MeaTech 3D Ltd. (Nasdaq: MITC), an international food company at the forefront of the cultured meat industry, developing delicious, high-quality real meat products that are safe, nutritious and made from cells rather than slaughtered animals, today announced it will be opening a US office. The new space will include activities in research and development, investor relations, and business development. MeaTech US, based in California, will be another indication of the company's rapid growth and scaling efforts.

In Israel alone, the company grew its team by over 50% in the past year and recently moved to new, more spacious headquarters in Rehovot, Israel, the epicenter of the country's foodtech sector. The new headquarters allows the company to enhance its cultured meat R&D and 3D bioprinting technology. The space also features a tasting kitchen.

Later this year, MeaTech's Belgian subsidiary, Peace of Meat, which leads development of MeaTech's avian cell culture technologies, plans to start building the foundation for a pilot plant to begin scaling up production.

Arik Kaufman, MeaTech's Co-Founder and CEO, commented: "Expanding MeaTech's presence to the US is another important step in accelerating our go-to-market strategy, and it will leverage the expertise we've been building since 2019. We anticipate that our new space will serve as a welcoming environment for our North American investors to gain firsthand knowledge of our processes, view demonstrations of our technology at work, and learn about our future plans. It will also provide us with access to new R&D and technical talent who can help us continue building upon and perfecting the processes we've developed for cell-based, real-meat generation."

About MeaTech 3D  

MeaTech is an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultured meat revolution. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker "MITC".  
MeaTech initiated activities in 2019 and maintains facilities in Rehovot, Israel and Antwerp, Belgium. The company believes cultivated meat technologies hold significant potential to improve meat production, simplify the meat supply chain, and offer consumers a range of new product offerings.  

MeaTech aims to provide an alternative to industrialized animal farming that dramatically reduces carbon footprint, minimizes water and land usage, and prevents the slaughtering of animals. By adopting a modular factory design, MeaTech will be able to offer a sustainable solution for producing a variety of beef, chicken and pork products, both as raw materials and whole cuts. The company will also provide meat manufacturers and retail businesses with production equipment.    

For more information, please visit: https://meatech3d.com   

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