American-Israel Chamber of Commerce

Israelis Visit Oak Ridge, Tennessee for BioEnergy Challenge

A delegation of Israeli scientists and company executives visited the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee last month as part of the U.S. – Israel BioEnergy Challenge, a collaborative effort between the United States and Israel, and consortia of U.S. [...]

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Economic News from Israel

Sony Corporation has invested $10 million in Herzliya Pituach-based Rainbow Medical with an interest in expanding its medical devices operations.  Rainbow Medical is a medical device accelerator built around the inventions of serial entrepreneur Yossi Gross.  Other investors include Medtronic, [...]

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From the Leadership

Long ago, we realized the need for partners to achieve our important mission.  They have included Jewish federations, governments, chambers of commerce, economic development and technology associations, and non-profits whose work for Israel is complementary to AICC’s. Thus, one of [...]

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HP’s Yishai Amir to Keynote Eagle Star Awards Gala

Barbara Babbit Kaufman to Emcee AICC’s May 30th Flagship Event The Hewlett Packard – Israel success story and its important connection to the Southeast will a key component of the 12th annual Eagle Star Awards Gala on May 30th as it [...]

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SC-Israel R&D Funding Agreement Announced at Neurotech Business Exchange

In addition to generating potential business and research relationships for participating Israeli companies, the US-Israel Neurotechnology Business Exchange, held in Charleston, May 6-7, was the scene for an historic announcement of a bilateral agreement to further collaboration in the field of [...]

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Israeli Auto supplier to locate manufacturing facility in South Carolina

Ashdod-based A.L. Solutions Inc. will locate a new manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  The company plans to invest $3.6 million and generate 80 jobs for the new facility that will produce aftermarket automotive filters and heavy-duty filters for [...]

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Israel: Small Market with Big Influence

Israel may be a small market of 8 million people, fewer than Georgia, but that hasn’t kept the state’s companies from striking deals there worth millions of dollars. Thanks to a program called G.R.O.W. – Georgia Reaching Out Worldwide – an Israeli [...]

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PeopleNet Selects Centerity for its Atlanta Data Center

Atlanta-based PeopleNet, the national leader in time and attendance management systems for temporary staffing and employment agencies, has acquired and successfully deployed the monitoring solution of Ra’anana-based Centerity Systems in its Atlanta Data Center.  The relationship was coordinated by Marietta, [...]

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SPX Awarded Contract for Israeli Cycle Power Plant

Charlotte, North Carolina-based SPX Corporation has been awarded a contract worth approximately $35 million to supply an air-cooled condenser for a new 835 MW natural gas-fired, combined cycle power plant scheduled to be constructed in Israel.  The contract was awarded by [...]

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Israel Logistics Delegation Scores Business in Georgia

A delegation of Israeli logistics companies, led by the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, visited Georgia last month to make important business connections.  Participating in the delegation were The Israel Ports Development & Assets Company, Fourtec – Fourier Technologies, [...]

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