most of the textiles industry (among them hasana j. hakenmüller) is gone today, leaving some monuments, like villa haux. however, one of the world's biggest makers of industrial needles, groz-beckert still resides there. other prominent local companies include mey (knitwear), mettler toledo (weighing systems) and a major part of assa abloy security systems (eff-eff brand). ebingen also hosts the technical and computer science faculties of albstadt-sigmaringen university with about 3,000 students (2014).