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