Multinational Technology Companies Operating in Israel
As of 2010, more than 35,000 professionals are employed in multinationals' R&D centers in Israel, making 'Silicon Wadi' a source for worldwide strategic technology development. Around 60 foreign R&D centers are engaged in a diverse range of activities including communication equipment, components, software, semiconductors, Internet communication and more. They include amongst others:
| Company | Year established in Israel | No of employees in Israel | Major acquisitions in Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | 1949 | 2,000 | Ubique, I-Logix, XIV, Guardium |
| Motorola | 1964 | 1,500 | Terayon, Bitband |
| Intel | 1974 | 7,200 | DSPC Envara, Comsys, InVision Biometrics, Telmap |
| Microsoft | 1989 | 750 | Maximal, Peach Networks, Whale Communications, Gteko, YaData, 3DV Systems |
| Applied Materials | 1991 | 1,200 | Orbot Instruments, Opal Technologies, Oramir Semiconductor |
| Cisco Systems | 1997 | 900 | CLASS Data Systems, HyNEX, Seagull Semiconductor, PentaCom, P-Cube, Riverhead Networks, Intucell |
| Hewlett-Packard | 1998 | 6,000 | Indigo Digital Press, Scitex Vision, Nur Macroprints, Mercury Interactive |
| Alcatel Lucent | 1998 | 250 | LANNET, Chromatis Networks, Mobilitec |
| GE Healthcare | 1998 | 400 | Nuclear and MR businesses of Elscint, Diasonics Vingmed |
| BMC Software | 1999 | 450 | New Dimension Software, Identify Software |
| CA Technologies | 1999 | 300 | Security-7, Abirnet, XOSoft, Oblicore |
| Philips Electronics | 1999 | 700 | Elscint, Veon, CDP Medical |
| Broadcom | 2000 | 500 | VisionTech, M-Stream, Siliquent Technologies, Dune Networks, Percello, Provigent, SC Square |
| Marvell Technology Group | 2000 | 1,600 | Galileo Technology |
| Siemens | 2000 | 900 | eship-4u, Tecnomatix Technologies, Solel Solar Systems |
| SAP AG | 2001 | 800 | TopTier Software, TopManage |
| EMC Corporation | 2004 | 1,000 | Kashya, nLayers, proActivity, Illuminator, ZettaPoint, Cyota, XtremIO |
| eBay | 2005 | 400 | Shopping.com, Fraud Sciences, The Gift Project |
| SanDisk | 2006 | 650 | M-Systems |
| 2006 | 350 | LabPixies, Quiksee, modu (patents only) | |
| Micron Technology | 2010 | 1,300 | Acquired Numonyx, a joint venture by Intel Corporation and STMicroelectronics |
| Apple Inc. | 2012 | 250 | Anobit |
| Covidien | 2012 | 300 | Oridion Systems, superDimension, PolyTouch |
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