List of multinational companies with research and development centres in Israel

There are over 570 R&D centers in Israel owned by multinational companies.[1]

Google development center in Matam, Haifa
Alcatel-Lucent development center in Azorim technology park
BMC Software development center in Tel Aviv
Company Country Sector Major acquisitions and investments
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]
Alphabet United States Internet Waze,[20] Siemplify[21]
Barclays United Kingdom Financial services R&D Center[22]
Blackberry Canada Telecommunications WatchDox[23][24]
BMC Software United States Software New Dimension Software,[25] Identify Software[26]
Booking.com Netherlands Travel Evature[27]
Unilever Netherlands Consumer goods
Snowflake Inc. United States Cloud computing R&D Center[28]
Broadcom United States Semiconductors VisionTech, M-Stream, Siliquent Technologies, Dune Networks, Percello, Provigent, SC Square[29]
ChemChina China Chemicals Makhteshim Agan[30]
Citigroup United States Financial services R&D Center[31]
Cisco United States Telecommunications CLASS Data Systems, HyNEX, Seagull Semiconductor, PentaCom, P-Cube, Riverhead Networks,[32] Intucell,[33] Sheer Networks,[34] NDS Group[35][36]
ST Engineering Singapore Integrated engineering
Dassault Systèmes France Software
Dell United States Computer technology R&D center[37]
Dropbox United States Internet Cloudon (2015)[38]
TDK Japan Electronics
eBay United States Internet Shopping.com, Fraud Sciences, The Gift Project[39]
EMC United States Computer technology Kashya, nLayers, proActivity, Illuminator, ZettaPoint, Cyota,[40] XtremIO[41]
Meta Platforms United States Internet Onavo,[42] Pebbles Interfaces[43]
Gemalto France Software
General Electric United States Medical technology Nuclear and MR businesses of Elscint,[44] Diasonics Vingmed[45]
General Motors United States Automotive
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

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