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Industrial gas major Messer is investing in a new air separation unit (ASU) in Bryan, Texas, as the industrial gases company looks to strengthen its supply network across Central Texas.
The new facility will supply industrial gases to customers across sectors including food and beverage, healthcare, metals, manufacturing, chemicals and aerospace.
Messer Americas President and CEO Elena Skvortsova said the investment would provide a reliable supply of gases to meet demand from local industries.
“This ASU will provide a reliable supply of industrial gases to meet the requirements of local industries which include food and beverage, healthcare, metals, manufacturing, chemicals and aerospace,” she said.
The investment was welcomed by local authorities, with Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez describing Messer’s decision to locate the facility in the city as a “strong vote of confidence” in the local community and workforce.
The project is also expected to create jobs and support the diversification of the local industrial base.
The ASU is expected to be completed in the second half of 2027.
The investment follows a broader expansion of Messer’s production network. The company invested €747m ($857m) in 2025, primarily in new production facilities and the modernisation of existing plants, including new ASUs in the US, China and Vietnam.
Messer said that it expected to increase revenue and EBITDA in 2026, while continuing to invest in high-growth regions and technologies.
Messer is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company, with operations spanning North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
Messer Americas accounts for more than half of the group’s global sales, which exceed $5bn annually.
