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DBGIS is research into diamond synthesis! Recently Jonathan Kendall, President, De Beers Group Industry Services inks & says in my last blog post I discussed how vital confidence is if you are to succeed at any and all stages of the diamond value chain, and to maintain confidence requires expertise, innovation and hard work. In the diamond sector, this has never been truer than it is today. Across the industry, experience and knowledge are vital for diamond businesses when it comes to retaining the confidence of customers. A central part of maintaining this confidence, and a key area of focus for us at De Beers Group Industry Services (DBGIS), is research into diamond synthesis and the development of equipment that can reliably and consistently detect synthetic diamonds and ensure they are not misrepresented as natural diamonds. And because we’ve been working on this for almost three quarters of a century the synthetic diamond detection machines that we at DBGIS p

Diamond verification instruments Pass rigorous independent tests DVI received outstanding results De Beers Group Industry Services announced that all four of their diamond verification instruments (DVI) submitted for testing as part of Project Assure has received outstanding results. Project Assure is a joint collaboration between the Diamond Producers Association (DPA) and Signet Jewelers, with input provided by other participants in the diamond industry and gemmological laboratories, including De Beers Group. The project known as the Assure programme has published the results from the independent performance tests of the DVI in the Assure Directory on DPA web. Through the Assure Directory trade participants can access objective and third party verified information on the relative performance of Diamond Verification Instruments and guidance on how to ensure that their business is protected from undisclosed laboratory grown diamonds. De Beers Group Industry S

Award for Industry Innovation of The Year The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), a member of De Beers Group, is pleased to announce that its industry-first synthetic screening device, SYNTHdetect, was awarded Industry Innovation of the Year at last night’s JNA Awards in Hong Kong. Launched last year, SYNTHdetect is the first synthetic diamond screening device to simultaneously test multiple stones in set jewellery and has the industry’s lowest referral rate at around 0.05 per cent. Jonathan Kendall, President-IIDGR, said: “It’s a real honour to be recognised among our industry peers with this award, which is testament to IIDGR’s mission to continually pioneer new innovations to support the diamond trade. SYNTHdetect has revolutionised synthetic diamond detection for our customers through our proprietary technology that makes the process of screening synthetic diamonds extremely simple and efficient. I congratulate all of IIDGR’s scie