Dear Readers,

Welcome to the first digital edition of our Gases for Life magazine. In future our industrial gases magazine will be published exclusively online.

We want to accomplish a number of goals by taking this step. Primarily, we want to harness the possibilities of a digital publication to offer you added value. This includes moving images, i.e. videos and animated graphics, additional information that could not be accommodated in the print version, or straightforward interactions such as participation in our competition.

The superior sustainability credentials of a digital publication are also very important to us: in future we can dispense altogether with the manufacture and processing of paper as well as the emissions associated with sending the magazines by post. The “new Gases for Life magazine” therefore fits very well with our efforts to further improve our overall sustainability. Protecting our environment and conserving natural resources is already a priority in respect of many of our products and applications. In future we will place even more emphasis on this “green aspect” of our industrial gases.

I hope you enjoy reading this issue of “Gases for Life” and look forward to receiving your feedback on the first online edition.

Stefan Messer

Owner and CEO of Messer Group GmbH