ULMA Construction
ULMA Construction is a Spanish company dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of industrialized formwork and scaffolding systems for building, civil works and rehabilitation. Ulma is active in 80 countries on five continents through the rental and sale of its services and products, the development of the technical project, and on-site consulting. It is part of both the ULMA Group and the Mondragon Corporation, the world's largest industrial cooperative. 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 cooperative split into two different businesses between 1984 and 1985: packaging and construction. A year later, the ENARA cooperative joined them and they formed the Oñalán Group, renamed the ULMA Group in 1992. The group has a presence in 80 countries, 4,500 employees and a turnover of 700 million euros. At the end of 2021, ULMA Construction had  2025 employees In 2005, the whole  of the ULMA Group is incorporated as a division to the Mondragon Corporation (then MCC). Projects. ULMA Construction has carried out projects involving construction, restoration and maintenance of buildings of all kinds, from bridges and viaducts to tunnels, hydraulic works and sewage treatment plants, as well as towers, high-rise buildings, schools and universities, stadiums, religious and corporate buildings. 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). 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.