MATIMOP - Israeli Industry Center for R&D

MATIMOP - the Israeli Industry Center for R&D is a public non-profit organization. Functioning as the interface between Israeli companies and their international counterparts, to promote joint developments of advanced technologies, encourages participation in the many international programs for bi-lateral and multilateral cooperation in industrial R&D, signed and funded by the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

MATIMOP is the major channel for information and assistance regarding cooperation between companies and organizations from Israel and the European Community. MATIMOP tasks in this area include:

• acting as a national contact point for most of the bi-lateral industrial R&D programs of the OCS, and providing services for the OCS international activities.

• serving as the official Israeli liaison office for the EUREKA program, which helps companies and research institutes pool their resources in the development of leading edge technology.
• operating the Israeli IRC (Innovation Relay Center) - a part of the European network, whose main objective is to enhance transfer of technologies, particularly for small and medium enterprises.

MATIMOP - the main technology clearing house in Israel, provides databases - updated daily listing hundreds of projects in diverse advanced technologies plus detailed profiles of Israeli companies looking for foreign hi-tech partners and publishes a monthly newsletter: "Advanced Technologies from Israel", circulated worldwide.

The European R&D Expert in the center, Dr. Rosenstein has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and an MBA. He has worked for many years in project evaluation, including technical and economic feasibility studies for the largest Israeli chemical companies: Israel Chemicals Ltd. and Dead Sea Bromine Ltd. He lead 2 Technical Incubator projects, and is the expert for European R&D in general, and for Technology in particular. He has many years of experience in the above mentioned areas.