Our Programs
The Virginia Israel Advisory Board manages a host of Educational, Cultural and Economic Development Programs
Shraga Brosh (Left) and Brett Vassey heads of respective Israel and Virginia Manufactures Associations signed an MOU at the VIAB Virginia-Israel teaming event in Fairfax, Virginia.
Manufacturing (Greenfield) and Partnerships
Manufacturing:Israeli company Starplast investing $17.7 million that will create 300 jobs at its new manufacturing plant and distribution center in Chesterfield County.
Partnerships:Israeli companies can reduce manufacturing and assembly costs by partnering with Virginia concerns in: contract manufacturing, procurement and supply chain management.
The Virginia Manufacturers Association (VMA) works with Israeli companies to find Virginia suppliers and production resources. Virginia through the VMA is the only U.S. State to have an agreement with the Manufacturers Association of Israel.
GENEDGE Virginia’s public manufacturing consulting arm helps optimize every phase of the value chain from sourcing inputs to production through marketing to end-users.
Advanced Materials
Defense, Homeland Security and Cyber
Virginia is Washington D.C. – the center for Federal contracting and procurement for all military branches and HQ to the largest defense contractors.
- 4 of 5 largest defense contractors Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman & General Dynamics are headquartered in Virginia
- 7 of the top 10 federal contracting firms
- The Pentagon, CIA, Navy Seals, Marines, DARPA and the largest Navy base in the world Link to map of federal Agencies in Va.
- 40 Israeli Defense and Cyber companies are located in Virginia.
In a segment with proven Israeli prowess, the Defense, HLS and Cyber program pairs Israeli companies seeking to enter the U.S. market with players in the Virginia federal contracting ecosystem.
The Virginia Israel Advisory Board works with the Israel Ministry of Defense; the Israel Manufactures’ Association and Kibbutz Industries to develop partnerships with leading federal contractors. We bring Israeli defense delegations to Virginia to conduct one-on-one business networking meetings.
Please enter your partner criteria in our partner search database and we will work with you to develop manufacturing and sales partnerships in order to enter the U.S. market through Virginia.
Richmond Ballet – Minds in Motion
Since 2009, Minds In Motion, a program of Richmond Ballet, has operated a two-week residency in Israel that uses dance as a means of cross-cultural exchange by partnering a Jewish Israeli school and an Arab / Muslim Israeli school together.
Building on values of teamwork, interdependence, and empathy, the program develops and enhances relationships across multiple levels: student to student, school to school, and community to community. Minds In Motion Israel promotes positive connections by using the shared language of movement as a platform for students to meet, learn, and create together.
The program is supported by the Jewish Federations of Tidewater and Richmond, both bodies are represented on the VIAB Board.
Open Innovation – Sourcing Israeli Technologies
Israel has the highest number of people (per capita) working in R&D in the world and the highest venture capital investment levels per capita in the world. These factors created a pool of hundreds of early-stage, innovative Israeli companies seeking to enter the U.S. market that are ripe to partner with mature Virginia businesses.
The Virginia Israel Advisory Board’s Open Innovation program provides Virginia companies access to innovative Israeli technologies and R&D funding for Israel-Virginia JVs to gain competitive advantages, shorten R&D cycles and lower costs.
CapitalOne , Altria , Mars and Carmax partner with and invest in Israel companies.
Israel Innovation Center (U.S.) at National Landing
The Israel Innovation Center (U.S.) operates in National Landing, a transformational $12 billion smart city in partnership with governments and leading global companies. National Landing is in the heart of the US innovation ecosystem: anchored by Amazon’s $2.5B Innovation Center and East Coast HQ; Virginia Tech’s $1B Innovation Campus that partners with leading Fortune 100 companies; VTTI – a world leader in smart mobility and transportation research.
National Landing Virginia is ideal for Israeli tech companies to launch their US operations in the heart of the U.S.’s largest concentration of tech workers. Walking distance to the White House with direct flights to Tel Aviv (United Airlines from Dulles, Virginia).