3D Printing
3D printing is transforming the jewellery industry by enabling faster prototyping, intricate design capabilities, and more efficient production workflows. From wax models for casting to direct metal printing, the technology is now embedded across the supply chain—from bespoke designers to large-scale manufacturers. Jewellery Focus covers the commercial impact of 3D printing within the UK trade, including equipment advancements, material innovations, adoption trends, training and skills, and the evolving role of digital design in retail and wholesale operations. Our reporting helps jewellers, CAD designers, and production teams understand how to leverage additive manufacturing for creative freedom, cost efficiency, and competitive advantage.
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Jun- 2015 -8 JuneOpinion
SOAPBOX: Here’s what CAD/CAM has already done to the jewellery industry
In recent issues of Jewellery Focus, several questions have been asked about whether people think CAD will change the jewellery industry, and what it will do to jewellers’ jobs. JACK MEYER from Holts Academy offers some reflections. Given how fast 3D printing and jewellery CAD technology have been changing since these questions…
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May- 2015 -21 MayDesigners
GVUK launches new trade website
GVUK Design has announced the launch of a brand new web site. The site features a direct free signup link to upcoming technology events, including ‘The tools for a new generation of jewellers’ in Glasgow on 10th June and London 17th June. The event will be hosted by EnvisionTEC, Rofin, Indutherm, Lampert, Gemvision and…
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19 MayManufacturers
WB The Creative Jewellery Group gains RJC certification
WB The Creative Jewellery Group has announced that all three of its companies have been granted certification by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC). The group, whose subsidiaries are Domino, Weston Beamor and Gecko, employs some 180 staff. It says it has “long been committed to ethical business practices” and was…
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12 MayAnalysis
FEATURE: Focus on – Casting
There have been great technological changes in the casting industry in recent years. After the latest announcement of 3D printing jewellery by Argos, and the introduction of laser-sintering machines that ‘print’ jewellery directly in precious metal, TOM DAVIS looks at where the industry is heading In recent years the casting…
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Apr- 2015 -29 AprilE-Commerce
Click & collect to grow by 20% per year, says IMRG
Click & collect services will continue to grow 20% per year according to a new report from the e-commerce industry association, IMRG. The IMRG CollectPlus UK Click & Collect Review 2015 report said that there is a “clear and developing” evidence that mobile shoppers are primary click & collect shoppers,…
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Mar- 2015 -16 MarchProduct Launches
Argos to trial 3D printed customisable jewellery
Argos has announced that it is to trial a jewellery collection that can be customised and 3D printed to order, before being dispatched to the customer. Using a newly launched website, customers will be able to select accessories from a range of 10 items initially, add their own personal touches,…
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11 MarchEvents
Weston Beamor designer wins ‘Gem-A Award’ for second year running
Joanna Fronczak-Jabbal, a CAD (computer-aided design) designer at Birmingham casting house and 3D printing company, Weston Beamor, has won the Gem-A Gold Award for the second consecutive year. The award, from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, was awarded to Fronczak-Jabbal at the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards which…
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2 MarchEvents
Weston Beamor to sponsor award at ‘New Designers’
Weston Beamor, the Birmingham-based jewellery casting and 3D printing company, has announced that it will once again be sponsoring an award at the New Designers annual exhibition. The Weston Beamor award for ‘the most innovative use of CAD in jewellery design’ will be made during the first day of the…
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Jan- 2015 -9 JanuaryAppointments
Naomi Newton-Sherlock named director of Weston Beamor
Naomi Newton-Sherlock, who was promoted to the post of creative director at Domino in 2013, has been made a director of the brand’s sister company Weston Beamor. Weston Beamor is the longest established of the three companies within WB The Creative Jewellery Group, having been founded just after World War…
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