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Israeli Aerospace Industries has concluded further sales of its leading-edge imaging systems - the MSOP3000 and the Micro-POP.

Plaza Centres (a subsidiary of Israel’s Elbit Imaging) has opened its 33rd shopping mall and its first in Serbia. The mall is in Serbia’s fourth largest city – Kragujevac – and is the first shopping mall in Serbia outside its capital city Belgrade.

Here is a comprehensive list by fellow JPost blogger Levi Shapiro of Israeli companies displaying at South By South West - the 10-day music, film and interactive festival, in Austin Texas.

With giant Israeli companies ECI in Alabama and Israel Aircraft Industries in Mississippi, Tom Glaser, president of the southeast region of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce wanted to emphasise, “We have many small companies and start-ups operating in the region, including 19 kibbutz-affiliated companies that have set up shop in the hinterlands of North Carolina.”

UK minister Ed Vaisey said on his recent visit, “The UK is a world leader in content production, and Israel is a world leader in developing technology that gets content to consumers. So there is enormous potential for collaboration.”

(Thanks to Israel21c) The top Israeli medical device company for diagnosing lung disease has just been bought out by the global giant Covidian for $350 million. SuperDimension develops minimally invasive pulmonology devices.

The rains didn’t deter visitors to the Jewish State last month. The total of 232,000 was 4% up on the previous record in Feb 2010 and 6% more than the same month last year.

Almost a weekly item this. Modiin Energy and Adira Energy Corporation announced Wednesday an oil and natural gas discovery of up to 232 million barrels at their offshore Gabriella and Yitzhak Licenses, which are 24 km northwest of Tel Aviv.

Army service followed by university is key to producing young entrepreneurs in the Jewish State. But immigrants can get on the start-up ladder too. Givahim’s “TheHive” is a six-month start-up accelerator for new immigrants to Israel with experience and education. Each immigrant is paired with a native Israeli entrepreneur, investor or other professional. And the benefits are two-way.

Entrepreneur Erel Margalit, founder of the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem, received a personal invitation from the Catalan Government. The Spaniards were extremely impressed by Margalit’s part in revolutionizing Jerusalem’s hi-tech industry and hope similar initiatives can help improve Spain’s economic situation.