Messer Gase

STORIES – THE MESSER ANNIVERSARY PODCAST

125 years ago, Adolf Messer laid the foundation in Höchst for a company that is now considered the world’s largest specialist in industrial gases in private ownership. To mark this anniversary, the podcast retells Messer’s story in entertaining episodes—lively, surprising, and relatable.

The focus is not only on entrepreneurial milestones, but also on personal anecdotes and on placing the company’s history in the context of geopolitical upheavals, the prevailing mood of each era, and the challenges of more than a century. The result is a multi-layered picture that goes far beyond classic corporate chronicles—also for listeners who were not previously familiar with Messer.

Together, Diana Buss, Head of Corporate Communications at Messer, and historian Jörg Leszczenski from the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte set out on an acoustic journey through time. They contextualize events, tell the stories behind the story, and show how closely entrepreneurial success, social change, and the spirit of the times are interwoven.