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The Largest Jewellery Trade Fair of South India

GJIIE Feb 15-17 in Chennai

The curtain rises on February 15th to unveil the 4th edition of the Gem and Jewellery India International Exhibition ("GJIIE"), the most-awaited jewellery show in South India organized by Madras Jewellers & Diamond Merchants' Association (MJDMA). GJIIE 2008 is the largest Jewellery Business-to-Business (B2B) Trade Show in South India.

India is the largest consumer of the gold in the world and South India accounts for more than 45% of this Gold Consumption. Chennai and Tamilnadu is the Epicenter of the demand for Gold Jewellery in South India. Since time immemorial, the Gold Jewellery Trade in South India is conducted through Chennai. This is the reason, why the Madras Jewellers & Diamond Merchants' Association took the initiative of organizing First Ever Trade Fair on Gold Jewellery in Chennai in 2005. The objective was to bring the best of Gold and Jewellery Manufacturers froThe Show has grown in stature over years. This year the Exhibition which will be held at Chennai Trade Centre, from February 15-17, 2008 will feature over 150 Top Manufacturers from India and Abroad. Over 12,000 Jewellery Retailers from all over South India are expected to visit this Trade Show.m across India under a Single Roof to cater to the demands of the South Indian Jewellery Industry.

Some of the Special Features of the Exhibition is a separate Kerala Pavilion showcasing Light Weight Gold Jewellery and Participants from Bangkok showcasing Silver Jewellery. In the Last Edition of GJIIE in the year 2007, the Exhibitors reported substantial orders as retailers from in and around Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala & Karnataka visited the show to view the latest offerings and add up to their stocks. Most exhibitors reported good to excellent business with serious trade queries from small towns of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The 20 Exhibitors from the Kerala Pavilion were extremely happy with queries from Madurai, Salem & Chennai. Lightweight gold jewellery ranging from handcrafted chains, necklaces, jhumkas, ear studs, cummerbunds, armbands and pendants were much sought after. Exhibitors from Kolkatta, Ahmedabad & Jaipur received many queries from Chennai, Hyderabad and Coimbatore for necklaces and bangles. Mumbai chain manufacturers also achieved good business deals.

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IIJS SIGNATURE 2009, GOA - INDIA

IIJS Signature 2009 organized by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council is scheduled to be held at Kala Academy in Panaji, Goa located at the confluence of the Mandovi River and the Arabian Sea. IIJS Signature will represent only the best India has to offer - in design, craftsmanship and quality... an exclusive feast of high-end jewellery which blends effortlessly with affluent lifestyle trends the world over.

As hosts of an invitation-only jewellery event, IIJS Signature is inviting select exhibitors, comprising the most reputed jewellery companies in the industry. Each is chosen on a strict set of criteria to match the requirements of the invited clientele. Trade visitors too will represent the crème de la crème of the world jewellery industry. Delegations to IIJS Signature are coming from the countries like Uzbekistan, Italy, Hungary, UAE, Poland, Russia, Iran, Japan, Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc.

Buyers will come away with a new show experience - in ambience, hospitality and style, while finding just the merchandise they need. More than 150 individual buyers have confirmed from various countries such as Hong Kong, Nigeria, Saudia Arabia, Norway, Turkey, Australia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA, UK, Thailand, etc.

It is small enough to be effective, and yet will feature diverse jewellery collections. The venue - Goa - is India's paradise by the sea on its west coast, and one of its most popular tourist destinations. The main focus of IIJS Signature is to combine business with pleasure thus GJEPC has organized array of soirée to start with welcome dinner on the 28th of February, Gala Dinner with Indian theme on the 29th and Barefoot in Temptation Island on the 1st of Feb, 2009. It's more than a jewellery show, it's going to be a complete experience.

Hong Kong Airport International Jewellery Show

A brand new Hong Kong and China Jewellery Sourcing show will be held at the Asia-World Expo from 28th February to 3rd March 2008 in Hong Kong. This brand new show is jointly organized by six industry forces: Hong Kong Gemstone Manufacturers' Association (HKGMA) with "Hong Kong Pearl Association", "Hong Kong Jadeware Traders Industry & Commerce Association", " Hong Kong Gold & Silver Ornament Workers & Merchants General Union", "Taiwan Jewelry Industry Association" and "Neway International Trade Fairs Ltd.".This Show, which aims at sourcing China's gems and pearls, is a professional jewellery show in Hong Kong. It creates an ideal trading platform to gather gemstone and pearl manufacturers in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Its features include:

*Spectacular showcase of precious stone, semi precious stone and pearl with concentration of manufacturers in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

*Spacious area to display a wide range of diversified gemstone material which convenient for buyers to browse and to source here.

*The Airport Show and the Wan Chai HKTDC show (4-8 Mar) create a 10 days Gem & Jewellery Purchasing hub in the spring season. Buyers can arrange their itinerary in a more flexible way.

Cutting and polishing diamonds

India has always been regarded as the natural and ancient home of the diamonds. Up to 1728 the whole world’s supply of diamonds was found in the deccan plateu in the valleys and on the beds of streams to a depth of twelve to sixteen feet of earth. Placed there by the gods as a gem endowed with magical qualities, Indians revered the diamond as far back as 1500 BC, the age of the Vedas.
During those ancient times, diamonds were not cut. The rough stones were mounted as such in jewellery, in helmets and on swords. This is why Indians who wrote on gems, such as Buddhabhatta, Thakkura Pheru describe the shape, and nature of rough diamonds in great detail. For example, Thakkura Pheru wrote in 1315 AD: “the best rough diamond has symmetric facets, free of impurities, sparkling, flawless and ligh in weBeing the hardest known mineral in nature, only diamonds can cut or abrade other diamonds. Artisan used this property to best advantage; they rubbed one diamond against another for months to get the shape they wanted. They were expert in the art of grinding and polishing diamond crystals and kept gemstone shaping a family secret, not to be revealed to the outside world. It is likely that their techniques dated back thousands of years, but there is hardly any mention of this in Indian literature. Ancient texts state that while the diamonds was extremely hard and indestructible, it could easily be split by a light blow along certain directions and that the earliest diamond workers employed such techniques to remove heavy flows and cracks and to smooth the faces of crystals. Kautilya in this Artbhashastra wrote of the ability of diamond to scratch hard metals and other gemstones. It is possible that Indian workers tried to cut and polish diamonds with other diamonds as early as the first century BC. In Europe too, as early as 77 AD, engravers embedded diamond fragments in iron to make cutting tools. According to Pliny, these tools could in turn cut diamonds. During his travels in India in the eighteenth century Tavernier who wrote extensively on the gemstone industry in the country, found artisan in India were using iron wheels with diamond grit to remove flaws in diamond crystals. At the time of his visit, most Indians were merely polishing rough stones that had regular crystallized shapes. Faults like inclusions and grains were removed by grinding, but deep faults were sought to be hidden by a great number of small facets. Some European workers who had practiced diamond cutting in Europe but had settled in India were given the larger and more expensive stones for cutting. They were better at this work perhaps because they had already attained a higher level of perfection in their work. It has been recorded that as early as 1375 AD, diamond cutters in Germany were active and had even formed a guild in Nurenberg.ight.”

JCK New Delhi 2008 Keeps Getting Bigger & Better!

JCK New Delhi 2008, the jewelry exhibition is catching up in the country on a great pace and is now all geared up to brighten Delhi in July at Pragati Maidan. The show will see the best of jewelry manufacturers, wholesalers, exporters and retailers gather and explore huge business opportunity offered through this platform. The exhibition has set new benchmarks in the field of Jewellery trade fairs in India since its inception in 2006 and is on the way of scaling bigger heights year after year.
JCK New Delhi 2008 is backed by Delhi Jewellers Association, World Gold Council and GJEPC and offers a strict business-to-business platform for the most suitable business environment to trade. The exhibition is not only classy & luxurious but is also very meticulously planned out. There are well segmented pavilions of Gold & Fine Jewelry, Diamond & Fine Jewelry, Gem Stones & Gemstone Jewelry, Laboratories, Silver Jewelry & Hollowware, Machinery and Tools for focused exhibition browsing. The show will bind the traders from across India along with various other countries, and would also deliver a world class ambience and a show experience to remember!
Learn more by visiting www.jcknewdelhi.com or click here to contact JCK New Delhi 2008.