Motorola Solutions to set up new Israel innovation center

Motorola Solutions has announced it is establishing a new Innovation Center in Israel. The new center will seek out startup investments in cybersecurity, mobile technologies, Internet of Things, big-data analytics and more.

Motorola Solutions chairman and CEO Greg Brown made the announcement during a meeting in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“You’re in the right place, in the right country, in the right business,” Netanyahu told Brown. “That’s a very good match. I hope that other multinational companies in the development of technologies come to Israel – because they’ll benefit.”

Motorola Solutions Israel Ltd. is based in Airport City near Tel Aviv. The firm develops, manufactures and markets communications infrastructure, devices and solutions for public, private and other environments. Motorola has had a marketing presence in the country since 1948 and was one of the first multinational companies to set up an R&D center in Israel in 1964.

“When we think about additional PhDs, data scientists, hi-tech resources around analytics and cyber, Motorola wants to invest more resources here in Israel,” Brown said. “This is an outstanding area for innovation, technology incubation, joint-venture investment. We will invest in startup companies here in Israel, emerging nascent technologies, next-generation that I think will allow us to differentiate our solutions and technologies and strengthen the competitive effectiveness of Israel.”