Maryland/Israel Development Center

The MIDC promotes trade and investment between Maryland and Israel to help create jobs in both economies. Through its membership base, programming and services, it provides a network of business contacts and support in the U.S. market for Israeli entrepreneurs.

Maryland and Israel are complementary partners, both strong in life sciences, information technology, homeland security and other high-tech industries. Israel boasts the largest number of companies traded on the NASDAQ. Maryland is the premier gateway for Israeli companies to establish their U.S. office.

LETTER FROM MIDC CHAIRMAN, ABBA DAVID POLIAKOFF

Israeli Defense Company Opens Subsidiary in MD, Creating 100 New Jobs

The Maryland/Israel Development Center's Barry Bogage, Governor Martin O'Malley and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, this week announced that IAI North America has opened a  subsidiary in Howard County and plans to create 100 new high technology jobs over the next four years. The Company, ELTA North America, leverages state-of-the-art technology from ELTA Systems Ltd., the world's fourth largest radar company and a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI). 
 

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Expert: Medical devices ‘dark horse’ of Israeli high-tech

While Israeli technology successes in networking, security, and software applications garner the most attention in the local and international press, the medical device industry is sort of a “dark horse,” said one expert, D. Todd Dollinger, chairman and CEO of the Trendlines Group. That industry attracts less attention in the media, Dollinger said, but even so, it’s a very successful and profitable dark horse.

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Maryland Schools Named Best in the Country Five Years In A Row

For the fifth year in a row, "Education Week" has named Maryland's public schools first in the country.

"Maryland has made it to the top of this list because of the students, parents, teachers, principals, administrators, advocates and elected officials. We are number one because we [Marylanders] understand the investments being made in education are for our future, says Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley in an email to Barry Bogage, Executive Director of the Maryland/Israel Development Center.

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