Non-U.S. Foreign Investment in Israel

Israeli high-tech companies benefit from international know-how and professional experience from Europe as well.

Foreign industrialists and companies like Volkswagen, Hoescht, Henkel, Samsung, Daewoo, Fujitsu, Nestl , Volvo, Nokia, and Carlsberg have started understanding the potential of the country. The net amount of foreign investments in Israel in 1995 reached a record $2 billion. More than 150 foreign companies have invested in R&D in Israel and the country has signed bi-national industrial cooperation agreements in R&D, with countries including the United States, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Hungary. Israel also has free trade agreements with Europe and the United States.