Messer is the world's largest privately held specialist for industrial, medical, electronic, and specialty gases. Under the brand name ‘Messer – Gases for Life’, the company offers gases, services and technology in Asia, Europe, and America. More than 11,800 employees collaborate worldwide based on trust and mutual respect.

'Gases for Life' are indispensable in most industrial processes and help to meet the important requirements of our time. With customized gas solutions, Messer ensures greater safety, sustainability, efficiency, progress, and quality for its customers. Clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCUS), and Oxyfuel technology play a significant role in the decarbonization of industry and mobility.

Messer offers one of the largest product portfolios on the market and develops patented application technologies for gases in state-of-the-art competence centers. Messer's ‘Gases for Life’ are used in industry, environmental and climate protection, the food industry, the electronics industry, welding and cutting technology, additive manufacturing, construction, for new energy, new materials and research and science. As a pharmaceutical company, Messer is a supplier of medical and pharmaceutical gases and complete solutions, proving itself a reliable partner for essential products.

The company was founded in 1898 and is majority-owned by the Messer family.

In 2024, Messer generated consolidated sales of approximately € 4.5 billion.