Trade

The Norwegian Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Jakken Biørn Lian, attended the celebrations of the ten years joint venture between the Norwegian firm Elopak and Elopak Israel. Elopak, a Norwegian based firm established in 1957, delivers high quality carton and plastic based packaging systems to over 40 countries world wide. In his speech, published below, the Ambassador praised cooperation between bus... Read more

Norwegian scientists are conducting cutting-edge research on nano-technology, biotechnology and functional genomics. There is potential for Norwegian-Israeli research and business co-operation in these fields. Read more

Relative to population size, the Nordic region has a large and rapidly developing private equity and venture capital industry. In recent years Nordic private equity funds have increased their search for investors beyond the Nordic markets. Read more

Dental hygiene products (e.g. toothbrushes, dental sticks and dental floss) produced by the Norwegian company Jordan are now distributed in the Israeli market. The products are available in pharmacies and grocery stores in Israel. Read more

On 5 June, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority implemented a modernised system for issuing export documents such as certificates for fish and fishery products for exports. The new certificates may differ from the look of the certificates in use until that date. The changes are related to the design of the certificates only. Read more