HRD Antwerp and Hong Kong Indian Diamond Association (HKIDA) sign exclusive screening service agreement
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HRD Antwerp, Europe’s Leading Authority in Diamond Certification, and the Hong Kong Indian Diamond Association (HKIDA) have signed an agreement concerning an exclusive screening service using the M-Screen.During the 2016 March Hong Kong Diamond, Gem and Pearl show, HRD Antwerp and HKIDA have come to an agreement concerning an exclusive melee diamond screening service using the M-Screen, the world’s fastest melee screening device available today. The new service will offer the screening of parcels of minimum 10ct melee size diamonds from 1 to 20 points, colour D-J. As of the 1st of April 2016, HRD Antwerp Hong Kong will also move its operations to a new location, sharing the same premises as HKIDA.
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 “As HKIDA’s aim is to safeguard consumer confidence throughout the diamond industry while protecting the natural diamond trade, the service agreement concerning the use of the M-Screen is a great step forward in offering our members the tool they need to make absolutely sure their melee diamond parcels are free of lab-grown diamonds” explains Mr Ramesh Virani, chairman of the Hong Kong Indian Diamond Association (HKIDA).“In order to address the many challenges the diamond industry is facing these days, more
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