GIA HK on expansion spree!
New
laboratory in Surat, India and
expanded
facility in Antwerp, Belgium
GIA
(Gemological Institute of America) Hong Kong celebrated the relocation and
expansion of its laboratory just three days after the Institute marked its 88th
anniversary. Susan Jacques, GIA president and CEO, and Tom Moses, GIA executive
vice president and chief laboratory and research officer, attended the opening
reception for the new facility in Kowloon with laboratory clients and industry
executives. The laboratory will continue to expand its services.
“We
are proud to meet the needs of consumers and the trade throughout Asia with
this newly expanded laboratory and the GIA Hong Kong education campus,” said
Jacques. “Hong Kong is a vital center of the global gem and jewelry industry
and we are pleased to be here, working to ensure consumer confidence.”
“Since
the laboratory first opened in 2010, we have seen an increase in the demand for
our laboratory services,” said Moses. “This expanded facility allows us to
advance our mission to ensure the public trust and to better serve our clients
with high quality gem identification and grading services.”
The
GIA Hong Kong laboratory is located on the 20th floor of the Goldin Financial
Global Centre on 17 Kai Cheung Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. The lab take-in
center in Central Hong King is located on the 11th floor of the New World Tower
on 18 Queen’s Road.
In
addition to Hong Kong, there are new and expanded GIA facilities offering
industry-leading laboratory services in India and Europe – a new laboratory in
Surat, India that opened in 2018 and a new grading laboratory and expanded
research facilities in Antwerp, Belgium.
GIA
laboratories are located in major gem and jewelry centers around the world
including Antwerp, Bangkok, Carlsbad, Gaborone, Hong Kong, Johannesburg,
Mumbai, New York, Ramat Gan, Surat and Tokyo.
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