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UPDATE Bangkok Gems &
Jewelry Fair's CEO Mr.Somchai Phornchindarak,
CEO of the Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair, along with Thai Gem
and Jewelry Traders Association's Vice President Ms. Prapee Sorakraikitikul,
recently visited China to participate in a road show led by Thailand's
Prime Minister, Mr. Abhisit Vejjaiva that also saw attendance from
Thai government ministers and other senior trade leaders from Thailand...
................................................................................................................................... BULLETIN WFDB Asia Summit The World Federation
of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) convened its first-ever WFDB Asia Summit
Meeting recently in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.
Five of the six bourses invited to the summit sent high-ranking
delegations to attend the one-day meeting. The event was hosted
by the Diamond Federation of Hong Kong.
................................................................................................................................... FASHION Joaillerie de France
The "Joaillerie
de France" booth in the Lafite Ballroom at the recent Couture
2009 at Las Vegas featured some new creations from some of France's
top jewelry and high jewelry manufacturers, holders of this collective
brand...
................................................................................................................................... TALKABOUT Johnson Matthey
Jewellery demand
for platinum, net of recycling, fell by 6.2% 42.5 tonnes, with a
strong recovery seen in Asia during the second half of the year
according to Johnson Matthey in "Platinum 2009". In the
first six months of the year, record metal prices weakended consumer
purchasingin every market and prompted incresed recycling of old
jewelley in Asia...
................................................................................................................................... SCENE Thai gem and jewelry traders Recently, Thai Gem and Jewelry Traders Association(TGJTA) held its annual general meeting at Bangkok's Royal Orchid Sheraton Grand Ballroom to elect the new board of directors for the fiscal yea 2009-2011, Thirty-three directors have been chosen by the association's members who participated in the event. Then, the directors held a private meeting to select the president and the executive board...
................................................................................................................................... FAIR REVIEW June Hong Kong The 22nd edition
of the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair concluded on a high
note at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on 21 June.
The four-day premier jewellery event organized by UBM Aisa Ltd showcased
a wide array of high-quality jewellery items, and featured a series
of interesting highlights... ................................................................................................................................... JEWEL ICA Congress The ICA Congress
closed its doors recently after a very succesful six-day event in
the city of Panyu. China's largest jewelry manufacturering area.
The attendance was the largest in ICA's history, with 200 overseas
delegates from 26 countries and more than 750 local Chinese participants. ................................................................................................................................... TIMEZONE Bertolucci welcome Brand's ambassador
of the new Collection, Chloe' Mortaud, presented Bertolucci's latest creations to journalists and its
international partners recently at Baselworld 2009...
................................................................................................................................... INNOVATIONS Stuller to distribe
Demika, the company that patented the first selflocking clasp,
announced that stuller, Inc. will distribute Demika clasps and retail
display kits to its account base of 40,000 retail jewelers worldwide... ..................................................................................................................................... AUCTION Sotheby's Geneva Sotheby's spring "Magnificent Jewels" sale series
realised a total of US$35,762,327, and was 76.9% sold by lot and
91.3% sold by value. The centre piece of the Magnificent Jewels
auction series - an important and rare fancy blue vivid blue, internally
flawless, cushion-shaped diamond weighing 7.03 carats from Petra
Diamonds' historic Cullinan mine -reslised US$9,488,754, against
a pre-sale estimate of US$5.8-8.5 million... Christie's Geneva sale fetches
US$ 19 million Christie's held its 85th jewellery sale, "Jewels:the
Geneva Sale," in Switzerland recently at the Four seasons,
Hotel des Bergues. The selection of over 200 lots included unique
natural pearls, carefully selected diamonds, as well as beautiful
jewels signed by the renowned jewellery houses throughout Europe
during the most sought after periods of the 1920s to the modern
day... ..................................................................................................................................... Please subscribe to our magazine to read more
