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Messer Industries Acquires Air Liquide S.A. - Czech Republic and Slovakia Operations

On January 28, 2020, Messer Industries acquired chemicals company Air Liquide S.A. - Czech Republic and Slovakia Operations from L Air Liquide

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Messer Industries’ 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Messer Industries’ 1st transaction in Czech Republic.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-01-28
Target Air Liquide S.A. - Czech Republic and Slovakia Operations
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Messer Industries
Sellers(s) L Air Liquide
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Air Liquide S.A. - Czech Republic and Slovakia Operations

Prague, Czech Republic
Air Liquide S.A. - Czech Republic and Slovakia Operations provide gases with 53 well-trained, experienced employees. Air Liquide started operating in Slovakia in 2000 and the Czech Republic in 2001 with 53 employees at both locations and offices in Prague and Trnava.

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Buyer

Messer Industries

Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany
Category Company
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Messer Industries is a manufacturer and supplier of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, inert welding gases, special gases, gases for medicinal use and a wide variety of gas mixtures. Messer Industries is based in Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Czech Republic M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-22 Castolin Eutectic

Kriftel, Germany

Castolin Eutectic is a global provider of wear protection and repair solutions for industrial equipment. Its products are tailored to mitigate wear and abrasion challenges in thousands of unique applications across more than 50 industries. Clients benefit from increased productivity and useful life of production equipment. Castolin Eutectic was founded in 1906 and is based in Kriftel, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

L Air Liquide

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Chemicals
Employees66,500
Revenue 27.1B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Air Liquide office in Houston, Texas.
Air Liquide office in Houston, Texas.

L'Air Liquide is a global provider of gases. Products include oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and specialty gases. L'Air Liquide was formed in 1902 and is based Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 11
Sector: Chemicals M&A 2 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 7 of 10
Country: Czech Republic M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-31 Southern Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd

Selangor, Malaysia

Southern Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd is a manufacturer of industrial gases. Southern Industrial Gas was founded in 1996 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-02 CRYOPDP

Tremblay-en-France, France

CRYOPDP provides temperature-controlled logistics solutions to the clinical research, pharmaceutical, and cell and gene therapy markets. CRYOPDP is based in Tremblay-en-France, France.

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