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Does Emerson support Israel?
Emerson Electric Co.
Emerson does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Energy & oil companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
Emerson Electric is a US industrial-automation and process-control group. Its documented Israeli connection is corporate development rather than philanthropy or politics: two acquisitions of Israeli companies — APM Automation Solutions in 2013 and the Sderot manufacturer Spectronix in 2015 — which brought Israeli engineering and production inside the group. No donation, aid, sponsorship or public statement of support for Israel by Emerson, by the Emerson Charitable Trust or by its employees was found in this pass, including after October 2023. Note that search results for 'Emerson' and Israel are frequently about Emerson College in Boston, an unrelated institution, and those were excluded.
Globes (Spectronix acquisition) Emerson Elec Charitable Trust (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
Timeline of documented records
Documented records
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 2015-06-29 | $99,000,000 | Spectronix Ltd. (Israeli flame- and gas-detection manufacturer, Sderot) Emerson agreed to buy Spectronix Ltd., a Tel Aviv-listed Israeli maker of optical flame and open-path gas detectors based in Sderot, for about $99 million, structured as a reverse merger and completed later in 2015. Spectronix's civilian line serves oil, gas and industrial customers; the company also makes explosion-detection and suppression systems for armoured and military vehicles. Israeli reporting noted the agreement obliged the buyer to keep operating the business in Sderot, the town on the Gaza border where the plant sits. | |
| Acquisition | 2013-12-19 | — | APM Automation Solutions Ltd. (Israeli level-measurement startup, Ra'anana) Emerson Process Management, Emerson's automation arm, acquired the Israeli startup APM Automation Solutions of Ra'anana, developer of three-dimensional acoustic level-measurement systems for solids in silos and tanks. The price was not disclosed; Globes reported a valuation in the tens of millions of dollars against roughly $10 million invested in the company. Emerson said it planned to build a development centre in Israel around the roughly 30-strong, mostly Israel-based team, with manufacturing continuing at RH Electronics in Nazareth. | One source |
Frequently asked questions
Did Emerson donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Acquisition), which is not the same as support — see the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 5 distinct sources are cited for Emerson. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-24
- Globes (Spectronix acquisition) en.globes.co.il
- Start-Up Nation Finder (Spectronix — acquired by Emerson Electric, June 2015) finder.startupnationcentral.org
- American Chamber of Commerce in Israel (Spectronix under Emerson) amcham.co.il
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- Emerson Elec Charitable Trust (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) projects.propublica.org