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Making the Negev bloom with high tech

 Making the Negev bloom with high tech    A new incubator hopes to profit and also bring jobs to the south. Israel’s high-tech boom of the past two decades was centered on the strip from Gadera to Haifa, and largely bypassed the Galilee and the Negev. Someone wants to change this. Two IDF reserve colonels, […]

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Israel and China to colaborate on R&D

Israeli companies will be eligible to receive up to 50% of R&D costs in projects with Chinese counterparts. Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and China’s Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang today signed an R&D cooperation agreement in Jerusalem. The agreement is important for Israeli entrepreneurs who want to do business […]

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Ceragon Helps Ergon Energy Build Wireless Infrastructure to Support Power Line Applications in Queensland, Australia

 TEL AVIV, Israel, May 17, 2010 – Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CRNT), the provider of high-capacity, 4G/LTE-Ready wireless backhaul networks, today announced that Ergon Energy Corporation Limited, an electricity distribution company in Queensland, Australia, is deploying Ceragon’s advanced FibeAir® solutions in a high-capacity microwave/fiber hybrid network spanning large parts of Queensland. Ergon Energy […]

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TaKaDu Wins the Red Herring Top 100 Europe Tech Startup Award

Not often does a water company win an high-tech award. TaKaDu is proud to be the only water company to win the Red Herring Top 100 Award, which recognizes the leading private companies from Europe, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries TaKaDu provides a Software-as-a-Service solution for monitoring water distribution networks. TaKaDu […]

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MS Tech Wins Red Herring Top 100 Europe 2010 Award

Israeli Company receives award for the scientific advancement of innovative sensor technologies and integrated detection solutions. MS Tech, a world class designer, manufacturer and innovator of advanced detection sensors, announced today that it has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 2010 Europe Top 100 Award, a prestigious list recognizing the year’s most […]

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OECD accepts Israel

The OECD has accepted Israel as its newest member, following the approval by the 31 national ambassadors on the OECD Council. Israel began the OECD accession process exactly three years ago. The formal accession ceremony will be held at the organization’s Paris headquarters on May 27.

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CANADA’S ENABLENCE BUYS ISRAEL’S TELEDATA NETWORKS

Canada’s Enablence Technologies Inc, which supplies optical components, is acquiring Israel’s Teledata Networks Ltd for $50 million to expand in the global broadband market. Teledata Networks is a leading provider of products and services enabling telecom companies to migrate to Next Generation networks. Using Teledata’s Multi-Service Access Platform and VDSL capabilities Enablence’s international customers will […]

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ISRAELI TOURISM HITS NEW RECORD IN MARCH

Incoming tourism to Israel enjoyed a new March record in 2010. The Ministry of Tourism reported that 313,000 tourists visited Israel in March, 9% higher than the previous record set in March 2000, when a special millennial tourist campaign led to record numbers of visitors. The number of tourists was 56% higher than in March […]

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US AGRO-EQUIPMENT GIANT DEERE BUYS ISRAELI COTTON PICKER BHC

Deere & Company is buying Israel’s Beit Hashita Metal Industries Ltd. (BHC) and intends to retain the majority of BHC’s employees, including its general manager. BHC is a manufacturer of cotton picker repair parts for all makes of equipment and a supplier of cotton picker row units for other equipment manufacturers. BHC is John Deere’s […]

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WORLD’S LARGEST MAKER OF CANCER DRUGS ROCHE BUYS MEDINGO FOR $160 MLN

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG acquired 100% of Israel’s Medingo Ltd., the medical innovator of a new semi-disposable insulin patch pump. The Medingo patches can be stuck on to the skin, without the need for tubes, making it easier for patients to administer insulin. Roche is the world’s No. 2 company in the insulin delivery […]