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Lockheed Martin Company, the world's biggest defense company, will establish a development center in Israel. With Israel’s Bynet Data Communications it is building the IDF Intelligence Corp's technology campus in the Negev, known as the 5/9 project.

More about the deal that UK water company Anglian Water has done with Israel’s Mapal. Mapal’s bubble-spreaders will be installed in as many as 400 of Anglian’s 1,100 wastewater treatment facilities, and Mapal is in “advanced talks” with other UK water treatment companies.

Ryanair’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Cawley was upbeat at meetings with Israeli officials. “Ryanair has boosted the number of tourists in 28 countries in Europe and the world, and we intend to do this in Israel too." Cawley said. 3.5 million tourists visited Israel in 2012.

Popular names that appear on hundreds of millions of bottles of Coca-Cola are being printed on equipment produced using technology developed by Israel’s Indigo. The campaign is running in 32 countries, and some 800 million “name bottles” will be distributed.

Back in August 2012 I reported that two mothers were so angry at all the packed lunch wrappings that were thrown away that they invented an environmentally friendly packaging. Their start-up TIPA has now secured funding from GreenSoil Investments to help expand here and overseas.

Zvi Oren, president of the Manufacturers Association of Israel, and Muharrem Yilmaz, president of the Turkish Industry and Business Association met to discuss strengthening business ties and tourism. "It's amazing to see how relieved they are that they can do business with us again," Oren said.

The total amount of Israeli exports to Turkey, not including diamonds, reached $560 million in the first three months of 2013, 44% higher than a year earlier. Chemicals and processed petroleum products accounted for 75% of all Israeli exports to Turkey and these rose 67% from Q1 2012.

(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel’s Mapal has just sold its advanced sewage treatment system to UK’s Anglia Water. Mapal (Hebrew for “waterfall”) uses a unique form of “fine-bubble aeration”, which decomposes waste using only 70% of the energy of other treatment systems. Mapal’s system already operates in South Africa, Brazil, Peru, Angola and Congo as well as in Israel.

Israel’s vehicle fleet management solutions developer Traffilog Ltd. has signed a $40 million deal with China's biggest bus company Jiao Yun. Traffilog's Traffimech detects mechanical problems and TraffiSafe warns of dangerous and inefficient driving, helping to reduce accidents.

Kitchen buyers at American outlets of the Ikea furniture chain will have their countertops covered by an Israeli product – Caesarstone, an engineered stone marble and granite substitute made in Kibbutz Sdot Yam. Caesarstone will serve as IKEA US’s exclusive non-laminate countertop vendor.