The Messer Group has announced that on 4th July, the privately managed industrial gas specialist signed a contract of purchase to take over the 51% majority share of Asco Carbon Dioxide Ltd. in New Zealand, building on its already strong interest in the Asco businesses.
Asco constructs CO2 production plants in New Zealand primarily for markets in which carbon dioxide cannot be obtained as a by-product from industrial plants or agriculture.
Messer took over the majority share in Asco Kohlensäure AG from previous sole owner Thomas Trachsel on 1st June 2007 and has now acquired the majority share in Asco Carbon Dioxide in New Zealand. Trachsel, to date also the sole owner of Asco Carbon Dioxide, will continue to have a 49% share in the company’s business in New Zealand.
The head office of Asco Kohlensäure AG is in Romanshorn, Switzerland, where
blasting systems for cleaning using dry ice are produced, along with the dry ice itself. As of 1st September 2008, the two parts of the company will be reunited and become one of the affiliated companies of the Messer entrepreneurial family.
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