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On the July 22nd Chamber board meeting, we met with
Mr. Alan Becker, the Attorney General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
who will be replacing the Israeli ambassador in Canada, Mr. Haim Divon, in
the fall. The meeting also included a review on Canadian tourism and the
Ministry of Tourism’s promotions in that field, by Mr. Ari Marom, head of the
North American desk. In addition, it was decided that an event will be held
in January 2005, saluting the companies active in promoting commerce between Suzanne Szukits, Canada’s economic attaché
in Israel, ended her term at the
end of July and is being replaced by Rene Wassill. The chamber would like to
thank Suzanne for her cooperation. Canada Day
was marked by a festive reception organized by Donald Sinclair, Canadian
ambassador to New Sector Profiles for the Israeli Biotechnology,
Plastics, Construction, Medical Devices and Agri-food Industries and a new
Market Study on the Israeli ICT market are now available on www.infoexport.gc.ca There is an upcoming tender for onshore gas pipeline in Pelephone, the 3rd
largest Israeli cellular provider, selected Nortel Networks to provide mobile
broadband equipment for its third generation (3G) wireless network. Bombardier opened an Israeli office
in Tel Aviv with a reception jointly hosted by the Canadian Embassy.
Israel Railways has contracted with Bombardier for the supply of 23 railway
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From the Desk of the Trade Commissioner in |
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Reception Party given by Leonard Asper together
with Rami Kleinman (JNF)
Meeting with MacDonald Dettweiler Meeting Update (www.mda.ca) Meeting with William (Bill) Levine, President of
Western Corporate Enterprises, Inc. |
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SIAL
2004 Telecom Israel 2004,
www.telecom-israel.com International Trade |
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Headlines from Israeli
Newspapers (courtesy of “Ifat”) |
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The Israeli startup company, Sentacom,
which develops information security applications for organizations and the
Internet, is in the advanced stages of negotiations for being sold to the
Canadian company, WatchFire (Globes, July 7) The Canadian plastics manufacturer,
Hershy Friedman from An American bank will invest 19
million Canadian dollars in Angel Group projects in There was an increase of 15% in the
export of Kibbutz manufactured goods between January and May. Export to El-Al is offering its pilots to move
to The Tolgal Company, owned by Kibbutz
Dgania Aleph, has invested $500,000 to create a partnership in The Canadian company, Sky Service, has
started operating weekly charter flights between Gilboa Instruments Industry, a new plastic mould processing company, opened in Moshav Magen Shaul in the Ta’anach region. It was founded by Canadian Christian families living there. The company has 45 employees and is expected to reach 150 employees. The company is an expansion of the Canadian factory owned by the Christian community (The Galilee Valley, June 22) 10 apartments in the City Tower Hotel have been sold to American and Canadian buyers for the total price of 2.2 million dollars (Globes, June 17) Electra Real estate is buying 49% of
two office buildings in “Jerusalem Calcalit”, controlled by
Eliaz Fishman, purchased a commercial center in The Canadian police arrested 3 Israeli citizens suspected of forging credit cards of HSBC bank customers (Yediot Aharonot, June 9) |
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www.israeliconsumerproducts.com is a website promoting Israeli products in |
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