The time has come and The 2nd Israel HLS International Conference is becoming a reality. After a very successful event in 2010 with more then 500 officials from all over the world and above 1000 B2B Meetings, it has been officially decided that the HLS conference will be held every 2 years. This year the […]
While agricultural production must keep at a steady clip to feed a hungry world, new earth-friendly solutions are sought to reduce the chemical load used to grow crops for food. An Israeli blend of everyday cooking oils now challenges the slew of problems linked to pesticide use in monoculture crops. The innovation is in the […]
Palgal specializes in two main areas of production and marketing; 1. Pipeline to transport water and domestic sewage, industrial and urban infrastructure. 2. Electrical conduits and unique profiles made from PVC. A team of about 40 employees with knowledge and many years experience in Blow industry, employs 10 production lines in three shifts and professional […]
The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute (IEI) reported last week that Israel’s wine industry recorded a successful year in 2011 as wine exports grew by 5.5%. According to the report the Israeli wine industry recorded overseas sales of US$26.7 million in 2011. The report noted that there are currently 35 commercial wineries […]
Long gone are the days when lonely entrepreneurs had to sit in the garage with their engineering buddies tweaking the next big startup company. A new trend in high-tech is accelerator programs, where groups of young companies work together side by side, sharing legal support, brainstorming capabilities, advice from successful entrepreneurs and some startup capital. […]
Private equity fund Blackstone will set up a joint venture with Markstone to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Israel. The deal will be closed in a few weeks. Markstone has declined to respond to the report. Blackstone, with $166.2 billion in assets under management, is the world’s largest private equity fund, larger than […]
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The Waze of the Future
Imagine never having to sit in a traffic jam again. And that’s without having to listen to the local radio station to get annoying traffic updates. A free mobile app from Israeli startup Waze is changing the way people drive. Approximately 50,000 users daily are flocking to this user-friendly app. Only a year ago, there […]
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Water wise
Improving mining outcomes with the help of Israeli technology Israel has almost no domestic mining industry. This fact has not stopped an increasing number of Israeli companies from successfully adapting their technologies in water, communications, robotics and even defense sectors to create better mining solutions in Australia and internationally. Technology must be in the centre […]
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Beating swords into plowshares
Improving mining outcomes with the help of Israeli defense technology What does the Israeli defense technology sector have to offer Australian mining companies? Surprisingly, there is significant overlap in the industries; operating in remote locations, the need for self-sufficiency, challenging environments and terrain, safety issues and more create an unlikely, but successful, synergy. “If you […]
Israeli venture capital funds were back to capital raising in 2011, after two very difficult years. No capital had been raised by Israeli funds in 2010, and only $256 million was raised in 2009, a 76 percent drop from 2008 levels. The $796 million raised in 2011 was a much needed breath of air for […]
