Aaron Katsman
www.IsraelNewsletter.com
As if investors needed a reminder that Israel is an attractive investment destination for multinationals, the news today the Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) is spending $117.5 million to buy Israeli NUR Macroprinters Ltd(NURMF.pk) is just that reminder. While M&A of publicly traded Israeli companies has sagged this year, this move by HP should remind investors of the tremendous bargains that these Israeli stocks which trade in the US, provide.
Leave it to HP to serve up that reminder. The company has been extremely active when it comes to investing in Israel. Today’s move expands HP’s portfolio of digital presses and wide-format printers and furthers its strategy to digitize analog prints.
A big congratulations for the team at Fortissimo Capital on an amazing investment. They invested $12 million in December ’05 for 55% of NUR Macroprinters, as the company was on the verge of collapse. Today, that investment is worth more than $60 million!
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[...] 2. HP continues growth-through-acquisition – buys Israel based Nur Macroprinters for $117.5 million in cash. Yuval Cohen, CEO of Israeli VC fund Fortissimo has a reason to smile. His $12 million investment in November of 2005 granted him %51 of Nur’s shares, and a ROI of 300%. [via] [...]