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quality control technologies, enhancement of the productand its manufacturing processes, and encouragement ofadaptation to normal international procedures in industry byimprovement of work in the factory.Target Group: manufacturing enterprises employing between25-500 employees.Extent of the aid: up to 400 hours of advice time, with a 50%reimbursement of the consulting cost.5. State Guaranteed Loans Fund for Small BusinessesPurpose of the Fund: to provide loans for small businesses,for the purposes of working capital or of establishing/expandingthe business. The Fund dedicates aid resources to theimmigrant sector and to the Arab sector.Target Group: the loans will be provided for the benefit of smallbusinesses whose existence is economically justified andwhere there are grounds for helping them with bridging finance.Businesses whose annual turnover is up to NIS 22 Million andthat have up to 70 employees.Extent of the Aid: maximum loan is up to NIS 750,000 with a70% State guarantee. Preferential terms for businesses locatedin the area of Sderot and the Gaza surrounding beltPrerequisite Conditions: an annual turnover of up to NIS 22Million, up to 70 employees, with the business being ownedby individuals (i.e. not corporate ownership), not more than oneloan will be granted to the same body.Further details about the aid programs for smallbusinesses that are specified above, can be foundon the Ministry's - website - the Finance Director.www.moital.gov.il/finance39 < Invest in the Negev and GalileeMinistry of Indusry, Trade and Labor > Negev and Galilee Development Center