Matam, Haifa

Matam (Hebrew מת"ם - מרכז תעשיות מדע Merkaz Ta'asiyot Mada lit.

acronym of Scientific Industries Center), located at the southern entrance to Haifa, is the largest and oldest dedicated hi-tech park in Israel.

The Park is an international technology center, with some of the world's leading hi-tech companies maintaining research and development facilities, including Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Philips, Google, Qualcomm, CSR, NDS Group, Elbit Systems, Apple, Plus500, Matrix, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, NetManage, ProcessGene, and Neustar.

The Carmel Tunnels' west portals, which opened in December 2010, provide easy access by car to the park from areas north and east of Haifa.

One of the first tenants in the Park was Intel, which set up its Haifa research and development center in 1974, and today has over 5000 employees in Matam.