Ulmatec

What Ulmatec does

ULMATEC GmbH is a privately-held German industrial equipment manufacturer, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Dornstadt, Germany, that designs and produces modular extraction and filtration systems for dust, fumes, smoke, oil mist, aerosols, chips, and gases generated in industrial production. Its core technology is a modular building block system claimed to support over 10 million configuration variants across air volumes from 500 to 250,000 m³/h, combined with an in-house filter portfolio spanning cartridge (Type CF), hose (Type HF), plate (Type PF), and exchange (Type EF) filters, plus the patented WetExtractor (WE) wet separator series introduced in 2024 with proprietary MSE, FU, SCF, and ODF sub-technologies. The company is ISO-certified, manufactures in Germany ("Made in Germany"), and reports more than 100,000 extraction systems deployed worldwide with over 13% of company resources allocated to R&D.

The company's commercial offering is structured as a direct enterprise field-sales business, with wholly-owned regional sales and service offices in Ulm (EMEA), Phoenix (AMER), and Chennai (APAC), supported by trade show participation at POWTECH and BLECHEXPO/SCHWEISSTEC and a multilingual website covering six languages. Revenue is generated primarily through custom-quoted hardware sales of extraction systems and components (dust collectors, welding-fume extractors, oil mist separators, wet separators, hall ventilation, VOC/odor extraction, ATEX and fire-protection variants, plus a broad accessories portfolio), with supplementary streams from spare parts and after-sales service, rental/test services for customers evaluating equipment under real conditions, and consulting, planning, and project-management services for large central extraction installations. Customer segments span automotive, metalworking, aerospace, pharma & chemistry, plastics, stone & earth, and food industries, with named references including Fahrzeugbau Meyer, Loc Matic, and OilQuick. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is set through individual project quotations, typically under multi-year contract terms.

Name

Ulmatec

Legal name

ULMATEC GmbH

Website

https://ulmatec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ULMATEC is a privately-held German manufacturer of modular industrial extraction and filtration systems — dust collectors, welding-fume and oil-mist separators, wet scrubbers, and ATEX units — serving automotive, metalworking, aerospace, pharma, plastics, stone, and food producers through direct enterprise field sales across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Air Filtration Systems

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590)

akta.pro primary industry

Emission Control & Scrubbing Equipment (Scrubbers, Dust Collectors, Catalytic Systems) (IMAHAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Vacuum Systems (Wet/Dry, Dust Extraction) (IMAHALAC)

Keywords

• Industrial extraction systems
• Dust collection equipment
• Filtration technology
• Welding fume extraction
• Oil mist separation

Headquarters

HQ city

Dornstadt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Extraction Systems & Filtration Equipment Sales: Sale of modular industrial dust extraction and filtration systems including stationary, mobile, central, and ATEX-certified units. Systems are sold as custom-configured hardware solutions with variable pricing based on capacity, filter type, and customization level.
2. Spare Parts, Consumables & After-Sales Service: Sale of replacement and wear parts for extraction systems, accessories and extensions. After-sales support including troubleshooting, remote maintenance, and service contracts.
3. System Components & Accessories: Sale of extraction arms, hoods, tables, cabins, burner and machine extraction systems, control technology, soundproofing, fire protection, explosion protection components, and piping systems.
4. Rental & Test Services: Rental and loan of extraction equipment for equipment failures, peak loads, or testing under real conditions. Configured in the standard modular building block style, rented for specified periods.
5. Consulting, Planning & Project Management: Engineering and consulting services covering process/material/media analysis, concept planning, ATEX and fire protection consulting, soundproofing, and government subsidy/financing support. Full-service from concept to commissioning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ulmatec designs, manufactures, and supplies modular industrial extraction and filtration systems for capturing dust, fumes, smoke, oil mist, aerosols, chips, and gases in industrial production environments. The portfolio is built around a modular building block system offering over 10 million configuration variants across equipment sizes S to XXL with air volumes from 500 to 250,000 m3/h. The company delivers complete one-stop solutions including consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning, spare parts, and after-sales service.

Product overview

ULMATEC offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial extraction and air filtration systems, organized across three main product families: (1) extraction systems by type — covering dust extractors/dry filters, welding smoke extraction, oil mist separation, wet separators, hall ventilation, and VOC/odor extraction; (2) extraction systems by construction type — including stationary/central systems, mobile units, ATEX explosion-protected systems, fire protection variants, compact units, and modular/custom solutions; and (3) filtration technology — encompassing cartridge filters (Typ CF), hose filters (Typ HF), plate filters (Typ PF), HEPA filters, activated carbon filters, cassette filters, centrifugal wet separators, cleanable permanent filters, and exchange/storage filters. The portfolio also includes system elements and accessories (extraction arms, hoods, tables, cabins, burner/machine direct extraction), spare parts, and rental/testing services. All products are built using a modular building block system with over 10 million configuration variants, ranging in capacity from 500 to 250,000 m³/h. The company is ISO-certified and manufactures in Germany (Dornstadt).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dust Extractors & Dry Filters (Entstauber & Trockenfilter)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40% efficiency increase through ODF (Own Developed Function) in WetExtractor series
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• unimess GmbHminorOthersWeb design, programming, and SEO services provider for ULMATEC's digital presence. Located at Römerstr. 26, 89077 Ulm, Germany (www.unimess.de).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RoboVent: US-based industrial air filtration company specializing in dust and fume collection for metalworking and welding. Comparable in size and product scope to ULMATEC, with stronger North American presence.
• ESTA Extraction Technology: German specialist in dust extraction and welding fume filtration with comparable modular product architecture. Competes directly with ULMATEC's core dust collector and welding smoke extraction lines in DACH-region mid-market.
• TEKA Absaug- und Entsorgungstechnik: German manufacturer of extraction systems for welding fumes, grinding dust, and oil mist. Highly comparable mid-sized competitor with a similar product family structure and customer base across the metalworking industry.
• Sly Inc. US manufacturer of industrial dust collectors, wet scrubbers, and fabric filters. Direct competitor to ULMATEC in the wet/dry filtration segment with comparable customization and turnkey project offerings.
• Keller Lufttechnik: German manufacturer of industrial extraction and filtration systems for welding fume, dust, and oil mist. Closest head-to-head competitor to ULMATEC in the German Mittelstand, serving similar automotive and metalworking customers.
• Nederman: Swedish-headquartered global leader in industrial air filtration and extraction solutions. Direct competitor to ULMATEC across dust, fume, and mist extraction with overlapping modular product lines and a similar consulting-to-after-sales service model.
• Airflow Systems: US-based supplier of industrial dust collection, fume extraction, and ambient air cleaners. Overlaps with ULMATEC's modular central and mobile extraction lines, particularly for North American metal and welding customers.

Regional players

• Haver & Boecker: German family-owned industrial group with a wire mesh, packaging, and air filtration division. Comparable on filtration technology engineering and customer overlap in mining, chemicals, and bulk material processing in EMEA.

Broad incumbents

• Donaldson Company: US-based multinational filtration manufacturer with broad industrial, engine, and aerospace portfolios. Competes head-on with ULMATEC's Torit dust collector line and offers greater scale, but with less modular customization depth.
• MANN+HUMMEL: German family-owned global filtration leader serving automotive and industrial markets. Direct overlap on industrial air filtration and dust collection, but with a much broader automotive OEM portfolio and global manufacturing footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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