ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

KETER

Thanks to its innovative designs and advanced technologies, Keter has evolved from a small plastic workshop in Jaffa into one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of resin- based household and garden products, operating in 90 countries, with $1 billion dollars in annual sales turnover. The BC Partners private equity fund recently purchased 80% of Keter for $1.36 billion. Keter's advanced manufacturing technologies and product innovation have helped the company maintain its uniqueness and increase its global sales in a very competitive market. Every new Keter Plastics product is reverse-engineered to discover the technological and engineering principles within a few months.

RAVAL

Raval develops and manufactures parts, mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies using plastic injection (including parts that are reinforced with glass fibers) for the global automotive industry. The company was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Raviv, and went public in 2007. Today it maintains 12 facilities and over 1,200 employees worldwide. Raval manufactures several advanced products, such as fuel tank venting systems with unique innovative features, which can control and reduce pollutant emissions from fuel. This is a unique field, only pursued by four companies worldwide, as of 2015. In addition, the company continues to research and develop new and advanced venting systems, both according to demand from automotive manufacturers and at the company's own initiative.

ISCAR

ISCAR Metalworking is an Israeli multinational metal cutting tools company and the leading company of one of the world’s largest metalworking conglomerates, the IMC Group. ISCAR and the IMC Group were acquired by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2006, becoming one of its largest non-insurance companies. The acquisition of ISCAR was Berkshire Hathaway’s first outside of the US.

The Advanced manufacturing at Iscar involves robotics, automation and automated material handling, and is designed to ensure efficiency, maximum utilization of production capacity, compliance with the high development and design, product quality and consistency and repeatability in the production process. The computerized control system (DNC) delivers computerized production plans for automatic lathes and milling machines, which are designed for ultimate flexibility of the production process.

MIS

MIS Implants Technologies develops, produces and markets dental implants and equipment for oral and dental surgeries. MIS was founded in 1995, and as of June 2016, employs 250 workers. In 2016 Dentsply Sirona, the largest dental implant company in the world, acquired MIS for 375$ million.

MIS aims to simplify implant dentistry through innovation and clinical education. It manufactures its innovative dental implants using advanced processes and manufacturing methods in its facility in Karmiel. The company exports 90% of its products and sells them in 65 countries around the world.