Messer and LSB Industries Partner to Increase CO2 Reliability for Customers

Messer will invest $9 million in plant upgrades to LSB Industries' Cherokee, AL facility with the long-term CO₂ purchase agreement extension

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Messer, a leader in industrial gas innovations, is pleased to announce the long-term renewal of a CO₂ purchase and sale agreement with LSB Industries, Inc., a leading producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals. Messer will subsequently commit more than $9 million into the liquid CO₂ plant at LSB's Cherokee, AL facility to invest in the continued safe and reliable operations at the site.

"This partnership with LSB Industries bolsters our nationwide CO₂ network providing supply chain continuity to our customers," said Chris Ebeling, Messer's Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, North America. "The efficiency upgrades for the plant modernization effort will add more molecules to our network and reduce CO₂ emissions at the site in-line with our sustainability goals."

Messer, with its partner, LSB Industries, is proud to provide increased security of CO₂ supply to its customers in the decades to come.

About Messer Americas

Messer is the largest privately held industrial gas business in the world and a leading industrial and medical gas company in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. Messer offers more than 125 years of expertise in industrial, medical, specialty and electronics gases. The company delivers quality gases, related services and technology via an extensive production and distribution network. Health and safety, sustainability practices and environmental protection are core Messer values that are embedded in the company's daily operations. Messer Americas sales account approximately for 52% of Messer worldwide sales of $4.7 billion USD. For more information, visit: www.messeramericas.com.   

About LSB Industries
LSB Industries, Inc., headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is committed to playing a leadership role in the energy transition through the production of low and no carbon products that build, feed and power the world. The LSB team is dedicated to building a culture of excellence in customer experiences as we currently deliver essential products across the industrial and agricultural end markets and, in the future, the energy markets. The company manufactures ammonia and ammonia-related products at facilities in Cherokee, Alabama, El Dorado, Arkansas and Pryor, Oklahoma and operates a facility for a global chemical company in Baytown, Texas. Additional information about LSB can be found on our website at www.lsbindustries.com.

SOURCE Messer Americas