Articles by December, 2018

the Annual International Congress for Innovation in Cardiology opened for the 23rd time. At the opening event, focused on innovation in medical equipment and digital health, Mr. Elliot Meschik from Amazon and Mr. David Ben Schimol from Google, took part in intriguing lectures that exposed future medicine, as managed by the giants – Google and Amazon. A number of other companies presented various fields of breakthroughs in the world of digital health. During the upcoming days of the conference, senior executives of Medtronic International, will take part, after landing in Israel to attend...

Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen met with British Trade Minister Dr. Liam Fox, which was held as a direct continuation of efforts by Israel and Britain to regulate bilateral trade relations between the two countries, in view of Britain's exit from the European Union. Britain is Israel's largest trading partner in Europe and the third in the world. The volume of trade between the two countries reached $ 10 billion in 2017, more than half of which was Israeli exports to Britain. In the first three quarters of 2018, Britain continued to be the first European export destination in...

Salesforce, the world leader in CRM and cloud services, has revealed data on the acquisition of millions of global users in more than 30 countries worldwide through transaction data generated from its trading cloud, billions of transactions through its marketing cloud and millions of consumer complaints received In its cloud service. The information has been enhanced with Salesforce's first research on consumer habits and consumer behavior (Shopper-First Retail) this year. This year, more than any other year and more than any other device israeli consumers turned to purchases through the...

Sudastream announced to the stock exchange that the merger was completed, and that trading in the company's shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange had stopped, and that the Israeli company that manufactures the gauze machines sold for $ 3.2 billion

Alpha Omega, a company that develops, manufactures and markets medical equipment that helps brain surgeons navigate the central nervous system, has established a joint venture in China with the GIBF Foundation. The Chinese company was established in Guangzhou with an investment of about seven million dollars

One of the major challenges facing the industry is the need to be economic and competitive and to meet environmental requirements. For this purpose, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Ministry of Finance, through the Industrial Administration, are publishing a tender for the establishment of a center for resource efficiency, amounting to NIS 51 million for five years. Over the past decade, Israeli industry has invested billions of shekels annually in investments to meet environmental regulatory requirements. Most of these investments...

The Innovation Authority awarded more than NIS 65 million as part of a special program for ventures from Arab society. In the past five years there has been a 50% increase in the percentage of Arab students studying Computer Science and Engineering The Director General of the Innovation Authority spoke this morning at the High-Tech Conference of the Arab Society held in Nazareth, at the initiative of the Ministry of Social Equality and the US Embassy. "We believe in the tremendous potential existing in Arab society for integrating into the high-tech industry, both as employees and as...

Bezeq published its fifth report on the state of the Internet in Israel to summarize the year 2018. The report reviews the habits and behavior of Israelis in the digital era and is based on extensive research conducted by the company on the Internet in Israel, the trends that govern it and its various uses, as well as data from the company's operations and systems. The report shows that at the end of 2018 the number of Internet users in Israel stands at approximately 6.6 million. The average surfer now downloads 8GB of files per day, up 30% in just one year. 36% of the youth pay for music....

he Electra Group, controlled by Daniel and Michael Salkind, is entering the real estate sector, but not in Israel but in the US. It is acquiring two contracting companies that deal with the electro-mechanical field in New York. According to the agreements signed, Electra is acquiring 51% of the share capital of Hellman Electric and Gilston Electrical. The two companies are contractors in the field of electrical works in New York City. The total investment is estimated at NIS 155 million. Investors on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange are happy for the time being, sending Electra Group shares up 2%