Name

Clal Industries

Legal name

Clal Industries Ltd

Website

https://clalindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment returns and portfolio company dividends: Clal Industries generates returns through acquisition, development, and enhancement of portfolio companies across industrial, technology, biotech, real estate, and retail sectors. The company realizes investments in due time while maximizing return on investment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Clal Industries is an Israeli diversified investment holding group that acquires, develops, and enhances portfolio companies across industrial, technology, biotech, real estate, energy, and retail sectors. It generates returns through hands-on ownership of subsidiaries such as Nesher (cement), ClalTech (technology investments), Clal Biotechnology, and Golf & Co (retail).

Product overview

Clal Industries is one of Israel's leading investment groups, operating as a diversified holding company that owns and manages portfolio companies across multiple sectors. The company is structured as a platform of distinct subsidiaries and holdings rather than a unified product. Main portfolio companies include: Nesher (cement production), Clal Real Estate (real estate holdings), Clal Tech (technology investment arm), Clal Biotechnology Industries (life sciences investment), Golf & Co Group (retail), Mashav Power Plant (energy), Plasto-Cargal (packaging solutions), and minority holdings in Tigo (solar energy technology) and Infinity Group (private equity). The company, owned by Access Industries, focuses on maximizing shareholder returns through hands-on involvement in its portfolio companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nesher (Israel Cement Enterprises) Israel's sole producer of cement, leading the country's building and construction sector for over 90 years. Serves the industrial and construction market.
• Clal Real Estate Real estate holding company owning approximately 1,900,000 Sqm of land in the Nesher area (Haifa District), focused on land ownership and development in Israel.
• Clal Tech (ClalTech) Technology investment arm of Access Industries and Clal Industries in Israel, investing in fintech, internet, and e-commerce companies with disruption potential at any stage.
• Clal Biotechnology Industries (CBI) Israel's largest life sciences holding company (TASE: CBI); a specialized investment company that identifies and supports innovative ventures with proprietary solutions to unmet medical needs.
• Golf & Co Group One of Israel's leading clothing and home fashion retailers (TASE: GOLF), operating over 300 stores across Israel with brands including Adika Style e-commerce platform.
• Mashav Power Plant Energy sector holding operating a 50MW power plant (initial construction completed 2009), providing electricity for the Ramla plant.
• Plasto-Cargal Group Company engaged in development, manufacturing, and marketing of comprehensive packaging solutions across corrugated board and flexible packaging segments.
• Tigo Energy Worldwide leader in Flex MLPE (Module Level Power Electronics) with solutions that increase energy production, enhance safety, and decrease operating costs of solar installations. Held as a minority investment.
• Infinity Group Private equity funds invested in various tech-oriented industries with significant presence in China via the Infinity-China fund. Held as a minority investment.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Delek Group: Israeli publicly-traded holding company with energy, retail (Pharm), and real estate operations — most direct local comparable in size, sector mix, and ownership structure.
• Koor Industries: Israeli diversified holding company with industrial and technology holdings — historic parallel as a Tel Aviv-listed industrial/tech investment vehicle.
• Israel Corporation: Long-standing Israeli conglomerate with diversified holdings across shipping, energy, and specialty chemicals, similarly structured around controlling stakes in operating subsidiaries.
• Discount Investment Corporation: Israeli holding company with diversified portfolio of industrial, retail, and real estate assets — directly comparable to Clal's vertical-segment holding approach.
• FIMI Opportunity Funds: Largest Israeli private equity fund manager focused on acquiring and enhancing controlling stakes in Israeli companies — operates the same Israeli control-investment playbook as Clal.
• Arison Group: Family-controlled Israeli holding company anchored by retail (Shufersal) and infrastructure investments — comparable diversified Israeli family conglomerate.

Broad incumbents

• Berkshire Hathaway: Global benchmark diversified holding company with operating subsidiaries across insurance, industrials, and energy; reflects the same long-hold, hands-on model Clal applies at smaller scale.
• Loews Corporation: US diversified holding company with controlling stakes in insurance, energy, and industrial businesses — analogous structure of wholly-owned and majority-owned operating subsidiaries.
• Investor AB: Swedish diversified holding company investing across industrial, technology, and healthcare for the long term — comparable patient-capital, multi-sector holding approach.

Regional players

• Safra Group: Brazilian-Lebanese family-controlled holding group with banking, real estate, and energy assets — analogous family-controlled, multi-jurisdiction diversified holding company outside Israel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments18 records

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