Gov. Deval Patrick, fresh off of his week-long "innovation mission" to Israel and the United Arab Emirates, lauded partnerships established on the trip, but declined to offer any hard figures regarding the number of new jobs his junket is expected to generate.
"The results will come when the people we've opened doors for walk through them," Patrick said, adding that the previous trip in 2011 resulted in "200 companies with Israeli roots generating $6.5 billion in revenue and employing more than 7,000 people."
This week's mission included some major announcements for local companies, Patrick said, including Desalitech Inc., a Newton-based high-efficiency water treatment company that relocated its headquarters from Israel after the mission in 2011, which announced a deal with the Israeli city of Ra'anana to erect a new municipal water facility.
The state-of-the-art facility will utilize an innovative reverse osmosis technique to provide clean water to some 18,000 residents daily, Rachael Dane Neff, Patrick's deputy press secretary said.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev agreed to establish a seed fund in support of a broad base of new research opportunities at both colleges.
As for the cost of the trip, Patrick went on the defensive.
"People are going to criticize this based on the fact that in the past these trips had one moving part," Patrick said. "Our trips are very purposeful and will yield many tangible results for economic growth in the commonwealth."
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