Getex also has ties with Israeli firms involved in exporting wheat from Ukraine, for example.

There are more than 1,000 Israeli firms operating in China as of 2010.

Israeli firms purchased production rights and entered into joint ventures with foreign companies to manufacture both end products and components.

In addition, an increasing number of Israeli military firms also have opened offices in China to sell their products.

Israeli hi-tech firms originally began to form in the 1960s.

Many of its alumni have joined Israeli high-tech firms.

Recently, an Israeli firm almost bought Rabinow's patent but finally backed out because the lock would have cost too much to manufacture.

"It will also become easier for Israeli firms to buy knowhow from international companies."

She then turned to modelling and was the leading poster girl for various Israeli firms.

It was the first Israeli high-tech firm, and at its peak employed 4,000 people.