Brazos County Commission Joins The Bryan City Council In Approving An Economic Development Agreement With The World’s Largest Privately Owned Producer Of Industrial Gases

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Brazos County commissioners follow action by the Bryan city council in agreeing to provide property tax breaks for the world’s largest privately owned producer of industrial gases.

At Tuesday’s commission meeting (March 24), unanimous approval was given to the agreement where German based Messer Corporation will build a $60 million dollar facility in northeast Bryan that will provide liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen to industries in Brazos County.

The county’s agreement is over a five year period starting in 2028. Messer will receive a 50 percent property tax abatement.

Messer is required to have a minimum payroll in the first year of $750,000 dollars, increasing to $1.3 million per year for the remaining four years.

Click HERE to read and download the agreement approved at the March 24, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.

Commissioner Bentley Nettles said Messer’s products includes gases used in manufacturing semiconductors. Nettles says the agreement gives Brazos County a leg up on recruiting a semiconductor manufacturing plant and other industries.

Click below to hear Bentley Nettles comments at the March 24, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.

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Original story March 11, 2026:

The Bryan city council approves an economic development agreement with the world’s largest privately owned producer of industrial gases.

Messer LLC, based in Germany, plans to open a more than $65 million dollar facility east of the freeway and south of Tabor Road along Boatcallie Road.

The city’s economic development director, Todd McDaniel, says Messer is building what is called a liquid air separation unit.

The facility will primarily produce nitrogen and oxygen gas for customers in the Texas Triangle region, which is from Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio to Houston.

Production could start as early as the summer of 2027.

McDaniel says Messer’s customers include companies in the medical, biopharma, and semiconductor industries.

The agreement calls for the city to receive a guaranteed minimum of $312,000 dollars a year.

The plant will employ at least 16 full time equivalent positions, generating an annual payroll of at least $1.3 million dollars.

Click HERE to read and download the agreement approved at the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.

Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of Bryan.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials shown at the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.

Click below to hear Todd McDaniel’s presentation at the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.

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