Manufacturers
Manufacturers are the backbone of the UK jewellery trade, transforming raw materials into finished pieces that drive the retail and wholesale markets. For jewellers, suppliers, and designers, understanding the manufacturing landscape is key to sourcing quality products and staying ahead of trends in production techniques and materials. Jewellery Focus delivers specialist coverage on manufacturers, including business updates, innovations in technology and craftsmanship, supply chain developments, and insights into sustainability and ethical practices shaping the sector.
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Jan- 2022 -25 JanuaryAdvice
How to manufacture in the UK?
When I founded Augustine Jewels over 10 years ago, I searched around for manufacturing in England. I was determined that Augustine Jewels would be Made in Britain. I hope that the key learnings from that period might help others to manufacture in the UK. Step 1 โ Manufacturing Strategy The…
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Oct- 2021 -29 OctoberNews
Laura Bond launches new A/W collection
Laura Bond has announced the launch of its autumn and winter collection, featuring more than fifteen new designs. Laura Bond Jewellery is an Edinburgh based, family run, luxury earring brand, specialising in affordable solid gold pieces for cartilage piercings. The jeweller sources manufacturers handpicked for their quality and expertise, as…
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25 OctoberUncategorized
Miriam Elizabeth: How to start a business during a global pandemic
Starting a business during a global pandemic in a saturated market? One could think an individual crazy, but I fell in love with this industry from the first moment I became immersed in it. The past seven years of experience within this sphere, and more specifically the latter ten months…
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Sep- 2021 -30 SeptemberTrade Organisations
The Natural Diamond Council expands Assure program
The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has announced the expansion of its Assure program which was designed to protect consumers and safeguard the supply chain by supporting Diamond Verification Instrument manufacturers. The goal of this initiative is to maintain consumer confidence in the diamond jewellery industry. The program was first launched…
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29 SeptemberManufacturers
Opsydia technology advances to secure identity of melee diamonds
Diamond security specialist, Opsydia, has revealed its subsurface laser technology can now place permanent identifiers in melee diamonds without affecting their surface polish. The firm said that diamonds that are just 0.5 millimetres in diameter can have an alphanumeric sequence, coded shape or logo placed beneath their surface to create…
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27 SeptemberTrade Organisations
NDC expands Diamond Verification Instrument testing programme
The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has announced an expansion to its โAssure Programโ for the testing of Diamond Verification Instruments (DVIs). Designed to maintain consumer confidence in the diamond jewellery industry, the programme aims to โprotect consumersโ and โsafeguardโ the natural diamond supply chain by supporting DVI manufacturers. First launched…
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23 SeptemberTrade Organisations
RJC to launch lab-grown materials standard
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced that it is set to develop a standard for laboratory-grown materials (LGMs). The standard is designed to establish best practice, such as the requirement for full disclosure for materials when used in jewellery products. Acting separately from the RJC code of practices, the…
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9 SeptemberProduct Launches
NDC launches second โFor Moments Like No Otherโ campaign
The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has launched its second global โFor Moments Like No Otherโ campaign in collaboration with actress Ana de Armas. The campaign was released in tandem with an 11-piece diamond jewellery collection on 8 September 2021. Worn by de Armas, global ambassador at the NDC, the collection…
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Aug- 2021 -3 AugustFeatures
LGDs are the future, despite the backlash
โThey are as much a symbol of innovation and progress as they are of enduring beauty and stand as a testament to our ongoing and ambitious sustainability agenda,โ said Alexander Lacik, CEO at Pandora, upon releasing the groupโs first lab-grown diamond (LGD) collection. However, the global jewellery retailer went beyond…
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Jun- 2021 -24 JuneEvents
Baselworld to return in 2022
Organiser, MCH Group, has announced the return of luxury watch and jewellery trade event Baselworld, which will run from 31 March to 4 April 2022. The event, which was held for the last time in 2019 due to last yearโs pandemic, will act as a B2B platform for the mid-range…
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