100 Percent Messer

The return of the family-owned company – from 1898 to the present The history of the Messer Group sounds like a modern business fairy tale. Informative, detailed and exciting. For more than 120 years now, the name »Messer« is associated with expertise in the field of industrial gases as well as welding and cutting technology. At the same time, the brand name also stands for the close links of the company and the family, and their changing histories. With a great eye for the details, Jörg Lesczenski describes in an informative manner the extraordinary history of a family-owned company that seemed as good as lost – and now has a firmplace in the world of industrial gases. Contents 1. The family and the firm, past and present. 2. Adolf Messer. The founder and his achievement. 3. Becoming an international company. 4. Crises and upheavals. From »global player« to »100 percent Messer«. 5. From the return of the family company to its entry into the German market. 6. Crisis years? Messer in the global financial and economic crisis. 7. »A strong, mature company«. 8. »Climate for successes«.