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ExScite ladies reunion

This brand new nostalgic picture of the recent “ExScite ladies reunion” at Galit Felix’s house in Raanana Israel. The surprise of the evening was Elsy Menko (who lives in Holland) visiting Israel.

Shelagh Hammer who sent us the picture wrote:
“We all had a wonderful evening – ending up in tears of laughter as we each recounted how we got hired to Scitex! Such stories!”.

In the old tradition of Scitex, the picture was “doctored” to add the photographer to the group. Now you tell me- who has been added???- click on the picture to bring the full resolution image.

In the picture From, the left:
Rochele Ephraim, Eta Portnoy, Neta Appel, Ronit Wajsman, Ruti Ran, Elsy Menko, Beth Orshalimy, Tchia Haberman, Ruth Even (Gachtan), Sarale Sassover, Diana Shem-Tov, Gita Tamari, Orly Epstein, Marcelle Havakuk, Galit Felix, Shelagh Hammer and Tami Kimmelman.

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Dan Vandsburger 新業務開發部門副主管 is sales manager at communication company Starhome since 2002.
From 1999 to 2002 Dan was VP Marketing & Business Development at Witcom a provider of high capacity microwave radio links operating in licensed frequency bands.
Prior to Witcom he was director of EMEA sales at NICE Systems a supplier of Computer Telephony Integrated systems
From 1990 to 1995 Dan was Sales & Marketing Manager at Scitex. He was in charge of Sales & Marketing of the Middle-East – Africa SBC.
The Israeli company Starhome delivers roaming technology and value added services that maximize roaming business potential for mobile network operators. Starhome is enabler of network inter-operability for mobile operators with convergent solutions based on mobile technology, inter-network infrastructure and roaming applications

Scientific Technology (later Scitex ) in Rehovot Israel, first laser-based product.

Before prepress, before textile, before even imaging- the young start-up Scientific Technology (what later became Scitex Corporation) in Rehovot Israel, developed several laser-based products.
This authentic picture of an optical setup with a 5mw Helium-Neon laser was shot in the optical lab, on the optical bench in 1970.
Note in the background the ancient oscilloscope (worked with vacuum tubes!!!) and the Teletype, which was the only computer terminal (don’t look for CRT terminal, those have been invented at later years….).
The product under development was a laser B&W film scanner, format 4×5″.
If you have pictures of product YOU developed at Scitex- please send me with the background story.

Bruno Serrien

Following our posting of the Dec 28 ExScite News item about the sale of the Scitex mechanical plant in Herzlia, the ExScite Bruno Serrien Emailed us this from Singapore:

Bruno Serrien is a member of the ACM Management team and a Director of the Israeli subsidiary. ACM recently completed his takeover of Kodak (ex-Scitex) Mechanical Plant.

ACM is already a supplier to Kodak since several years. ACM has companies in Malaysia, Singapore, China and Israel (Axiom Precision). ACM revenues is US$35 million /year and key customers are Kodak, HP, Xerox.
ACM Group is specialized in:
*Critical Precision Engineering Components
*Precision Optics
*Electromechanical Assemblies
*Module/Sub system Equipment Integration

Previously to ACM, Bruno was a Divisional Director within the Automotive Industry responsible for over 100mio euro revenues. Within Scitex he held several managerial positions in Sales, Finance and Logistics in Europe and the Far East.

ACM acquires Kodak Israel (Ex-Scitex) mechanical factory

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Gidi Benyamini, COO of Notal Vision.
Prior to joining Notal Vision, he was VP of Engineering and Manufacturing at LaserComm, a telecommunications company based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to that and for a period of 7 years he held various managerial positions at Scitex Corp. in Israel.

Located in Tel Aviv Israel, the medical tools company Notal Vision is developing comprehensive diagnostic solutions for the early detection and monitoring of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the western world today. Notal?s Preferential Hyperacuity Perimetery – Foresee PHP? platform, is designed to detect and monitor the progression of the disease in a non-invasive manner. Since its launch in 2004, the PHP has been sold eye care professionals in the US and has gained a reputation as an outstanding tool for the detection of the conversion of dry to wet AMD.

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The Exscite Eran Tamir is VP operations at Corrigent.
Prior to Corrigent Eran was VP operations for Orckit Communications. Prior to joining Orckit, he who was one of the founders of Wizcom Technologies Ltd., and served as VP operations. Eran has also previously served as Director of Worldwide Logistics of Indigo Ltd. and Director of Acquisitions of Scitex Corporation Ltd.

Corrigent leads a new class of metro-optical transport products that is revolutionary in its economics. Corrigent?s CM-100 is a packet-ADM that fuses together SONET/SDH technologies such as Virtual Concatenation, GFP, and LCAS, with packet technologies such as RPR, Ethernet and MPLS, to evolve today’s SONET/SDH-based transport infrastructure to the next generation packet-based transport network, in both a standards-based and interoperable manner. This breakthrough architecture solves the metro dilemma for service providers worldwide by allowing them to bridge their existing SONET services with next-generation data, voice and video services.
The Israeli Corrigent is based in San Jose, with an R&D center in Israel. Orckit Communications (NASDAQ: ORCT) is the parent company of Corrigent.

Article about Efi- 2003

Harry Waldman (*) a former printer and a respected Scitex customer wrote this article- putting Efi Arazi (Scitex & EFI) in the same category of visionaries as Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple, Pixar) and Chuck Geschke (Adobe).

“…Almost 25 years ago Efi Arazi and his company, Scitex, ushered in a whole new world harnessing the power of the computer to manipulate and color correct images for print. More than a decade before Adobe Photoshop began its reign over image editing, Efi moved our industry into the digital age. I can vividly recall trade show crowds of the early ’80s staring in awe at Scitex terminals as the magic of the digital age unfolded before them.

My company was an early Scitex customer and that’s how I eventually met Efi. It all came about because I insisted that there was a problem with the system architecture. Unlike today’s inexpensive computers armed with a $700 copy of Adobe Photoshop, a Scitex terminal was about $500,000, in addition to all the other stuff that brought the cost of a total system into the millions of dollars. My argument back then was that the terminal was cost-effective to do what we referred to as magic (image manipulation and cloning) because of the high premium you could charge customers for this unique service (at that time)….”

Appeared as Printing Impressions-February 2003 Column
“Redefining Visionaries as Heroes”

(*)Waldman Graphics an early pioneer in electronic pre-press, grew to be one of the premier printers in the Philadelphia-New York City-New Jersey area. The company was a test site for many top software and electronic imaging companies. After selling his company, Harry Waldman is now a consultant in the Graphic Arts industry.
Read the complete article on the Web: http://www.harrywaldman.com/February%2003.html

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Erez Meltzer

The ExScite Erez Meltzer is the CEO of Africa Israel, he joined them earlier in 2006.
Previously, he was the President and CEO of Netafim, a global leader in advanced irrigation and agro water technologies, President and CEO of CreoScitex, and a number of telecommunications and semiconductors companies.
A veteran Colonel (res) in the IDF, he serves as Chairman of the Friends’ Association of the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, the Israeli Chapter of the YPO, Chairman of the Israel-Jordan Chamber of Commerce, and is a director on a number boards of Israeli High-tech companies.
Africa Israel Investments Ltd. is an international holding and investment company that is extremely active in an extensive range of investments in Israel and abroad. As one of the largest and most dynamic investment companies in Israel, Africa Israel Investments has justly earned a reputation for uncompromising quality and professionalism as a characteristic of its activities. The company’s business policy is based on planned investments, locating opportunities, initiating projects and introducing innovative management tactics. The company is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).

Aron Blume

is Global Platform Development Manager at HubCast.
Aron is a color management specialist and process improvement professional with a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has extensive experience in technology development, product management and support. Aron?s background includes 15 years with Scitex and Creo in Israel and in Boston, providing cutting-edge solutions to the graphics and print communications supply chain.
HubCast Inc of Burlington, MA is a technology platform that empowers Communication Services Firms to deliver distributed print for their enterprise clients. We leverage a powerful team, an alliance of partners, and the most advanced digital print technologies. HubCast is a tool that enables modern print communications service providers to help their enterprise client maximize Return On Communications Investment (ROCI). The HubCast community is creating a market leading exchange for boundary-less growth.