Companies with headquarters in Ulm include:* Ebner & Spiegel GmbH (book printing)* Gardena AG (gardening tools)* J. G. Anschütz (firearms for sports and hunting)* H. Krieghoff GmbH (weapons for hunting and sports since 1886)* Müller Ltd. & Co. KG (major German trade company)* Ratiopharm (pharmaceuticals)* Carl Walther GmbH (fire arms, especially pistols)* Wieland-Werke AG (non-ferrous semi-finished products)* Britax Roemer Kindersicherheit GmbH (Child safety products)* Iveco Magirus AG* Zwick Roell Group www.zwick.de (Materials Testing Machines) "intelligent testing"* Liqui Moly (additives, oils, car care products)Companies with important plants in Ulm include:* Daimler: Daimler Forschungszentrum (research centre) and EvoBus (production of buses)* EADS, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company* BMW Car IT GmbH* Nuance Communications Speech Recognition (research departments)* Siemens AG* Nokia* Deutsche Telekom AG* Atmel* Intel* AEG* Audi AG== Ecology ==In 2007 the city of Ulm was awarded the European Energy Award for their remarkable local energy management and their efforts against climate change.
Ustanovitev Univerze v Ulmu v letu 1967, ki se je osredotočila na biomedicino, znanost in inženirstvo, je pomagala podpreti prehod na visokotehnološko industrijo, zlasti po krizi klasične industrije v letu 1980.