Mashgav Greenhouse was selected as the outstanding technology greenhouse for 2009. The Trans Biodiesel Company, which develops an enzymatic process for the production of biodiesel, was selected as the outstanding greenhouse company for 2009
The Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Eli Ofer: "The outstanding company and the companies that have been commended excel at a high level of technological innovation and are a role model for start-up companies. The cleantech field has grown in the world of incubators from a rate of 4% of all enterprises in incubators in 2005 to over 15% in 2009"
Director of the Technology Incubator Program, Yossi Smuller: "Mishgav incubator, which was chosen as the outstanding incubator for 2009, showed outstanding achievements in 2009 in the operation of the incubator, in the quantity and quality of the ventures absorbed in it, and in leading the mature companies to success in raising private investments and strategic collaborations"
Mashgav incubator was selected as the outstanding incubator for 2009 and Trans Bio Diesel was selected as the outstanding incubator company for 2009 as part of the annual event of the technological incubators program in Israel, which took place yesterday with the participation of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Industry, Binyamin (Fouad) Ben Eliezer, the chief scientist at the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr. Eli Ofer, director of the technology incubator program Yossi Smuller, entrepreneurs, company managers, Investors, industrialists, academics, greenhouse managers and public figures.
The Mashgav incubator owned by the Trendlines Foundation was selected as the outstanding technological incubator for 2009. The Mashgav incubator was selected as an outstanding incubator due to outstanding achievements in the operation of the incubator, in the quantity and quality of the ventures absorbed in it and in the leadership of the mature companies to success in raising private investments and strategic collaborations in 2009.
The company Trans Biodiesel, which develops an enzymatic process for the production of biodiesel, was selected as the outstanding greenhouse company for 2009. Trans Biodiesel developed the green greenhouse L.N. Entrepreneurship last year and presented noteworthy achievements and a unique and sophisticated solution to a real global problem.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Benjamin (Foad) Ben Eliezer said during the ceremony that "the approval of the state budget reflects the clear intention of the State of Israel to continue to maintain Israel's comparative advantage and maintain technological leadership, together with a large investment in employment, especially in the periphery and investment in small and medium-sized businesses." Minister Ben Eliezer welcomed the cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, the Federation of Industrialists and the Histadrut and said that "without the full cooperation and trust of The parties would not have reached these achievements for the sake of the economy and society in Israel."
Ben Eliezer also noted that "the total budget of the chief scientist will be 1.55 million NIS. This is a significant achievement when the opening figures in the negotiations were around NIS 900 million base budget, and thanks to the considerable addition to the scientist's base budget, and that from the aforementioned budget, budgets will be allocated to implement the government's decisions on the subjects of "a plan to strengthen the relationship between academia and industry" and "establishing centers R&D for the global financial industry".
Referring to the incubator program, Ben Eliezer said that "the incubator program is a very successful combination of economic achievements with social achievements. R&D activity takes place through the incubators in almost every region of Israel, from the southern Negev to the Upper Galilee. The development of innovative technologies in many and varied fields, the establishment of new start-up companies when all of this also takes place in the periphery - this is an achievement worthy of special mention."
The TMT Minister also emphasized that despite two extremely difficult years for the Israeli economy, the incubator program reached impressive achievements in 2009. In 2009, companies that graduated from the incubator collectively raised over 340 million dollars.
The fact that two of the three companies are in the cleantech sector is particularly gratifying, in light of the fact that this is a sector defined by the Israeli government as having a national priority - said Minister Ben Eliezer.
Ben Eliezer further stated that "in marking the twentieth year of the program's existence, I would like to emphasize here the deep appreciation that the State of Israel acquires for the technology incubators and my personal commitment to promoting and establishing the incubators and incubator companies in Israel."
As part of the annual event of the incubator program, it was also decided to award a commendation to two additional incubator companies and they are:
- Greenlet Technologies, a graduate of the Time incubator in 2010, is developing a system for managing and reducing electrical energy consumption.
- Argo Medical, a graduate of the Technion Incubator in 2008, develops a device for walking paralyzed lower limbs.
The Chief Scientist at the TMT Office, Dr. Eli Ofer, emphasizes that the outstanding company and the companies that have been commended excel at a high level of technological innovation and are a role model for start-up companies. Here it is appropriate to note that the cleantech field in the world of incubators has grown from a rate of 4% of all enterprises in incubators in 2005 to over - 15% in 2009, so it is no coincidence that the outstanding company and one of the winning companies Commendable are engaged in this field.
The director of the technological incubators program, Yossi Smoller, points out that the Mashgav incubator, which was chosen as the outstanding incubator for 2009, showed outstanding achievements in 2009 in the operation of the incubator, in the quantity and quality of the ventures absorbed in it, and in leading the mature companies to success in raising private investments and strategic collaborations. The outstanding incubator company and the companies that have been commended are highly innovative and technologically complex and have achieved very impressive commercialization achievements, within a short time of the end of the incubator period. The role of the judging committee that chose the outstanding greenhouse company was not easy this time, mainly due to the high quality of the contestants.
