Editor’s Note
This article highlights the Antwerp Diamond Bourse’s upcoming trade fair, a strategic initiative to stimulate polished diamond sales by connecting local traders with European luxury jewelry buyers.
Aiming to boost polished diamond sales, the Antwerp Diamond Bourse (Beurs voor Diamanthandel) will hold a three-day Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair from February 7 to 9. The event will bring together local diamond traders with buyers from high-end European jewelry firms.
The 105-year-old Bourse has invited about 120 buyers to meet with 43 Antwerp-based diamond firms that will offer their goods. The fair will be held at the exchange’s historical trading floor. Some of the invited buyers have not done business in Antwerp before.
According to Antwerp Diamond Bourse President Artur Beller. The bourse believes it can offer the widest possible range of polished diamonds to an exclusive group of diamond buyers.
Raphael Rubin, who, together with bourse board members Bernard Weinberg, Jacky Korn, and David Pienica, serves on the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair organizing committee, said preparations for the fair began more than two years ago.
The Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair is sponsored by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, the umbrella organization of the Belgian diamond industry.