| INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES INVESTED IN
ISRAEL |
| Which multinational companies have
invested in Israel? |
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Many major multi-nationals have chosen to run core
activities in Israel including: HP, Microsoft, Intel,
IBM, Siemens, GE, SAP, Philips, TimeWarner, Sony, Cisco,
Google, EBay, Analog Devices, Computer Associates,
Berkshire-Hathaway, Applied Materials, Sun Microsystems,
3Com, Motorola, Pfizer, J&J and more.
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| In which sectors do these companies
invest? |
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| Sectors that
multinationals invest in, include telecommunications,
information technologies, semiconductors, medical
devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and optics.
Israel’s high tech industry in particular is extremely
profitable and attractive to foreign multinationals.
Israel's water
technologies sector has become recognized worldwide
due to the country's first-hand, proven knowledge in the
field and the global increase in water demand. |
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| Which foreign companies have made
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) recently? |
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2007 and 2008 witnessed dozens
of international Mergers & Acquisitions. 2006
saw a record number of Mergers & Acquisitions; As, a
total of 76 Israeli companies were acquired. Warren
Buffet's Berkshire-Hathaway made its first international
investment when the company made its monumental
acquisition of Israeli Iscar for $4 billion, HP acquired
Mercury for $4.5 billion and SanDisk acquired MSystems
for $1.5 billion. Other examples of multinational
companies that have acquired Israeli companies include:
Microsoft, Motorola, Intel, HP, Siemens, Samsung, IBM,
GE, Phillips, Lucent, AOL, J&J, Applied Materials,
Sun Microsystems, EMC, Boston Scientific, eBay, HP,
Kodak, Cisco and Xerox.
Link
to recent M&A's in Israel
Download
a list of significant recent M&A in Israel (Word
Document)
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| What do foreign investors think about
investing in Israel? |
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"I
think this is the most successful acquisition ever made
by an American company in Israel. This
is probably the most successful team that Microsemi has
ever acquired.”
Microsemi CEO James Peterson (January
2008)
“Throughout
our long-term partnership with Saifun
(Israel), we have been
impressed with the depth of technology expertise, the
quality of people and the ingenuity of the Saifun
organization and look forward to establishing a team in
Israel.”
Bertrand Cambou, President and CEO of Spansion
(October 2007)
" Israel
has amazing people. We
are investing $4 billion in an amazing group of people
from Israel – and
we are investing it at an astounding speed."
Warren
Buffet, Berkshire
Hathaway,
September 2006
"Our
Tel Aviv facility is particularly important because the
mainframe talent and technology that we have there is
not easily found around the world… We have had
tremendous success here and (with) the products they
produce and the great technology environment that exists
in Israel."
Jim Grant, Vice President of BMC Software Service
Management Business Unit, May 2006
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