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Messer to build $50 million gas plant in McGregor | Local Business News

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“Messer checks all of the boxes. They bring cutting edge technology, high quality jobs, and most importantly, first class people.”

Messer’s product list on its website includes argon, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. The gases are provided at whatever volume, purity and pressure the customer desires, and are shipped via railroad car, bulk truck, independent distributors and pipeline.

“It will be trucked out,” said Andrew Smith, executive director for the McGregor Economic Development Corp., commenting on Messer’s primary means of transport. “There will be additional truck traffic, but not an insane amount. I don’t know exact counts off the top of my…

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