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loans to U.S. and Israeli com-
panies doing business over-
seas, Gelman then opened a
splinter lab. After a year of
research, the idea appeared
feasible. Dr. Tanny hired more
scientists and they developed
the membrane filter.
"For some reason, Israel is
a center for membrane re-
search," Gelman says, adding
Israel has been a good busi-
ness move for his company.
"If you have a reason to do
business there, you should
give Israel some preference. I
support Israel," Gelman says.
"You don't do business just for
Zionistic purposes."
Costs for running a sub-
sidiary in Israel are about the
same as operating in the
United States, he says. Direct
wages are less, but taxes are
higher. Productivity is a little
lower, too, he says. Offices are
closed for Jewish holidays and
many employees get six
weeks off a year to serve in
the army.
"There are a lot of holidays,
and if . you do business in
Israel, you must take it into
consideration," Gelman says.
"There is bureaucratic red
tape, but you just have to get
by it. You must learn about
the local climate before set-
ting up business."
Dr. Tanny, he says, helped
the company learn about
potential problems in Israeli
business.
Publicly traded on the
American Stock Exchange,
Gelman Sciences is not heavi-
ly followed by Wall Street
analysts. But Gregor says the
Sunbeam process may give
Gelman the boost it needs to
attract more attention.
Its two major competitors
are Millipore Corp. of Bed-
ford, Mass., and Pall Corp. of
New York. Gelman is much
smaller than either, yet each
company holds its own niche.
Millipore, the world's
largest filtration company,
manufactures products used
primarily for analysis and
purification of liquids. Last
year, Millipore generated
about $621 million in sales.
Pall Corp., which primarily
makes fluid filters for use in
aerospace, biomedics and
fluid processing, sold $429
million in products last year.
A chemist with a BS in
chemistry and an MS in
public health, Gelman
started his business in 1957,
when he produced air pollu-
tion monitoring devices. At
the request of the U.S.
Department of Health, he
built an automated air
sampler. In 1963, the corn-
pany went public, moving in-
to the Ann Arbor facility, now
54 acres. At that time, he
switched the company's direc-
tion to making membrane
filters for scientific, industrial
and medical use. O
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MONIEK MILBERGER,
C.P.A., P.C. announces that
Stacey Crane, C.P.A. has been
admitted as a shareholder.
The firm has changed its
name to Milberger & Crane,
C.P.A.'s, P.C.
THE PACKAGED DEAL, a
Southfield public relations,
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agency, owned by Fritzi Roth
and Les Lee Roland is the
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following new accounts: Kitty
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DONALD NITZKIN, senior
tax accountant for BDO
Sceidman, will address the
first of a monthly series of lec-
tures sponsored by Jewish
Entrepreneurs of Michigan-
JEM. He will speak on sec-
tion 89 of the Internal
Revenue Code at 12:30 p.m.
on Wednesday at the
Berkshire Hotel in
Southfield.
Lunch will be kosher. There
is a charge. For more informa-
tion, call Rabbi Herschel Fin-
man at 542-5087.
I LOCAL NEWS
Machon Plans
Special Weekend
Machon IIIbrah, the Jewish
Learning Network of
Michigan, will hold a second
"Arachim" weekend during
Labor Day weekend.
The "Arachim" seminars
specialize in proving the
authenticity of Torah via
logic, archeology, computer
technology and refutation of
Bible criticism.
This event will feature
special guest lecturers from
Israel and the United States.
For information, call the
Machon office, 967-0888.
Cancer Support
Groups Meet
Focus on Living (with
cancer) meetings will be held
April 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Southfield Civic Center and
at 7 p.m. April 4 at Pro-
vidence Hospital. For infor-
mation, contact the American
Cancer Society, 557-5353.