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09/16/2024
Messer Gases Brazil Announces New Leadership Appointment: Paulo Roberto Ramos to Serve as Vice President & General Manager
Bridgewater, N.J., U.S., September, 16, 2024 – Messer, the world's leading privately owned specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases, appointed Paulo Roberto Ramos to Vice President and General Manager of Messer Brazil effective September 16, 2024. Paulo, who has been a pivotal figure in the company’s success over the past nine years, brings over three decades of industry experience to his new role, where he will lead the company’s continued growth and ...
09/12/2024
Messer Continues to Provide Access to Helium for Key Industries
Messer Helium Cliffside will continue to operate the CHEU while negotiating a long-term agreement
08/07/2024
Messer is Granted Temporary Restraining Order to Avoid Disruption of Domestic Helium Supply
Access to US helium system could be impacted if operation-critical lease of the CHEU is not extended
07/02/2024
Messer Canada Announces New Leadership Appointment: Karl Villeneuve Named Vice President and General Manager
Bridgewater, N.J., U.S., July 2, 2024 – Messer, the world's leading privately owned specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases, appointed Karl Villeneuve as Vice President and General Manager of its Messer Canada business effective July 1, 2024. For the past 12 years, Villeneuve has been an integral part of Messer Canada. In his previous role as PGP Sales Director, Villeneuve demonstrated a passion for driving results, which played a crucial role in the company's sales ...
06/27/2024
Messer Completes Acquisition of Federal Helium System from BLM
Bridgewater, N.J., U.S., June 27, 2024 – Messer, the largest privately held industrial gas company in the world, is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed on its purchase of the Federal Helium System from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Following the closing, the organizations will work closely to ensure the smooth transition of the System to Messer’s ownership.
05/28/2024
Messer Americas Names John Tomasello new Chief Human Resources Officer
Tomasello brings a distinguished track record of human capital management that spans more than 20 years.
03/28/2024
Messer successfully raises USD 1.1 billion of Senior Notes in Private Placement
Bad Soden, Germany, March 28, 2024 –Messer, the world's leading privately owned specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases, has privately placed $1.1 billion USD of Senior Notes with institutional investors. Proceeds were mainly applied to the full refinancing of a USD-denominated bridge facility taken up for the acquisition of all shares in Messer Industries from minority owner CVC Capital Partners last year. Remaining proceeds will be applied to general ...
03/07/2024
Messer Bid for Federal Helium Assets Accepted by BLM
Bridgewater, N.J., U.S., March 7, 2024 – The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has accepted Messer’s bid for the Federal Helium System and the company will move forward to the necessary regulatory reviews to acquire the assets.
02/01/2024
Messer Emerges as High Bidder in GSA Auction for Helium Assets
Bridgewater, N.J., U.S., February 1, 2024
11/20/2023
Messer Names Elena Skvortsova as Americas President and CEO as it Completes Acquisition of Messer Industries Joint Venture
Elena Skvortsova will also represent the Americas on the Management Board of Messer SE & Co. KGaA
