ISRAEL Global Center for Breakthrough www.investinisrael.gov.il Bright Source Dear Reader, Israel is recognized as being Israel’s ability to continuously produce high- at the forefront of high- quality innovative products is fundamental to tech innovation, backed by a its capacity to compete globally and the Israeli highly educated and creative government considers it a high priority to ensure workforce and a sound and support Israel’s future competitiveness. infrastructure. Some of the I am confident that the vitality of the Israeli market world’s largest multinational will continue to position it as a global destination corporations developed their for foreign investment and invite you to take part key breakthroughs in Israel, in our future expansion. and the ongoing influx of new companies serve as a sign of the vibrancy of Israel’s industrial research and development. Israel enjoys the highest percentage in the world Sincerely, of engineers in the workforce and one of the Binyamin (Fouad) Ben Eliezer – highest ratios of university degrees and academic publications per capita. Israel’s finest innovations were developed through the combination of necessity, proven problem solving skills and creativity. Due to the close-knit web of Israeli society, the synergetic nature of Israeli industry Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor allows for cross-sectoral adaptations of technology from the security sector to life sciences, IT and communications. Highly trained graduates of the IDF applied cutting edge defense technology to market-changing civilian applications. 3 Intel Dear Investor, Israeli Innovations Israel has a long track record of An ability to quickly respond to market demands market-creating, profit driving and identify future needs as well as to determine Merging Necessity & Ingenuity Striving for SUCCESS breakthrough innovations and provide solutions to global needs across which have positively impacted different sectors; The technological skill of Israeli life worldwide. It is difficult engineers, who focus on sophisticated and niche- to imagine a world without specific solutions; and a start-up culture based on Cleantech IP Telephony invented by resilience and underpinned by a solid network of Hybrid solar-gas powered technology is the most cost effective solar thermal technology in the world..................... 6 VocalTec, ZIP compression VCs and technological incubators. technology developed at the Agrotech We invite you to see how Israel’s technological Technion, Disk-on-Key memory Drip irrigation has achieved the highest ratio in the world of crop yield per water unit.................................................7 breakthroughs are sustainable, unique, creative, created by M-Systems, or drip irrigation pioneered entrepreneurial, sophisticated, and secure, and why by Netafim. Life Sciences it is the competence of Israeli experts that ensures The ingestible pill camera gives doctors an insider’s perspective....................................................................................8 How does Israel manage to stay on top of the country’s success. technology in a variety of sectors, including People Cleantech, Agrotech, Life Sciences, Information One of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.........................................................................................................9 Technology, Communications and Homeland Security among others? Rachel Roei – Information Technology Israel’s success hinges on several important Flash Disk technology transformed data storage...........................................................................................................10 elements, including: Intensive R&D and strong Director of the Investment Promotion Center, Communications synergies between academia and industries that Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Instant communication (ICQ) revolutionized global contact...........................................................................................11 feed continuous innovation as well as create repeat entrepreneurs; Homeland Security Military technology is adapted into breakthrough innovations across various sectors...................................................12 Government Support........................................................................................................................................13 R&D Success Stories - Israel........................................................................................................................14 R&D Success Stories - MNCs.......................................................................................................................15 4 5 Bright Source Sustainable Unique Israel…is driving its six-decade quest to coax more from the The wilderness and arid land soil, water, air, and sunlight shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice than do most other nations and blossom like the tulip. on earth. …Israel leads the world by recycling 70% of its (Isaiah 35:1) wastewater, three times the figure for No. 2 Spain. Business Week, May 7, 2009 CLEANTECH Greening the World AGROTECH Feeding the World Blessed with ample sun light but challenged by water shortages, Israel is continuously developing alternative Israeli scientists have expanded the world’s food supply through innovative irrigation, growing and harvesting technologies that generate significant energy from the sun as well as from a host of other renewable energy techniques as well as bio-engineered crops and livestock. This transformation has placed Israeli agro-technology at sources such as wind, biomass etc. Israel’s holistic approach to water management that combines proven the forefront of the world food revolution. technologies with new and efficient water conservation techniques, make it the world’s #1 water recycler. Israeli Cleantech Achievements Israel’s Agro-tech Highlights Geothermal Energy Water Management Irrigation Global geothermal leader Ormat’s breakthrough Desalination turbine design converts geothermal and solar-heated Drip Irrigation Seeds steam into electricity. Israel initiated seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) helped achieve 70%-80% of water efficiency in Some 40% of European tomato greenhouses use desalination and is home to the world’s largest SWRO Energy from Waste agriculture -the highest rate in the world- versus 40% seeds of a long shelf-life hybrid created in Israel. desalination plant, annually producing 130 million with open irrigation; Israel controls over 50% of the The world’s most popular varieties of long-shelf- cubic meters, the most cost- efficient operation of its The ArrowBio process eliminates the need for prior world market. life cherry tomatoes were developed by Prof. Haim kind in the world. separation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and has a Rabinowitch and Prof. Nachum Kedar of Hebrew 90% recovery rate. Saline water irrigation University. IT Solutions/Green IT Emefcy produces low cost electricity ($0.10/kWhr) Warm, geothermal saline water is recycled from Bio/Organic agriculture TaKaDu and hydrogen in a bio-electro-chemical process from uses sparse data from existing sensors and wastewater treatment through Microbial Fuel Cell fishponds to irrigate a variety of crops, from folds that in with weather data, acoustic data, and GIS technology. greenhouse tomatoes to grapes grown in desert About 100,000 ha (247,105 acres) of horticulture are data to create a smart water grid, allowing the water conditions. under an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) regime, utility to improve its ability to plan and forecast, Applied Cleantech recycles sewage to produce a material reducing pesticide use by 30 – 40%. saving money and resources in the process. called recyllose, which can then be used to produce Greenhouse technologies between 120 and 135 gallons of ethanol per ton. Aquaculture Renewable Energy Spectrum-optimized plastic films and heating, Fossil Fuel Replacement/Bio Fuel ventilation and structural systems enable the Closed water systems developed in Israel have led to Solar Energy growth of more than 3 million roses, and 300 tons a 40-fold production increase compared with open- TransBioDiesel’s enzymatic process increases the pond systems from 0.5kg to over 20 kg per cubic of tomatoes per hectare per season, quadruple the Israel’s Luz, today known as BrightSource, pioneered profitability of biodiesel production from recycled yields of open fields. meter. greases, animal fats and plant oils by 15%-25%, while solar-thermal technology and built the world’s largest Dairy Desert Agriculture solar plant of its kind in the Mojave desert. producing a chemically clean by-product. Flat plate solar systems for water heating were Energy Efficiency The Isr aeli cow has the world’s highest milk yields. In Recovery of 35-60ºC geothermal water captured perfected in Israel in the 1950s. Israel is the world 2008 the average annual per cow yield was 11,461 kg underground in the Arava desert is used to heat leader in the use of solar energy per capita with Phoebus Energy’s hybrid heat pump system integrates of milk. greenhouses and in fish farming; 10% of Israeli fresh 85% of households using solar thermal systems, the with existing oil-based systems saving 50%-70% of oil, produce is desert-grown. highest per capita use of solar energy in the world, and reducing pollution by 80%-90%. and 4% of Israel’s energy capacity. Powersines Lighting Energy Controllers (LEC) enable SolarEdge boosts PV system output to enable cost dynamic voltage regulation and power consumption efficient