ULMA Construction

ULMA Construction is a company dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of industrialized systems of formwork, shoring and scaffolding for building construction, civil engineering and restoration. It's one of the top leading manufacturers of scaffolding platforms[1] and it has a large international presence in America, Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania. It is part of both the ULMA Group and the Mondragon Corporation, the world's largest industrial cooperative.

ULMA Construction
TypeCooperative
IndustryConstruction
Headquarters
Oñati
,
Spain
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Raúl García (president)
  • Aitor Ayastuy (general director)
ProductsConstruction, formwork, scaffolding
Number of employees
2,029 (2014)
Subsidiaries25
Websitewww.ulmaconstruction.com

History

ULMA Construction was established in 1961 in Oñati (Guipúzcoa), under the name of Sociedad Cooperativa Industrial Talleres ULMA (ULMA Industrial Workshops Cooperative Society), dedicated to manufacturing packaging. In 1963, it was incorporated into the construction sector and introduced the first prefabricated scaffolding.

The process of internationalization began in Portugal (where the first subsidiary was created in 1980), France, Argentina and Chile.

The division of the cooperative into two distinct businesses occurs between 1984 and 1985. At that point the embryos are created of what today are ULMA Packaging and ULMA Construction. A year later, the two cooperatives, together with ENARA S. Coop, form what is called the Oñalán Group, which has been known as the ULMA Group since 1992.

In 2005, the whole of the ULMA Group is incorporated as a division to the Mondragon Corporation (then MCC).[2][3]

Economic data

ULMA Construction is one of the eight cooperatives that make up the ULMA Group. The others are ULMA Agriculture, ULMA Architectural Solutions, ULMA Forklifts, ULMA Conveyor Components, ULMA Handling Systems, ULMA Packaging and ULMA Piping. The group has a presence in 80 countries, 4,500 employees and a turnover of 700 million euros.

At the end of 2014, ULMA Construction had 2,029 employees.

Projects

ULMA Construction has carried out projects involving construction, restoration[4] and maintenance of buildings of all kinds,[5] from bridges[6] and viaducts to tunnels,[7] hydraulic works and sewage treatment plants, as well as towers,[8] high-rise buildings,[9] schools[10] and universities, stadiums,[11] religious and corporate buildings.[12] It has security systems certified by reputable companies, such as GSV, AENOR and AIDICO that guarantee the collective protection of workers on site, providing working platforms for wall and column formwork, access stairs to different areas of work, scaffolding and foot bridges for work at height and perimeter protection systems (interior hollows or edge of slab).[13]

Projects built using ‘ULMA Construction Formwork

Social responsibility

In 2010, ULMA Construction helped create the ULMA Foundation, which donates 10% of its profits to support social welfare, sporting or public interest socio-cultural projects in the Basque Country.[25]

References
  1. "Global Scaffolding Platform Market 2017". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. "Construction and Packaging, two different cooperatives" (official website). 9 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "ULMA Projects around the world" (PDF) (official page). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. "Arc de Triomphe : une rénovation de haute voltige pour les échafaudages Ulma". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. "Spring Street Salt Shed". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. "Bridges in Sunderland and Poland are being slid into place". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. "Ulma per la Metro BLU di Milano". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  8. "Das Herz von Köln wird gebaut". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  9. "Q22, um arranha-céu sustentável no centro de Varsóvia". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  10. "Sichtbeton-halle für Grundschule". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  11. "Mané Garrincha Stadium". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  12. "ULMA takes part on the construction project of the new office building Eschborn in Germany". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  13. "Safety and Innovation integrated in the formwork and scaffolding systems developed by ULMA Construction". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  14. "Skyscraper projects carried out with self climbing systems". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  15. "Obras civiles impulsarán crecimiento del sector construcción". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  16. "ULMA Construction estará en los Juegos Olímpicos de Brasil 2016". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  17. "Proyecto hidráulico en México". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  18. "Ulma, presente en las obras del metro de Riad y de una torre en Nueva Jersey". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  19. "ULMA participa en el proyecto de construcción del Empire Outlets de Nueva York". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  20. "Soluciones innovadoras de encofrado en arquitectura de vanguardia". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  21. "Ulma per la Metro BLU di Milano". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  22. "Building Transformation". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  23. "Solución integral ULMA en la ampliación de la Central Eléctrica Jaworzno III". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  24. "Ulma Construccion Polska Sa Filia Jaworzno". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  25. "Projects that support the ULMA foundation in the CSR field" (official page). Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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