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Prominent companies with activities in Texas and Israel
IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Computer Associates, BMC Software, HP, Freescale Semiconductor, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, National Instruments, Applied Materials, Agilent, AT&T, Nokia, Ernst & Young, Dell, SAP, Alcatel-Lucent, Oracle, Motorola, Rockwell Automation, Alon USA, Retalix, Amdocs, Elbit Systems, N-Trig, Continental Airlines, KLA Tencor, 3M, Noble Energy, Samsung, Flextronics, Sanmina, Marvell Technologies, Verifone, Clockwork Solutions, Tower Semiconductor, Mentor Graphics, Checkpoint Software, Wintegra, Iscar Metals, Isramco, Netafim, Broadcom, Surf Communications, Brooks Automation
Grant Opportunities
BIRD Grants: BIRD is an acronym for Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development. The BIRD Foundation's mission is to stimulate, promote and support industrial R&D of mutual benefit to the U.S. and Israel.
Texas Portal of Nanotechnology Companies - B2B Mapping Engine
We are very pleased to inform you that Israeli company d&a Visual Insights (www.dainfo.com) in collaboration with Nanotechnology Advancement Center (NAC) has generously created a powerful and unique mapping engine that includes over 200 Texas Nanotechnology companies involved in various industries such as electronics & photonics, nanomedical, safety & environmental, tools & materials and cleantech. The Texas Portal has been made public for all to use, update, suggest corrections and/or additions on the website of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce (www.texasisrael.org) and NAC (www.nanoadvancement.org)
At NanoIsrael 2009, Texas participants were introduced to the Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative (INNI) Mapping Engine created by d&a Visual Insights. We encourage you to look at INNI mapping engine http://www.nanoisrael.org/mapping_engine.asp. We also invite you to attend NanoIsrael 2010, which will take place November 8-9, 2010 at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. http://www2.kenes.com/nano/Pages/home.aspx
For further information about d&a Visual Insights' similar capabilities in other fields please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Zvi Yaniv directly at (zyaniv@appliednanotech.net).
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June 2009: Participation of Israeli Companies In Tenders Under the Recovery Act
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (available on www.recovery.gov). The law is more commonly known as the "Recovery Act." The $787 billion act is intended to provide a stimulus to the U.S. economy in the wake of the current economic downturn. Because of International agreements, Israeli companies are to be treated like US companies when competing on certain Federal & State government procurement contracts. Read more here >>>