Despite the global economic slowdown, exports by Intel Israel more than doubled to $4.6 billion in 2012 from $2.2 billion in 2011 and now accounts for a tenth of Israel’s total industrial exports. The number of full-time Intel employees grew by 10% to 8,500 and indirect employees to 25,500.
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