MEISSNER, initially a partnership company, was established with its headquarters in Cologne in 1926 by Josef Meissner. The company`s first process, today known as the "Schmid-Meissner Process", was developed for the continuous manufacture of Nitroglycerine. In particular the improved safety, but also the constant product quality, combined with utmost reliability, made the concept of continuous Nitroglycerine production a milestone in chemical technology.

Along with establishing a team of capable chemists and engineers, the company know-how was originally extended to further processes in the explosives’ field, but soon afterwards also to processes for preliminary and intermediate civil products of explosives and related compounds.

In succession to the founder, his sons Heribert Meissner as engineer and Dr. Fritz Meissner as graduate chemist took over the management of the company and committed themselves to the purposeful development of the technological know-how, which a. o. resulted in a series of patented processes.

Up to this day, all company shares are held by the family, now in the third generation. Today, the company JOSEF MEISSNER GMBH & CO. KG is managed by Dr. Rolf Meissner (shareholder and managing director) and Dr. Mirko Haendel (managing director).

More than ever, innovative technologies are the driving force behind MEISSNER`s activities. They enable our company to meet the most demanding standards regarding safety and environmental compatibility, yet they also ensure outstanding as well as constant product qualities for extraordinary plant capacities along with a maximum plant availability for integrated plant networks.

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