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THRU SAT. 9 TO 6 SUNDAY 8 TO 3 THE PLACE FOR SMOKED FISH THE FINEST SMOKED FISH & DELI TRAYS HANDOUT NOVA LOX 70 FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1989 I 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 I IN BRIEF 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, marketing and advertising agency, owned by Fritzi Roth and Les Lee Roland is the agency on record for the following new accounts: Kitty Wagner Spa and Salon; I. Burt Meisel; Drs. Simp- son/Holzworth Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Clinics; Kids in Need of Direc- tion; Pearl Advisory Corpora- tion; and Franklin Club Apartments. 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.