The Messer Group has reinforced its position in Poland after officially opening a new air gas production facility and industrial gas cylinder plant in Łódź’s special economic zone.
The site, which took two years to construct, features a new air separation unit (ASU) that will produce up to 355 tonnes per day (tpd) of liquid oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2) and argon (Ar). The plant will be the company’s second production facility in Poland to produce liquid gases for the local market. Messer’s total investment in the extension summed around €31m ($34.9m).
Messer is the second-largest industrial gas company in Eastern Europe and this new plant is a further example of its expansion strategy in the region. For example, not only did the company bring new plants on-stream in countries such as Serbia and Estonia in 2015, but Messer also acquired Air Liquide’s Hungarian business. The fixed assets of the Air Liquide deal included Messer taking control of an on-site ASU, two nitrogen generators and a cylinder filling plant.
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