florenceand Padova as well as two cylinder filling plants inPadova and at its head office in Settimo-Torinesenear Turin. The company offers its customers the full range of liquefied and compressed industrialgases as well as specialty gases. At its filling plantsin Brugine (Padova) and Settimo-Torinese, MesserItalia uses state-of-the-art technology for gas cylinderfilling. The 300-bar filling technology offered by Messer boosts storage capacity by 50 per centthanks to the increased pressure compared with the usual 200-bar cylinders. Messer is one of the biggest CO2 suppliers in Italy, with two carbon diox-ide production units in the thermal area of Tuscany.The natural carbon dioxide is sourced from under-ground wells and conforms to the highest qualitystandards. Messer Italia operates a certified foodsafety management system at its locations whichcomplies with the international standard FSSC22000:2010.

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Settimo-Torinese(Torino)

Brugine

Siena

20 Gas centres

Firenze

Piacenza

Company

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

On-site production

Hydrogen production

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Specialty gases plant

Pipeline

Company

Subsidiary

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Győr

Ölbő

Budapest

Dunaföldvár

Pétfürdő

Szolnok

Nyíregyháza

Tiszaújváros

Nyergesújfalu

Dorog

130 Gas centres

Dunavarsány

Hatvan

Szombathely

Rácalmás

Latvia

000 Elme Messer KSudostroitelnaya 75236011 KaliningradPhone +7 4012 395 255Fax +7 4012 395 [email protected]

Kaliningrad is an important strategic pillar in the Baltic region within the entire Elme Messer organi-zation.

Elme Messer K has been operating in the Russianenclave of Kaliningrad since 1999. A filling plantand three gas centers supply the market, whichhas a population of just under one million, with the Messer Group’s entire range of gases.

Hospitals, refrigerator manufacturers and shipyardsare the main customers of gases and gas applica-tions. Its geographical location within the EU andaccess to the Baltic Sea provide Kaliningrad with itsoutstanding potential for future economic success.

Russia (Kaliningrad)

Elme Messer L SIAAplokciema 31034 RigaPhone +371 67 355 445Fax +371 67 355 [email protected]

Elme Messer Metalurgs LSEZ SIABrivibas iela 933401 LiepajaPhone +371 63 424 274Fax +371 63 424 [email protected]

In 2012 Elme Messer Metalurgs expanded its production location in Liepaja by a second state-of-the-art air separation plant to produce oxygen,nitrogen and argon. These plants for supplying the market with liquidgases are unique in the Baltic. Via a pipeline theyalso supply oxygen and nitrogen to the only steelwords in the Baltic, Liepaja Metalurgs. With 23 gas centres and distribution partners, ElmeMesser L also ensures comprehensive coverage ofthe Republic of Latvia.Since 1997 Elme Messer L, which is headquarteredin Riga, has also supplied the Latvian market withthe entire product range of cylinder and liquid gases.

Kaliningrad

Sovetsk

GusevGvardejsk

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Riga

Liepaja

Limbazhi

Valmiera

Dobele

Jelgava

Ventspils Tukums

Aizkraukle

Daugavpils

Talsi

Kuldiga

Saldus

OgreKraslava

Rezekne

Cesis

Sloka

Jekabpils

Company

Air separation unit

Filling plant

Gas centre

Pipeline

Company

Filling plant

Gas centre

Macedonia

UAB Elme Messer LITAteities g. 1008303 VilniusPhone +370 5 2715605Fax +370 5 [email protected]

Elme Messer Lit, located in Vilnius, has been sup-plying the Lithuanian market with industrial gasesand services from the Messer Group since 1999.

Filling plants for industrial gases in Vilnius and Klaipeda in addition to 18 gas centres ensure that cylinder gases can be supplied reliably and economically. Lithuania has considerable potential,especially in the areas of agricultural and food production.

The large shipyards in Klaipeda on the Baltic coastare supplied flexibly and in appropriate quantities by Elme Messer LIT’s own fleet due to the highquantities required. Messer’s own telemetry systemis standard equipment for the tank facilities here,measuring the customers’ consumption to ensurethat deliveries from the production plant in Liepaja,Latvia arrive “just in time”.

Lithuania

Messer Vardar Tehnogas was founded in 1997 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Messer Group.The company has its head office in Skopje.

Messer Vardar Tehnogas has a CO2 productionplant in Bitola and operates a modern cylinder gasfilling plant for oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide andargon, as well gas mixtures. The industrial gases incylinders are distributed nationwide through 15 gascentres. In 2011, the company added the produc-tion of dry ice, which is used by a wide variety ofbusinesses, including wine growers and caterers, to its portfolio.

Messer Vardar Tehnogas currently has 25 employ-ees and distributes the entire range of productsoffered by the Messer Group.

Messer Vardar Tehnogas d.o.o.e.lIstocna industriska zona bb1040 Madzari-SkopjeTel. +389 2 2551418Tel. +389 2 2551419Tel. +389 2 2549108Fax +389 2 2581386www.messer.com.mk

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Madzari-Skopje

Kumanovo

Veles

Kočani

Radoviš

Strumica

KavadarciPrilep

Bitola

Ohrid

Gostivar

Tetovo

Kriva Palanka

Sveti Nikole

Gevgelija

Kičevo

Company

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Company

Filling plant

Gas centre

Utena

PanevezysJoniskisSiauliaiKelmeMazeikiai

Kursenai

Klaipeda

Silute

Taurage

Radviliskis

Marijampole

AlytusDruskininkai

VarenaVilnius

Moletai

Kaunas

Elektrenai

N. Akmene

Montenegro Netherlands

Messer Tehnogas operates an air separation unit in the same area where Nikšic steel mill is and itsown filling plant for industrial gases in cylinders. In addition, the company has a plant for producingacetylene in Bijela. Messer Tehnogas provides theMontenegrin market with industrial, medical andspecialty gases, welding technology equiment andmedical equipment. The main customers are thissteel mill, shipyards, aluminium producers andhospitals.

Since 1997 Messer Tehnogas has been active inMontenegro as a subsidiary of the Messer Group.The firm was founded in 1955 as a governmentalcompany to produce industrial gases and was ac-quired from the former company Tehnogas in 1965.The headquarters of the company are in Nikšić.

Messer B.V.Middenweg 17Havennummer M3174782 PM MoerdijkPhone +31 168 384 300Fax +31 168 384 [email protected]

Messer has been represented in the Netherlandssince 1992: Messer B. V. coordinates its businessactivities from its company headquarters in Moerdijk.There the company operates, among other things, a production plant to manufacture acetylene and afilling plant for technical gases in cylinders whichemploys the innovative 300-bar technology. It supplies customers from many branches, – forinstance the metallurgical industry, the food industry,the drinking water industry, as well as laboratories – with smaller quantities of industrial and specialtygases in cylinders, and, when larger volumes arerequired, using tankers and storage containers with a capacity of up to 50,000 litres of liquid gas. The know-how of a gas specialist which is activeworldwide, proximity to the customers and anextensive distribution network with gas centres enable Messer to react promptly to the require-ments of its customers in the region and of themarket. This makes Messer a safe and reliable partner in the Netherlands.

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Moerdijk

Rotterdam

Midlum

Velsen-Nord

Landgraaf

Wijchen

Dinxperlo

Company

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Product source

Messer Tehnogas ADVuka Karadžića bb81400 NikšićPhone +382 77 400 040Fax +382 77 400 [email protected]

Progas d.o.o.Vuka Karadžića bb81400 NikšićPhone +382 77 400 040Fax +382 77 400 042

Company

Subsidiary

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Air separation unit

Petrovac Podgorica

Bijela

Nikšić

Pljevlja

Bijelo Polje

Messer China consists of one holding company and twelve operating companies at 16 productionsites – seven joint ventures and six wholly ownedcompanies.

The facilities are located throughout the country.Messer China has a wide range of production sites,from air separation units to large liquefiers andhydrogen production plants through to cylinder fillingplants and small, non-cryogenic air separation units.

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

Messer Griesheim (China)Investment Co. Ltd.33/F Central Plaza381 Huaihai Zhong Rd.Shanghai 200020 Phone + 8621 2312 6666Fax + 8621 6391 [email protected]

People’s Republic of China

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ASCO Carbon Dioxide LtdCanterbury Street, Hornby8042 Christchurch 4Phone +643 349 7029Fax +643 349 [email protected]

New Zealand

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Christchurch

A subsidiary and production facility of ASCO Carbon Dioxide LTD, a provider of complete CO2 solutions, is located in Christchurch, whereASCO CO2 production and recovery plants are produced.

Company

Manufacturing facility

Company

Air separation unit

On-site production

Hydrogen production

Filling plant

Pipeline

Zhangjiagang Messer

Messer Griesheim (China)Investment (Shanghai)

Ningbo Messer

Wujiang Messer

Foshan MS Messer

Kunming MesserYunnan MesserAnning Branch

Xianggang Messer

Chengdu Chenggang MesserSichuan Messer

Sichuan MesserLeshan Branch

Yunnan MesserYuxi Branch Xianggang Messer

Yangjiang Branch

Pangang MesserPanzihihua

Pangang MesserXichang Branch

Shunde MS Messer

Chongqing (2013)

Haikou (2013)

Messer Polska is the largest owner-managedindustrial gas supplier in Poland. The strong market position of the company was additionallyhighlighted in 2009 when an air separation plant,dedicated for oxygen, nitrogen and argon produc-tion, was opened in Rybnik. Messer Polska has aparticularly large market share for CO2, liquid andcompressed argon, gas mixtures and acetylene.

The Messer Group has been operating on thePolish market since 1992. The head office of Messer Polska is situated in Chorzów and there are 90 gas centres located strategically through-out the country. Application technology specialistsin Chorzów and skilled field staff provide customersfrom the food, steel, mechanical and chemicalindustries with professional support and service.Messer Polska can pride itself in having a state-of-art supply logistics and a wide range of productsin its offer.

Messer Polska Sp. z o.o.ul. Maciejkowicka 3041-503 ChorzówPhone +48 32 77 26 000Fax +48 32 77 26 [email protected]

Poland

Messer became active in Peru in 1996 with the pur-chase of seven family-owned companies. Initially,four small air separation units were operated alongthe west coast of Peru. Since 1998, the seven individual companies have been operating under the name Messer Gases, which was later changedto Messer Gases del Peru.

Messer Gases del Peru operates an air separationunit capable of producing 450 tons per day to ensure supplies to a leading steel manufacturer inChimbote, located north of the Peruvian capital.

Production surpluses from this facility are broughtto the market by eight sales agencies, most of whichare located along Peru’s west coast.

Peru

Messer Gases del Peru S.A.Avenida Argentina 2228Callao 1 LimaPhone +511 413-1000Fax +511 [email protected]

Piura

Huaraz

Cajamarca

Trujillo

Chimbote

Lima-Callao

Pisco

Nazca

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Środa Śląska

Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Chorzów

90 Gas centres

PoznańWarszawa

Police

Rybnik

41

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Company

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Messer Romania Gaz SRLStr. Delea Veche hr. 24Corp A, Etaj 3024102 Bucuresti S2Phone +40 21 327 36 24

+40 21 327 36 26Fax +40 21 327 36 26

Messer Energo Gaz S.R.LSantierului nr. 1Mintia - DevaPhone +40 254 236 451Fax +40 254 236 454

[email protected]

Messer Romania Gaz was established in 1998 asthe first of the two companies that Messer operatesin Romania today. The joint venture Messer EnergoGaz was founded in 1999. The group of companies’head office is in Bucharest. Messer Romania Gaz in Resita has had its own state-of-the-art production facility for air gases sincethe end of 2009. By investing in the air separationunit, Messer has ensured that its customers inthe region are guaranteed a long-term and promptsupply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon as well asmedical oxygen for hospitals and the homecare sector.Acetylene and air gases are produced and filled intosteel cylinders at the sites in Deva and Rm. Valcea.

Thanks to the continuous expansion of the gas centre network, customers from all of Romania’simportant industrial hubs enjoy access to the full range of industrial gases.

The liquefied gases division supplies companies in themetallurgical, medical, glassmaking, shipbuilding,transportation and food industries throughout Roma-nia.

Romania

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Portugal

MesserGas Distribuiçao de Gases IndustriaisAv. 5 de Outubro 151, 6º D1050-053 LisboaPhone +351 217 942 551Fax +351 217 942 [email protected]

MesserGas Distribuiçao de Gases Industriais is con-tinuously expanding its nation-wide distribution net-work. The company offers the entire product rangeof cylinder gases to customers from the chemical,metallurgy, automotive and food industry, glass making and environmental technology industries.

MesserGas Distribuiçao de Gases Industriais wasfounded in Portugal in November 2004 as a whollyowned subsidiary of the Messer Group.

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Company

Gas centre

Timisoara

Mintia - Deva

OradeaClujZalau

Brasov

Iasi

Bacau

Buzau

Galati

Rm. Valcea

Dr. Turnu-Severin

Craiova

Bucuresti Constanta

Bistrita

Barlad

Pitesti

Medias

Resita

Ploiesti

Tulcea

Arad

Sibiu

TG. Jiu

Hunedoara

Alba Iulia

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Lisboa

9 Gas centres

Messer Tatragas s.r.o.Chalupkova 9819 44 Bratislava Phone +421 2 502 54 111Fax +421 2 502 54 112,[email protected]

Messer Slovnaft s.r.oVlčie Hrdlo 824 12 Bratislava Phone +421 2 4524 5283Fax +421 2 4552 3740 www.messer-slovnaft.sk

Messer supplies the entire Slovakian market withover 160 employees at two companies and over 62 distribution partners.

Messer Tatragas sells industrial, specialty and medical gases to its Slovakian partners.

Messer Slovnaft is a joint venture with refinerySlovnaft. Gas products such as oxygen and nitrogenare produced in the company’s own air separationunit and transported via a pipeline to the refinery. At the same time, liquefied gases are producedhere for the Slovakian market.

SlovakiaSerbia

Tehnogas is the first choice of customers for tech-nical and medical gases in Serbia. The companywas founded in 1929, and the majority of shareswere purchased by the Messer Group in 1997.

The main production sites of Messer Tehnogas aretwo air separation units in Smederevo, the largestin the Balkans, linked via pipeline to the ŽelezaraSmederevo steel plant. The third air separation unitmainly supplies the copper smelter in Bor, and thefourth is located in Merošina near Niš. The four facilities are important sources for liquefied gasesthrough-out the Balkans. Messer Tehnogas supplies customers in all industrial areas, namelymetallurgy, chemical and petrochemical industry,electronic industry, food and beverage, water treat-ment and environmental protection, as well as inthe field of medical and specialty gases, deliveringin all forms such as in cylinders or bulk transport intankers.

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Company

Air separation unit

Hydrogen production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

On-site production

Filling plant

Gas centre

CO2 production

Pipeline

Hydrogen production

Specialty gases plant

Messer Tehnogas ADBanjički put 6211090 BeogradPhone +38 1113537210Fax +38 [email protected]

Messer Bleona d.o.o.Ul. Sitnićka bbKosovska MitrovicaPhone +377 44 165 900Mobil +381 65 3537 [email protected]

Odžaci

Novi Sad

Kraljevo

Pančevo

Smederevo

Niš

Beograd

77 Gas centres

Bor

Kosovska Mitrovica

Požega

Šal’a

Košice

62 Gas centres

Bratislava

Spain

Messer Ibérica de Gases S.A.Autovía Tarragona-Salou, Km.3,843480 Vilaseca (Tarragona)Phone +34 977 30 95 00Fax +34 977 30 95 [email protected]

Messer Ibérica de Gases has been operating in Spainsince 1970 and has been a 100% holding of the Messer Group since 2007. The company headquar-ters are located in the Tarragona (Catalonia) industrialcomplex, the largest site for chemicals and petro-chemicals in Spain and indeed Southern Europe.Messer Ibérica operates its own air separator plantsat Vilaseca and El Morell, from which it supplies itsmajor customers in the region with oxygen and nitro-gen via a 90-kilometer pipeline network. The cylinderand liquid gas business is also being continuallyexpanded. Messer Ibérica operates filling plants inVilaseca and Alicante for industrial gases, and gasesfor the food industry as well as the medical sector.These plants use the innovative 300-bar technology.With a well-developed distribution network, as well as its own distribution centres in Madrid andZaragoza, Messer is able to react rapidly to thedemands of its customers and the market.Messer Ibérica provides a complete range of productsfor industrial, specialty and medical gases as well asgas 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 andfood industries, as well as those from the environ-mental technology and medical sectors.

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Slovenia

Messer Slovenija d.o.o.Jugova 202342 RušePhone +386 2 669-03-00Fax +386 2 [email protected]

Messer Slovenija was founded in 1992 through a joint venture between TDR Ruše and Messer.Today, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Messer Group.

Filling plants are located in Ruše and Ljubljana, which is also where the acetylene production isbased. The air separation unit located in Zaprešić,Croatia provides liquid nitrogen, oxygen and argon.Messer Slovenija has a 30% holding in the facility.

Messer Slovenija supplies customers from all industries, but enjoyed particular success in theareas of metallurgy, environmental technology, food and pharmaceuticals over the last few years.In addition, Messer Slovenija has made a name foritself in installing high purity gas supply systems forpharmaceutical companies and research institutes.

Ljubljana

Ruše

35 Gas centres

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Tarragona

Barcelona

Zaragoza

Madrid

30 Gas centres

Alicante

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Filling plant

Gas centre

Pipeline

Company

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Messer Aligaz Sanayi Gazları ASHacı Halim Mah.Yeni Demiryolu Caddesi No. 6041135 Kartepe - KocaeliPhone +90 262 317 49 00Fax +90 262 373 67 [email protected]

Messer Aligaz came into being in 1999 with Messer'sacquisition of the majority holding in Aligaz. Thecompany headquarters are located in Kartepe. Withthe commissioning of a new air separating plant forthe production of oxygen, nitrogen and argon, aswell as a modern filling plant for industrial and medi-cal gases in steel cylinders in Kartepe, the companyis expanding its market position within Turkey. With further filling plants in Rami and Manisa aswell as logistic hubs in Istanbul (Anatolian side) andBursa, Messer Aligaz has a foothold in the mostimportant industrial regions.

Messer Aligaz supplies all types of industrial andmedical gases in cylinders and in large quantities.The company also produces acetylene.

Turkey

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Switzerland

Messer Schweiz has three main areas of activity: thestate-of-the-art modern cylinder filling and productionplant for hydrogen and speciality gases in Lenzburg,the new air separator unit for oxygen, nitrogen andargon in Visp and ASCO Carbon Dioxide in Romans-horn as a competence centre for CO2.

Messer Schweiz supplies gases and also gas mix-tures to trade and industry as well as to the pharma-ceutical, research, food and medical sectors. It alsoprovides technical equipment, gas supply systemsand other services such as the retesting of cylindersand the homecare supply of medical oxygen. Furthercore competencies include individual consultations,cryogenic technology expertise, welding and cutting,on-site plants and an optimised delivery service.

ASCO Carbon Dioxide provides complete CO2 and dry ice solutions, all from a single source: CO2 pro-duction and recovery, dry ice production, dry ice blasting and a variety of CO2 equipment is only a part of the comprehensive product range.

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Company

Air separation unit

Acetylene production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Messer Schweiz AGSeonerstrasse 755600 LenzburgPhone +41 62 886 41 41Fax +41 62 886 41 [email protected]

ASCO Carbon Dioxide LtdIndustriestrasse 28590 RomanshornPhone +41 71 466 80 80Fax +41 71 466 80 [email protected]

REMCO AGHilagstrasse 228360 EschlikonTel. +41 71 973 75 00Fax +41 71 973 75 [email protected]

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Hydrogen production

Filling plant

Gas centre

Specialtygases plant

Company

Competence Centre

Manufacturing facility

Bursa

Manisa

Istanbul/Rami

Kartepe Kocaeli

34 Gas centres

Visp

Préverenges/Lausanne

Lenzburg

Romanshorn

Eschlikon

Messer Vietnam Industrial Gases Co., Ltd.Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park No 21, Road No 3, Thuan An TownBinh Duong ProvincePhone +84 (650) 756700Fax +84 (650) 756600

Messer Haiphong Industrial Gases Co., Ltd.An Duong TownletHaiphongPhone +84 (31) 38 715 51Fax +84 (31) 38 717 98

Messer Binh Phuoc Industrial Gases Co., Ltd.Hamlet 10, Minh Hung Commune,Bu Dang DistrictBinh Phuoc ProvincePhone +84 (0) 651 3972 888Fax +84 (0) 651 3972 889

[email protected]

Vietnam

With three filling plants in Haiphong, Vung Tau andHo Chi Minh City, Messer is the largest foreign sup-plier of cylinder gases in Vietnam. A team of morethan two hundred experts are available to providecustomers with help and advice on technical issuesconcerning the storage and supply of gases. Messeroffers the complete range of gases, whether largevolume, high-purity gases, gas mixtures or specialtygases. Some 80 per cent of motorcycles in Vietnam are nowwelded using gases from Messer. Key customersinclude Yamaha and Honda, as well as their suppliers.Messer is also a major supplier of welding gas mixtures to the shipbuilding industry with customerslike STX Offshore A.S., Norway, Strategic Marine PtyLtd, Australia, and Saigon Shipyard Ltd., Singapore.Messer also offers gases for applications in manyother fields, such as food industry, metalworking orlaser technology. With the commissioning of a new state-of-the-artfor production plant oxygen, nitrogen and argon in the Hai Duong Province, Messer will be able to further consolidate its good market positioning within the liquid gas sector.

Ukraine

Elme Messer UkraineAutogena 10 61046 KharkovPhone +380 577 280 111Fax +380 577 280 [email protected]

Kharkovski Autogeni PlantAutogena 1061046 KharkovPhone +380 577 280 111Fax +380 577 280 [email protected]

Elme Messer Ukraine was established in 2004. It is a100% subsidiary of Elme Messer Gaas A.S., Estonia. In mid 2005, Elme Messer Ukraine acquired from the state a majority stake in the current KharkovskiAutogeni Plant in Kharkov. The Kharkovski AutogeniPlant operates air separation and filling plants andsupplies the Kharkov region with oxygen and nitrogenin cylinder and liquid forms. A new air separator,equipped with cutting-edge technology, will be producing oxygen, nitrogen and argon for Interpipe,the largest Ukrainian steel pipe manufacturer, in Dnepropetrovsk from 2012.

The aim of the Messer Group’s activities in the Ukraine is to establish a network which will enable it to provide the entire product range as well asexpertise in gases and applications technology on a nationwide basis.

The Kharkov region in the country's northeast is an industrial centre for heavy engineering and the Ukrainian aviation industry. The distances betweenthe regions of Dnepropetrovsk and Doneck rangebetween 200 and 300 kilometres. These regionsrepresent the centre of Ukraine's heavy industry(steel, mining, chemicals and refineries).

Kharkov

Dnepropetrovsk

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Haiphong City

Province Hai Duong(ASU 2: 2013)

Vung Tau City

Ho Chi Minh City

Hanoi

Binh Phuoc Province

Company

Subsidiary

Air separation unit

Filling plant

CO2 production

Company

Air separation unit

Filling plant

Gas centre

Delivery programme

and locations2012

Messer. Gases for Life.

Messer Group GmbHMesser-Platz 1

65812 Bad Soden Phone +49 6196 7760 0Fax +49 6196 7760 442

[email protected]

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