FounderDuels

Messer Group vs Solvay S.A.

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Solvay S.A. is the older of the two, founded in 1863 — 35 years before Messer Group.

Founded
1898
1863
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany
Brussels, Belgium
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Employees
11,519
9,000
Legal form
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Public limited company (Belgium)
Listed on
Not recorded
Euronext Brussels
Parent
Hoechst
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Messer Group and Solvay S.A..