Israeli Firm To Locate US Headquarters In Mass.

April 14, 2011 4:57 PM

Governor Patrick, seen here in Israel in March. (Photo credit: Alex Goldstein/Governor’s Office)

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BOSTON (AP) – An Israeli company that Gov. Deval Patrick visited during his recent trade mission to Israel has decided to locate its U.S. headquarters in Massachusetts.

The company, EarlySense, is the developer of a patient monitoring system for hospitals and nursing homes that uses contact-free sensors.

Patrick’s office announced on Thursday that the company plans to hire 10 employees in Massachusetts before the end of this year and to add 10-20 additional workers annually in the future.

EarlySense chief executive Avner Halperin said the company considered several states for its U.S. headquarters but chose Massachusetts after hearing Patrick’s pitch last month.

The announcement did not say where in Massachusetts the office will be located.

Israeli Firm To Locate US Headquarters In Mass.

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Oh Good!! the Commonwealth gets 10 jobs after losing thousands! Gov how could we ever have doubted you. You could add this in the second printing of your biog.., oops campaign book. Now if you could only go on a world wide tour and spend our money and say, bring in jobs from say 10 countries, ( 100 jobs) that would be a start. And besides you’d be out of the Commonwealth and we wouldn’t have to look at your smarmy looking face.