SHANGHAI, May 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On May 19, 2010, the industrial gases specialist Messer entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the people's government of Shunde District of Foshan, Guangdong Province. According to the agreement, Messer will invest 30 million USD for the first phase to build a new air separation unit with a capacity of 600 tons of liquid gas per day in Shunde Industrial Zone. This is not only to meet the growing demand of the industrial gases by the customers in the zone and the surrounding areas, but also to demonstrate Messer's commitment to the local economic development by getting actively involved in the local strategic economic restructuring plan.
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Messer Group stepped into the Guangdong market in 1996, and now has a total production capacity of 600 tons of liquid gas per day in Foshan. "We decided to invest in Shunde as we are bullish on the potential of Shunde and its surrounding areas. Besides, the new facility will make it possible for Messer to further its expansion with more resources in the market in Pearl Delta Area," said Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands, CFO of Messer Group, on the signing ceremony.
Introduction of Messer China
Messer started investing in China in the middle of 90s and so far has 11 companies located in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, with a total investment of $410 million and 1,650 employees in 2009. The steady and successful developments have allowed Messer to join the ranks of the major foreign industrial gas providers in China.
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Introduction of Messer Group
Messer is a leading industrial gas enterprise with more than 60 companies operating in over 30 countries in Europe and Asia as well as in Peru, including non-consolidated companies. The international activities are headed from Frankfurt/Main, while the central technical functions of Logistics, Engineering and Production as well as Applied Technology are controlled from Krefeld. The Messer Group had more than 5,260 employees in 2009. From acetylene to xenon, the Messer Group has one of the most diverse product portfolios on the market - it produces industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, shielding gases for welding, specialty gases, medical gases and many different gas mixtures.
The Messer Group has state-of-the-art research and competence centers in which it develops applied technologies for the use of gases in almost every sector of industry, in food technology and environmental technology, medicine as well as research and science.
For more details about Messer Group, please visit http://www.messergroup.cn
