sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message messer group gmbh type gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung industry chemicals founded 1898 ; 118 years ago 1898 headquarters bad soden germany key people stefan messer ceo and j rgen heraeus chairman products industrial gases fine chemicals number of employees 5 404 2013 website www.messergroup.com company headquarters in bad soden am taunus the messer group gmbh is a supplier of industrial gases . business is focused on 30 european and asian countries as well as peru . the company headquarters are located in bad soden germany . messer is selling gases for industrial use like oxygen nitrogen argon carbon dioxide hydrogen helium shielding gases and gases for medical use . history edit in 1898 the student adolf messer founded a company for acetylene lamps in frankfurt h chst . with the emerging of electrical lighting the company changed its business towards welding . the company merged 1965 with knapsack griesheim ag to the new messer griesheim gmbh . after this merge farbwerke hoechst held two third of the company shares . around 1997 to 2004 the gas and welding related sections were bought back by the messer family building the current messer group gmbh . the company subsidiaries for germany uk and the us were sold to air liquide including a four year non compete clause for the messer group . 1 after the expiration of the non compete clause in 2008 the messer group gmbh is selling gases for industrial use again . references edit messer group 2005 05 11 . a report on the year 2004 pdf . retrieved 2015 11 27 . external links edit official website messer cutting system gmbh this corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title messer group & oldid 697025465 categories chemical companies of germany1898 establishments in germanycompany stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from november 2015all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 27 december 2015 at 18 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view