As reported in Port2Port: The country hopes the accord would assist in developing trade relations with countries in South East Asia Israel’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Shalom Simchon and Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Commerce Poom Sarapol signed last week a framework trade accord intend to further develop bilateral trade and assist Israeli [...]
As reported in Israel21c: Imagine never forgetting a single detail of your life — what you got for your 14th birthday, or the phone numbers of every one of your romantic interests. New science from Israel shows that this might be in the realm of possibility. The big question is: Would it be good for [...]
Minister of Finance Dr. Yuval Steinitz has decided to grant additional tax benefits for vehicles with alternative (hybrid or electric) drives, with the aim of continuing to promote the market penetration of these vehicles. The Minister of Finance’s decision was made as part of the Tax Authority’s policy of promoting the use of environment friendly [...]
Steinitz: “This is another important step towards meeting the government goals of generating electricity from renewable sources and reducing dependency on fossil fuels”. Landau: “The results of the tender are a boon to the future of the solar energy sector in Israel and worldwide”. The Energy and Water Resources Minister, Dr. Uzi Landau, the Accountant [...]
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT; TASE: GILT) announced it has been selected by a Tier-1 Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in South East Asia to provide its SkyEdge II network for GSM and 3G cellular backhaul. Gilat said that the new SkyEdge II network will replace an existing SkyEdge network currently supporting the MNO’s 2G [...]
Amid the socioeconomic protests and wide publicity of Israel’s numerous social problems, something different has been set in motion – something that signals progress and the future, like Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz’s decision to increase the Israel Space Agency’s budget by hundreds of millions of shekels, a move welcomed by Minister of Science and [...]
An Israeli company transforms commercial digital printing with a groundbreaking – and eco-friendly — Nanographic process. For Benny Landa, it wasn’t enough that his Indigo digital commercial printers revolutionized the industry – making it possible to digitally print everything from photo albums to wine-bottle labels — after Indigo’s 2002 acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. An American transplant [...]
Millions of asthma sufferers can breathe a bit easier thanks to research and products coming out of Israel. ISRAEL21c brings the top 10 advances in the field. May 1 marks the annual World Asthma Day. In keeping with this year’s theme, “You Can Control Your Asthma,” ISRAEL21c presents the top 10 Israeli innovations making that goal more attainable for the approximately [...]
As reported in Israel21c: When Israel was founded 64 years ago, it was a barren country with no natural resources, little water, and more than half of its land mass desert. The only thing the new country had going for it was the natural creativity of its people. More than six decades later, the Israelis [...]
As reported in IVC: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and National Committee on Robotics and Automation recently organized a mission to Israel with the purpose of strengthening Indo-Israeli collaboration on robotics and automation. During the mission, an Expression of Interest was signed between Chairman of CII National Committee on Robotics Mr. Deep Kapuria and [...]