GJEPC Chairman Praveenshankar Pandya sets the correction and growth agenda for the G&J industry

First Middle East Jewellery Designers' Forum 2015, a huge success

The ‘First Middle East Jewellery Designers’ Forum’ saw a successful launch during the recently concluded ‘Mid-East Watch and Jewellery Show Sharjah’. Initiated by The New Jeweller Group, the First Middle East Jewellery Designers’ Forum  more

Praveenshankar Pandya, the newly elected Chairperson and Russel Mehta, Vice Chairperson of the GJEPC within a week of joining office have outlined the agenda for correction and growth in the G&J industry. At a press conference held in the city recently.

The GJEPC leadership shared the 6 point reforms proposal being reccomended to the Govt that will help in curtailing further unemployment and stablise the sector. The current massive downturn in the China, Eurozone and global gem and jewellery industry is severely impacting the demand and prices of polished diamonds and finished jewellery. For the first time ever, the import of rough diamonds, the only raw material required for diamond manufacturing has shown huge decline of around 26% during April-September 2015-16.  more

WTOCD DEVELOPS AUTOMATED MELEE SCREENING DEVICE IN COLLABORATION WITH HRD ANTWERP

WTOCD (Antwerp Scientific Research Centre for Diamonds) has developed an automatic melee screening device in collaboration with HRD Antwerp. The technology required to grow diamonds within a controlled laboratory environment has been around for decades but was until recently primarily used to produce industrial diamonds. As the technology gradually matured and the overall manufacturing costs decreased, the production of gem quality laboratory-grown (synthetic) diamonds has now become a financially viable option.  more