There are over 400 R&D centers in Israel owned by multinational companies.[1]
Company | Country | Sector | Major acquisitions and investments |
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3M | United States | Electronics | Attenti[2] |
Amazon | United States | Internet | Annapurna Labs[3] |
Fujitsu | Japan | Information and communications technology | R&D center[4] |
Vimeo | United States | Internet | Magisto[5] |
AOL | United States | Internet | 5min Media[6] |
Mercedes-Benz | Germany | Automobile | R&D Center[7] |
Yandex | Russia | Internet | KitLocate[8] |
Amobee | Singapore | Internet | Kontera Technologies[9] |
Apple | United States | Consumer electronics | Anobit,[10] PrimeSense[11] |
Elastic NV | Netherlands | Internet, Software | R&D Center[12] |
Applied Materials | United States | Semiconductors | Orbot Instruments, Opal Technologies,[13] Oramir Semiconductor[14] |
ARM Holdings | United Kingdom | Semiconductors | Sansa Security[15] |
Bosch | Germany | Electronics | |
PTC | United States | Software, Internet of things, augmented reality | R&D center in the campus of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
AT&T | United States | Telecommunications | Interwise [16] R&D center (cloud solutions)[17] |
Autodesk | United States | Software | R&D Center[18] |
Toshiba | Japan | Electronics, semiconductors, Information technology | OCZ Storage Solutions[19] |
Barclays | United Kingdom | Financial services | R&D Center[20] |
Blackberry | Canada | Telecommunications | WatchDox[21][22] |
BMC Software | United States | Software | New Dimension Software,[23] Identify Software[24] |
Booking.com | Netherlands | Travel | Evature[25] |
Unilever | Netherlands | Consumer goods | |
Snowflake Inc. | United States | Cloud computing | R&D Center[26] |
Broadcom | United States | Semiconductors | VisionTech, M-Stream, Siliquent Technologies, Dune Networks, Percello, Provigent, SC Square[27] |
ChemChina | China | Chemicals | Makhteshim Agan[28] |
Citigroup | United States | Financial services | R&D Center[29] |
Cisco | United States | Telecommunications | CLASS Data Systems, HyNEX, Seagull Semiconductor, PentaCom, P-Cube, Riverhead Networks,[30] Intucell,[31] Sheer Networks,[32] NDS Group[33][34] |
ST Engineering | Singapore | Integrated engineering | |
Dassault Systèmes | France | Software | |
Dell | United States | Computer technology | R&D center[35] |
Dropbox | United States | Internet | Cloudon (2015)[36] |
TDK | Japan | Electronics | |
eBay | United States | Internet | Shopping.com, Fraud Sciences, The Gift Project[37] |
EMC | United States | Computer technology | Kashya, nLayers, proActivity, Illuminator, ZettaPoint, Cyota,[38] XtremIO[39] |
Meta Platforms | United States | Internet | Onavo,[40] Pebbles Interfaces[41] |
Gemalto | France | Software | |
General Electric | United States | Medical technology | Nuclear and MR businesses of Elscint,[42] Diasonics Vingmed[43] |
General Motors | United States | Automotive | |
United States | Internet | LabPixies, Quiksee, modu (patents only),[44] Waze[45] | |
Harman International Industries | United States | Electronics | Red Bend Software[46] |
HP | United States | Computer technology | Indigo Digital Press, Scitex Vision, Nur Macroprints, Mercury Interactive, Shunra[47] |
IBM | United States | Computer technology | Ubique,[48] I-Logix,[49] XIV,[50] Guardium,[51] Diligent Technologies,[52] Storwize,[53] Worklight,[54] Trusteer[55] Cloudigo[56] |
ICAP | United Kingdom | Financial services | Traiana[57] |
Škoda Auto | Czechia | Automobile | |
Infosys | India | Information technology | Panaya |
Intel | United States | Semiconductors | DSPC[58] Envara,[59] Comsys,[60] InVision Biometrics,[61] Telmap,[62] Mobileye,[63] Habana Labs,[64] Moovit,[65] Tower Semiconductor,[66] Granulate[67] |
Intercontinental Exchange | United States | Financial services | SuperDerivatives[68] |
Intuit | United States | Software | Check,[69] Porticor [70] |
Jain Irrigation Systems | India | Agricultural technology | NaanDan Irrigation Systems[71] |
John Deere | United States | Agricultural technology | |
Johnson & Johnson | United States | Medical technology | Biosense[72] |
Kuang-Chi[73] | China | Information technology | Agent Vi,[74] Beyond Verbal,[75] eyeSight Technologies[76] |
Legend[77] | China | Information technology | |
Lenovo[78] | China | Consumer electronics | |
LG | South Korea | Consumer electronics | Cybellum[79] |
Marvell Technology Group | United States | Semiconductors | Galileo Technology[80] |
McAfee | United States | Software | |
Merck Group | Germany | Pharmaceutical, life sciences, material sciences | R&D Center,[81]
Healthcare BioIncubator,[82] ExploreBio Biotech Incubator,[83] PMatX Incubator,[84] QLight Nanotech,[85] Wiliot,[86] Metabomed,[87] ARTSaVIT,[88] Medisafe,[89] Neviah Genomics,[90] ChanBio[91] FeelIt[92] Pantheon Biosciences[93] |
Micro Focus International | United Kingdom | Software | NetManage[94] |
Microsoft | United States | Software | Maximal,[95] Peach Networks,[96] Whale Communications,[97] Gteko,[98] YaData,[99] 3DV Systems[100] |
Monsanto | United States | Agricultural technology | Rosetta Green (2013)[101] |
Motorola | United States | Telecommunications | Terayon,[102] Bitband[103] |
Oracle | United States | Software | R&D Center |
Nestlé | Switzerland | Food processing | Osem[104] |
Nokia | Finland | Telecommunications | LANNET, Chromatis Networks, Mobilitec[105] |
Nvidia | United States | Semiconductors | Mellanox Technologies[106] |
PayPal | United States | Internet | CyActive,[107] Curv[108] |
PepsiCo | United States | Food processing | SodaStream[109] |
Philips | Netherlands | Medical technology | R&D Center |
Polycom | United States | Telecommunications | R&D Center |
Qualcomm | United States | Semiconductors | R&D Center |
Red Hat | United States | Software | Qumranet[110] |
Samsung | South Korea | Consumer electronics | Boxee[111] |
SAP | Germany | Software | OFEK-Tech, TopTier Software, TopManage, A2i,[112] Gigya[113] |
Sears | United States | Retail | R&D Center |
SeaGate | United States | Computer storage | R&D Center |
Siemens | Germany | Electronics | R&D Center |
Software AG | Germany | Software | R&D Center |
Sony | Japan | Electronics | Altair Semiconductor[114] |
Sun Pharmaceutical | India | Pharmaceuticals | Taro Pharmaceuticals[115] |
SingTel[116] | Singapore | Telecommunications | R&D Center |
Syngenta | Switzerland | Agribusiness | Zeraim Gedera[117] |
Tata Group | India | Information technology | Technology Innovation Momentum Fund[118] |
Tech Mahindra | India | Telecommunications | Comverse Technology[119] |
Teradata | United States | Data warehousing | Appoxee[120] |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Israel/ United States | Pharmaceuticals | R&D Center |
Texas Instruments | United States | Semiconductors | R&D Center |
Western Digital / SanDisk | United States | Semiconductors | M-Systems[121] |
Xiaomi | China | Consumer electronics | R&D Center |
Xerox | United States | Information technology | XMpie[122] |
Yahoo | United States | Internet | ClarityRay,[123] Dapper,[124] RayV[125] |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | United States | information technology | R&D Center |
Gartner | United States | information technology | R&D Center |
Winbond | Taiwan | Semiconductors | R&D Center |
Mitsubishi Corporation | Japan | International Trade | R&D Center |
Salesforce | United States | Software | R&D Center |
Palantir Technologies | United States | Software | R&D Center |
Pfizer | United States | Pharmaceutical | R&D Center |
Mastercard | United States | Financial services | R&D Center |
kaspersky | Russia | Cybersecurity | R&D Center |
Visa | United States | Financial services | R&D Center |
Atos | France | Electronics, Cybersecurity | R&D Center |
BNP Paribas | France | Banking, financial services | R&D Center |
Thales Group | France | Electronics, aerospace, defence, transportation and security | R&D Center |
Capgemini | France | Electronics, Cybersecurity | R&D Center |
Carl Zeiss AG | Germany | Optoelectronics | R&D Center |
Honda | Japan | Automobile | R&D Center |
Bayer | Germany | Pharmaceutical | R&D Center |
CA Technologies | United States | Business-to-business | R&D Center |
Schneider Electric | France | Electronics | R&D Center |
Ford Motor Company | United States | Automobile | R&D Center |