Standard Textile President, Mr Heiman receives a Special Award
19 Aug '08
5 min read
Gary, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, came to Israel in early 1973 as a volunteer; at the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, he immediately volunteered for military service in the Golan Heights.
Later on, he went on to serve in the elite Special Forces Search and Rescue unit of the Israel Air Force. With a desire to strengthen the economic independence of the state of Israel and his belief in the importance of industry in the periphery of the young state, Heiman established "Arad Textile Industries" in 1975.
"Israel's textile industry is currently facing its most difficult period in its history. Long standing textile plants are closing down, experienced and qualified employees from the industry are finding themselves without work, and, due to the fact that most of the products produced by the domestic factories are earmarked for export, the low dollar/shekel exchange rate is exacerbating the decline of the financial stability of industry," commented Heiman.
Despite this, Heiman believes this is the time to strengthen Israeli traditional industry and to strive to realize its inherent relative advantages which are largely based on its creative, experienced, skilled, innovative and diligent human resources.
He is a strong advocate of the belief that unwavering determination as well as responsible and wise economic policies is the key to success.
In direct relation to this commitment, Gary will be chairing the 2008 Jewish Agency "Business-to-Business" sub-track at the Globes Business Conference in Tel Aviv in December.
The Globes business conference is one of Israel's most prestigious financial events of the year and a magnet for more than 3,000 business leaders.
The Jewish Agency gathering is where Israeli and overseas business leaders join forces in order to share their ideas and visions, to debate questions of policy, advocacy, and social venturing and to explore the possibilities to advance the Israeli and global Jewish agenda.
Heiman: "We believe that in these particularly precarious times, we, as Jewish leaders, have an even greater role to play in helping secure the economic future of Israel and of our own communities.
It is critical that we bring together Israeli and Diaspora business leaders in order to find the most effective ways to work together to ultimately strengthen the Jewish collective -for one common future."
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