1953
Foundation of Messo-Apparatebau within the privately owned
Standard-Kessel-Gesellschaft, Duisburg by Messing and Sowen
1960
Formation of the separate company named Standard-Messo Duisburg GmbH &
Co. KG in Duisburg, Share holders: Messing, Sowen, Standard-Kessel
1976
Acquisition of the Standard-Kessel shares by Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf
1983
Complete takeover of the company by Mannesmann Anlagenbau AG
1986
Divisional integration as Messo-Chemietechnik into
Mannesmann Anlagenbau AG
1992
Interchange of Messo within the
Mannesmann Group from Anlagenbau to Krauss-Maffei AG, München and reformation
of the separate company:
MESSO-CHEMIETECHNIK GmbH, Duisburg
1998
Take over by Heinrich Frings GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn (Germany)
1999
Acquisition of the evaporation / crystallisation division of
Balcke-Dürr AG, in Ratingen (Germany) together with the subsidiary
companies in France and Italy
2001
Acquisition of the evaporation /
crystallization division of VA TECH WABAG in Winterthur, formerly known as
EscherWyss
2001
Registration of MESSO Inc. in Chicago (USA)
2004
Integration of the Messo group into the GEA group
Formation of the GEA Messo GmbH in Duisburg
2009
Formation of GEA Messo PT