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Air meets life.

Company presentation Messer Group

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Company Locations Key Figures Products and Applications Messer World Customers

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Short profile Company Messer is the largest owner-managed industrial gas company in the world. Products Messer produces and supplies oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, inert welding gases, specialty gases, medical gases, food gases and many different gas mixtures. Customers All industrial sectors, healthcare as well as science and research benefit from its products and application technologies. Specialist for Industrial Gases

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Owner and CEO

• CEO of Messer Group GmbH
• Stefan Messer’s roles include:

 Vice President of the International Oxygen Manufacturers Association (IOMA), Washington  Vice President of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)  Honorary Senator of the Darmstadt Univerity of Applied Sciences  Honorary Senator of Goethe University Frankfurt/Main  Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia Stefan Messer

‘‘Profits are important to us, but they’re not the be-all and end-all. It is just as important to be independent and to turn our own ideas into reality.” Stefan Messer, CEO und owner of Messer Group

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Management Together for success

Executive headquarters / management of international

• perations:

Messer-Platz 1 65812 Bad Soden am Taunus Headquarters of the central technical departments, Procurement and Logistics: Gahlingspfad 31 47803 Krefeld

Stefan Messer, Chief Executive Officer

• Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands,

Chief Financial Officer

• Dr. Uwe Bechtolf,

Controlling / Accounting & Strategy Johann Ringhofer, Engineering & Production Adolf Walth, Sales & Marketing Europe

Adolf Walth Stefan Messer Johann Ringhofer

• Dr. Uwe Bechtolf Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands

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Supervisory Board The people behind the success ‘‘A company needs to be free in order to invest in its independence.”

• Dr. Jürgen Heraeus, Chair
• Dr. Werner Breuers
• Dr. Bodo Lüttge
• Dr. Nathalie von Siemens
• Dr. Karl-Gerhard Seifert

Peter Wilhelm Storm van’s Gravesande

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Our mission statement Messer is an independent, owner-managed family company producing industrial gases with a focus on Europe and China. We act sustainably to meet the needs of our customers in accordance with our collective responsibility for people, progress and the environment.

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Employees

• About 5,500 employees worldwide, with 92 % of them outside the

Germanspeaking countries

• Targeted employee development
• Development of intercultural competence
• Training worldwide, the training rate for Germany is 3.3
• Transnational ideas management

Our most important asset

“Growing sales and a growing workforce go hand in hand at Messer.” Stefan Messer

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History Foundation:

1898 Adolf Messer forms the Frankfurter Acetylen-Gas-Gesellschaft Messer & Cie. in Höchst for the production of acetylene developers and light fittings. 1903 Ernst Wiss develops the first hydrogen-oxygen cutting torch at Griesheim-Elektron. These are followed by machines and equipment for gas welding technology. 1908 Chemische Fabrik Griesheim Elektron begins operation of its first oxygen plant.

Growth:

1965 Establishment of Messer Griesheim GmbH under the aegis of Hans Messer. Merger Adolf Messer GmbH with parts of Knapsack-Griesheim AG from Hoechst. 1966 Expansion in Western Europe and in North America 1990 Expansion in Eastern and Central Europe 1995 Entry into China and rapid expansion 2001 Goldman Sachs Funds and Allianz Capital Partners take over the shares of Hoechst (Aventis).

Family ownership:

2004 The Messer family again owns 100 % of the company. 2005 The Messer family again owns 100 % of Cutting and Welding Division. 2006 Billion Euro turnover mark exceeded: Messer Group and Messer Eutectic Castolin. Expansion of activities in Europe and Asia 2008 Founding of Messer Industriegase GmbH in Germany 2011 Move to a joint group head office Bad Soden 2014 Tenth anniversary of the Messer Group GmbH

117 Years of competence in industrial gases

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Company Locations Key Figures Products and Applications Messer World Customers

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More than 60 locations in 31 countries

America: Peru Europe: Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia France Germany Hungary Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Russia (Kaliningrad) Serbia Slovenia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Ukraine Africa: Algeria Asia: China Vietnam

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Product supply in Europe through air separation existing air separation units Air separation units air separation units in construction or planning

Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Denmark Netherlands Belgium Portugal Spain France Switzerland Slovenia Austria Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary Romania Ukraine Bulgaria Serbia Croatia Bosnia- Herzegovina Montenegro Albania Macedonia

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Central and South-Eastern Europe

• Market leader (over 40 %) in many countries
• Nationwide network of sales offices
• Centre of expertise for metallurgical and industrial applications

in Austria

• Certified production of gases for the food industry in nine

and for medical applications in 16 countries

• On site hydrogen plants in Austria, Serbia, Slovakia and Hungary
• Specialty gases plants in Austria, Poland and Hungary
• CO2 sources in Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary,

Macedonia, Poland and Serbia Main focuses

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Western Europe

• Re-entry into the German industrial gas market with the entire product

range, two air separation plants and a cylinder filling plant

• Centre of expertise for industrial and food applications in France
• Strong position in Spain thanks to pipeline network
• On site hydrogen plant in Switzerland
• Specialty gases plants in Switzerland, Belgium and France
• CO2-sources and outstanding positions in the CO2 market

in Benelux and France Main focuses

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Product supply in China through air separation existing air separation units Air separation units

Zhangjiagang Chengdu Wujiang Shanghai Ningbo / Shaoxing Quanhui Foshan Shunde Yangjiang Yuxi Anning Xichang Chongqing Leshan Panzhihua Kunming Haikou Xiangtan

air separation units in construction or planning

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China

• At 6.6 billion USD, the Chinese gases market is the second largest

market in the world after the USA, with 15 % annual growth.

• As one of the pioneers in China, Messer has had a presence in

the country since 1994.

• 17 operational companies, approx. 30 air separation units for the

supply of steelworks and industrial sectors requiring liquefied gases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon)

• Main emphasis on three major regions with leading positions primarily

in Hunan, Yunnan and Sichuan, as well as in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong

• Currently the focus is on expanding the liquefied gases division to

provide a better supply to existing and new customers.

• Specialty gases plants in Wujiang, Chengdu and Foshan
• Entry into new business segments, e.g. CO2 and specialty

gases for the semiconductor and electronics industry Main points

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Vietnam

• Messer has been present in Vietnam since 1997 and has three

companies in Haiphong, Ho-Chi-Minh-City and Binh Phuoc

• Two air separation units, one in construction
• Three filling plants for air gases, CO2 and gas mixtures
• Liquefaction plant for CO2
• Core industries: steel production, motorcycle manufacturers,

shipyards, food processing and metalworking industries Main points

Company Air separation unit Filling plant CO2 production Binh Phuoc (Province) Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt Vung Tau Haiphong Hai Duong (Province)

existing air separation unit air separation unit in construction

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Company Locations Key Figures Products and Applications Messer World Customers

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Key figures 2014 Development 2011 until 2014

Sales in million Euro EBITDA in million Euro EBITDA margin in % Investments* in million Euro Employees** * inkl. IFRIC4 ** contractual employments 2011 1,029 241 23 191 5,251 2012 1,088 237 22 184 5,364 2013 1,027 231 23 197 5,404 2014 1,047 241 23 205 5,449

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Sales and EBITDA 2014 Consolidated by regions

Central Europe 189 Western Europe 341 Corporate Office 6 1,047 million € Total Net Sales 241 million € Total EBITDA Central Europe 34 Consolidation Effects 18 Corporate Office 10 Asia 321 Peru 13 South-Eastern Europe 177 Asia 82 Peru 1 South-Eastern Europe 45 Western Europe 51

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Sales by industry 2014 In million €, based on consolidated sales Basic metals, glass, ceramics

Engineering, metal goods, automotive (Petro-)Chemicals, rubber, plastics Food, beverages & tobacco industries Competitors Gas, water, wastewater, waste Others Sales: Share: 330 31 % 153 15 % 122 12 % 77 7 % 53 5 % 23 2 % 188 18 % 49 5 %

• Electr. engineering, electronics

52 5 % Health services

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Sales structure by distribution channel 2013 In million €, based on consolidated sales Sales: Share:

Bulk Pipeline and

• n site

Gases in cylinders Medical gases and accessories Hardware and other 378 36 % 313 30 % 270 26 % 48 4 % 38 4 %

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Employees 2014 5,449 employees worldwide

Administration 18 % Production 31 % Application Technology 2 % Logistics 15 % Sales & Marketing 16 % Filling 18 % Employees by activities Central Europe 14 % Western Europe 16 % Corporate Office 2 % Employees by regions Asia 41 % Peru 2 % South Eastern Europe 25 %

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Asia Europe

Expected growth rates 2014 - 2019 Western Europe 3 % Central Europe 3 % South East Europe 3 % Asia 9 % (China and Vietnam) Average growth rate for the Messer Group: approx. 5 %

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Company Locations Key Figures Products and Applications Messer World Customers

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Products

• Messer offers a wide variety of gases – liquefied or gaseous and

in numerous degrees of purity.

• Air gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and other noble

gases, are obtained directly from the ambient air by means of air separation.

• Other gases are obtained from industry as a “by-product”

(carbon dioxide) or from natural sources (helium).

• Hydrogen and acetylene are chemically produced.
• Messer provides many different standard and individual gas

mixtures. Variety from acetylene to xenon

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Gases for welding and cutting Shielding gases for welding are sold under the same proprietary names across the group, and these names are based on the materials being worked:

• Ferroline - for plain and low-alloy steels
• Inoxline - for high-alloy steels and Ni-based alloys
• Aluline - for aluminium and non-ferrous metals

Other gases for welding and cutting:

• Forming gas protects the back of the weld against
• xidation
• Lasline - for laser material processing and for generating

the laser beam

• Nitrocut and Oxycut - gases for laser cutting
• Fuel gases - for oxy-fuel technology

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Gases for the food Industry

• Gourmet gases meet the highest quality standards.
• Gourmet gases satisfy all the European legal provisions on food as

well as every HACCP requirement (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). Some examples:

• Gourmet C: Carbon dioxide

e.g. for carbonating beverages

• Gourmet N: Nitrogen

e.g. for freezing, refrigerating and packing food

• Gourmet O: Oxygen

e.g. for packing fresh salads

• Gourmet A: Argon

e.g. for inerting to protect wine Gourmet is the name under which Messer supplies pure gases and gas mixtures for the food industry.

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Specialty gases

• Liquid helium (in dewars)
• High purity gases (e.g. argon, helium, nitrogen, oxygen, etc.)
• Noble gases (krypton, xenon, neon)
• Standard mixtures (e.g. argon/methane, laser mixtures, etc.)
• Individual mixtures (e.g. calibrating gases)
• Laboratory gases (e.g. pressure cans, gas purifying systems, etc.)
• Hydrocarbons (e.g. methane, acetylene, ethylene, etc.)
• Carbon monoxide
• Inorganic gases (e.g. ammonia, chlorine, sulphur dioxide, etc.)
• Refrigerants
• Gases for the electronic industry (e.g. for producing semiconductors)

Messer offers an extensive product programme of pure gases, standard mixtures and, upon customer request, individually tailored gas mixtures.

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Gases for medicine

• Anaesthesia
• Respiratory therapy
• Diagnostic
• Cryotherapy
• Combined anaesthesia
• Cooling of magnets in magnetic resonance tomographs
• Storage of biological materials
• Laser applications
• Medicinal baths
• Surgery
• Operation of medical devices
• Analgesia, and many more

The most important applications at a glance: The most important gases at a glance:

• Argon
• Gas mixtures
• Helium
• Carbon dioxide
• Nitrous oxide
• Air
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Nitric oxide in nitrogen

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Messer's Pharmaline program includes specially tested gases that are geared to the needs of the pharmaceutical industry and are intended to help manufacturers of medicinal products to comply with the stipulations

• f EU Directive 2001/83 and adhere to the GMP (good manufacturing

practice) guidelines. Messer bases the manufacture of Pharmaline products on the latest IPEC 1 guidelines and EXCiPACTTM 2 standards. The most important gases and applications:

• Pharmaline A: Argon (AR) - used, for example, as an inert

atmosphere

• Pharmaline C: Carbon dioxide (CO2) - used, among other things, for

the production of pharmaceutical products in powder form

• Pharmaline N: Nitrogen (N2) - used, for example, for packaging in a

protective atmosphere There are many more diverse applications for gases in the pharmaceutical industry in addition to those listed above. Gases for the pharmaceutical industry Pharmaline - the gas range for the pharmaceutical industry

1 IPEC - International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council, The Joint IPEC – PQG Good Manufacturing

Practices Guide for Pharmaceutical Excipients, 2006.

2 EXCiPACTTM - a voluntary international certification scheme, Certification Standards for Pharmaceutical

Excipient Suppliers, 2012

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Value chain From raw materials to their applications Air separation unit

Products Sales Customer Segments

Automobile Industry, production and manufacturing Construction industry Foods and beverages Metallurgy / steel and iron / glass and ceramics Medicine and pharmaceuticals Welding and cutting Environment

Oxygen 21 % Nitrogen 78 % Others 4 % Cylinders 27 % Argon/ Specialty gases 1 % Bulk 39 % Pipeline/ On site 30 %

Other products: CO2, Helium, Hydrogen, Acetylene, Propane

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Delivery forms

• 63 Air separation units (7 under construction)
• 15 CO2 production plants
• 16 Acetylene production plants
• 10 Hydrogen production plants
• 6 Specialty gases plants in Europe, 3 in China
• 81 Filling stations for technical gases
• 1200 Distributers and gas centres working with us

as sales partners Supply variations:

• Gases in cylinders and bundles
• Gases in tankers and storage tanks
• Gases from on site facilities
• Gases by pipeline

Our services, individual and close by

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Cylinders and bundles Use:

• In cases of lower gas demand
• Delivery quantities and times tailored to customer requirements
• Delivery and all the supply logistics for individual cylinders,

cylinder bundles or cylinder trailers

• For products that can not be produced in liquid form due to their

chemical and physical properties

• Products:
• Compressed gases and gas mixtures up to 300 bar
• Acetylene, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, liquid gases and refrigerants
• Special mixtures e.g. for medicine and science

Availability:

• Directly via local Messer Group distributors and gas centres
• Gas supply management by Messer

Individuality where small and medium quantities are involved

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Tankers and storage tanks Use:

• In cases of variable or less sizeable gas demand
• Delivery quantities and times tailored to customer requirements
• Supply provided in insulated storage tanks with

vaporisers or in pressure vessels Products:

• Cryogenic gases and gases liquefied under pressure

Availability:

• In all the markets where the Messer Group has operations

Flexible deliveries of medium quantities

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On site facilities Use:

• In cases of continuously high gas demand
• At the production site – remote-controlled operation possible
• In cases where bulk customers cannot be connected to a pipeline

system Products:

• Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, syngas, carbon dioxide

Technical options:

• Air separation units and cryogenic generators
• Non-cryogenic units such as Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA),

Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA), membrane units

• Hydrogen and synthetic gas production facilities

Customised on site security of supply

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Pipeline systems Use:

• In integrated industrial parks with numerous bulk consumers

Products:

• Oxygen, nitrogen, CO2 and hydrogen

Availability:

• In all industrial parks with a large demand, for example in

steel production or in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry The direct way of using gases

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Application technology

• The needs and requirements of our customers are at the heart of

everything we do

• Competence from development to patent to market implementation
• Application-specific advice based on knowledge of our customers‘

processes

• Market development and trials in every region
• Training of employees and customers in the use of equipment
• Customer events, seminars, demonstrations in our technical centers

Solutions for every task

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Application technology Examples:

• Capacity enhancements for metallurgical melting processes with oxygen
• Oxygen burner technology for oxyfuel processes, e.g. for cement production
• Heat treatment with protective and reactive gases
• Increased throughput in glass tanks with oxygen

Technologies for metallurgy applications

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Application technology Examples:

• Chilling and freezing of food with liquid nitrogen and dry ice
• Modified atmosphere packaging with inert gases and gas mixtures
• Transport cooling for maintenance of cold chain with dry ice and liquide nitrogen
• Special processes, such as high pressure applications, extraction, atomisation, disinfesting

Technologies for food applications

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Application technology Examples:

• Biological wastewater treatment with oxygen
• Drinking water treatment with oxygen and carbon dioxide
• Wastewater neutralisation with carbon dioxide
• Debottlenecking of nitric acid production with oxygen
• Capacity increase in production of petrochemical intermediates with oxygen
• Production optimization in the paper industry with carbon dioxide

Technologies for chemicals, paper and the environment

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Application technology Examples:

• Cryogenic waste gas purification with liquid nitrogen
• Cooling of cement and concrete in construction industry
• Inerting with nitrogen in lead-free soldering of printed circuit board
• Surface treatment and cleaning with dry ice blasting processes
• Cryogenic pulverisation with liquid nitrogen
• Aluminium extrusion with liquid nitrogen

Technologies for industry

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Application technology Examples:

• Metal inert gas welding (MIG/MAG) with argon-based gas mixtures
• Wolfram-Inert-Gas welding (WIG) with standard welding shield gas argon or with special mixtures
• Plasma cutting and welding
• Flame cutting with acetylene and oxygen
• Laser cutting and welding with Lasline
• Thermal spraying

Technologies for welding and cutting

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Asia Europe

Our competence centers Innovative processes for many industries

Food/pharmaceuticals

• Chilling and freezing
• Transport refrigeration
• Inertisation/ packaging
• High-pressure extraction processes
• Spraying processes

Chemicals/paper environment

• Water treatment
• Oxidation/hightemperature processes
• High-pressure extraction processes
• Spraying processes

Cold grinding/ Recycling

• Cold grinding
• Recycling
• Cryogenics

Cutting & Welding

• MAG welding
• WIG welding
• Thermal Cutting
• Thermal Spraying

Metallurgy/burning

• Melting processes in

metallurgy

• Heat treatment
• Glass production

Industry

• Electronics
• Construction industry
• Purification processes
• Waste air purification
• Cryogenic processes

Krefeld, Germany Mitry-Mory, France Gumpoldskirchen, Austria Chengdu, China Budapest, Hungary

Cutting & Welding

• Applications for welding

shield gases Metallurgy/burning

• Melting processes in

metallurgy

• Glas production

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Company Locations Key Figures Products and Applications Messer World Customers

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Part of the Messer World

• ASCO Kohlensäure is a provider of comprehensive, bespoke CO2 solutions.
• BIT is a leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic medical devices for

laboratories and hospitals.

• Castolin Eutectic is the world's leading provider of products and services for

the maintenance, repair, servicing and wear protection of industrial plants and factory equipment.

• Messer Cutting Systems is a global provider of products and services to the

metalworking industry, covering everything from welding, cutting and brazing to annealing.

• Messer Group is the world's largest owner-managed specialist for industrial

gases.

• Spectron Gas Control Systems specialises in gas supply systems.

Everything under one roof - "Messer World" is the one-stop shop where Messer and Messer Eutectic Castolin's customers and partners will find all their familiar brands:

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Organisational structure of Messer World

100 %

Messer Group GmbH CEO S. Messer CFO Dr. H.-G. Wienands MEC Employee II GmbH The Messer family

3,7 % 94 % 2,3 % 100 % 100 %

MEC Holding GmbH CEO S. Schabel CFO Dr. W. Schmitz

Messer Medical Home Care Holding GmbH

Messer Industrie GmbH MIG Holding GmbH MEC Global GmbH

The Messer family

Adolf Messer Foundation 27 %, 6 family members 73 %

Owners Companies Management Brands

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ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd. Provider of individual and complete CO2 solutions CO2 equipment and accessories:

• Transfer pumps, vaporizers
• Detectors, flowmeters
• CO2 testing equipment

Dry ice:

• Dry ice machines, pellets,

discs and blocks

• ASCOJET dry ice blasting

machines and accessories CO2 solutions:

• CO2 product plants
• CO2 recovery plants
• CO2 storage tanks,

stationary as well as transportable

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2014 521 2.921 South America 9 Western Europe 130 Germany 109 NAFTA 133 Japan 33 China 36 Eastern Europe 43 Asia 23 Africa & Middle East 5 South America 46 Western Europe 755 Germany 598 Africa & Middle East 93 Japan 183 China 236 Eastern Europe 189 Asia 191 NAFTA 630

Key figures for Messer Eutectic Castolin (MEC)

Sales in million Euro Employees

Key figures 2014

Sales by region in million Euro Workforce size by region as of 31.12.2014

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Castolin Eutectic Our areas of business:

• Maintenance and servicing technologies
• Industrial surface protection
• Manufacture of high-performance components
• CastoLab Services - workshops specialising in repair, surfacing and the application of anti-wear coatings
• Custom applications in the area of fusing technologies
• Special product packages for complex applications in key industries (oil and gas, steel, power generation, etc.)

1,614 employees in over 35 countries and over 550 highly qualified engineers and application specialists A global leader in wear protection, protective coatings, repair and joining technologies using welding, brazing and thermal coating

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Messer Cutting Systems Products and services for the metalworking industry, covering everything from welding, cutting and brazing to annealing. Product portfolio:

• Oxy-fuel, plasma and laser cutting machines
• From handheld machines to special purpose machines for the shipbuilding industry
• Machines and equipment for oxy-fuel welding, cutting, brazing and annealing
• Increased efficiency through integrated material handling systems
• Spare parts, repairs, modernisation, maintenance and servicing, as well as innovative environmental technologies
• MesserSoft software solutions for optimising production and business processes
• Messer Cutting Systems Academy provides comprehensive practical knowledge on the systems and techniques.

Approximately 900 employees at five production sites and in over 50 countries around the globe

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Spectron Gas Control Systems Product portfolio:

• Extensive product family covering everything from a simple valve to gas bottle cabinets

for semiconductor gases, and valves and accessories for a wide range of gases

• Alarm and control systems for gas applications
• Purification systems to ensure gas purity
• Production facilities in Germany, Great Britain, and Shanghai, China

A global network of distribution partners Gas supply systems specialist that prides itself on providing the highest level of service, quality, reliability and technological expertise

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BIT Companies Leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic medical devices for laboratories and hospitals Product portfolio:

• Technical development and manufacture of mid-level to complex custom instrumentation
• Proprietary platform solutions and product developments
• Tailor-made automation solutions and after-sales service for OEMs
• R&D, manufacture and after-sales service according to the highest quality standards and in compliance

with ISO 13485, ISO 9001; FDA registered

• Independent market leader in Europe and the United States for high-quality IVD systems in the high-end OEM market

Around 340 employees at facilities in Germany, France, China, Japan and the United States, over a third of whom engaged in development work

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Cryogenic Engineering

• Air separation units for the production of oxygen, nitrogen and argon
• Cryogenic generators for nitrogen and oxygen
• Components for air separation units
• Pressure swing adsorption and membrane units for oxygen and nitrogen production

We use our know-how to develop air separation units that precisely meet the requirements of our customers. We also make sure that the plant operates efficiently. A joint venture between Messer Group and Hangzhou Hangyang China, the leading production plant manufacturer

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Messer Information Services (MIS)

• From its central computing centre in Groß-Umstadt, MIS makes its services available worldwide

to some 3,400 users at Messer and MEC.

• MIS provides IT applications that support the diverse and complex requirements throughout the

different areas of the Messer world 73 employees and two trainees provide, among other things, ongoing development of process-optimised programs together with a secure and high-performance computing-centre operation. The service company for information technology by Messer and MEC

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Company Locations Key Figures Products and Applications Messer World Customers

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A selection of our customers

Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co. US Steel