As reported in Port2Port: Highway 1, will be widened and upgraded significantly during the next few year, at a cost of NIS 2.6 billion The Tel Aviv – Jerusalem road will be widened and upgraded significantly during the next few year. According to press release issued by the Ministry of Transport the widening, at […]
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As reported in Port2Port: This is the first stage in the privatization of Israel’s seaports. The government plans to sell its entire stake in the Eilat Port Company to a private franchisee for about NIS 100 million The Government Companies Authority published an announcement last Monday that it was selling the government’s holdings in the […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: The consortium is based on research by Prof. Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor of the Technion and Prof. Nissim Benvenisty of the Hebrew University. Sources inform ”Globes” that Roche Holding AG (SWX: ROG) is leading the establishment of a stem cell consortium based on intellectual property rights of Israeli universities. The consortium is based on […]
Israel was chosen as the guest of honor at the 26th Guadalajara film festival, Latin-America’s most important annual film festival and main film market. Numerous Israeli films were featured including one of the first Mexican-Israeli films “Salsa in Tel Aviv,” which features a popular Mexican soap opera star. The Israeli delegation of film industry experts […]
Intel-owned McAfee, one of the world’s largest security technology companies, is acquiring Sentrigo, a leading provider of database security and compliance, assessment, monitoring and intrusion prevention solutions. McAfee entered into an OEM relationship with Sentrigo in 2010 to offer Sentrigo database security products under the McAfee brand name. Sentrigo’s solution, called Hedgehog, uses a very […]
Dell launched its Israeli R&D center based on data storage systems developer Exanet, which it acquired in 2010. The computer giant is expected to double the center’s manpower to 140 employees by the end of the year, consolidating it as a global leader. Dell’s Israeli R&D center is the first of its kind in Israel. […]
Millions already use Israeli startup Powermat’s wireless charging system. Soon it will be embedded in airport and office furniture, the Chevy Volt and kitchen appliances. Just five years after going into business, the small Israeli company Powermat (www.powermat.com) is revolutionizing the way people charge their cell phones and other handheld devices. The user simply places […]
New Israeli micro-VC assures that ‘great people with great ideas’ won’t get passed over in the race for investment funds. In Hebrew, lool means a hatchery or crib. Spelled in all lowercase, the word also evokes digital media. Put it all together and you’ve got a portrait of Israel’s new micro-VC fund to incubate fledgling […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: The electric car venture has signed cooperation agreements with 27 municipalities to deploy the network in their jurisdictions. Shay Agassi’s electric car venture Better Place LLC today unveiled the components of its battery replacement and recharging network that it will operate in Israel later this year. The plan will initially include thousands […]
As reported in IVC: EU Seventh Framework Progamme for R&D grants are considered the cheapest money available for technology companies. At a time when it is hard for new technology companies to raise capital, they ought to remember one deep pocket that has money for Israeli companies: EU grant programs for technology R&D companies. The EU […]
