Editor’s Note
This article highlights a German venture, Nevermined and Mandana, pioneering the market for lab-grown diamonds. Positioned as a sustainable and conflict-free alternative, their work in Essen represents a significant shift in the jewelry industry’s approach to sourcing and transparency.
At their location in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, pioneering work is being done for the jewelry industry in the field of lab-grown diamonds – sustainable, transparent, and above all, conflict-free.
Who are the new players in the diamond market? With Nevermined and Mandana, there is a provider from Germany that aims to convince with loose diamonds – and its own jewelry collections – from the lab. The message: The lab-grown diamond as a sustainable, conflict-free alternative is on the rise!
Never mined, but lab-grown – that’s the motto of two startups aiming to revolutionize diamond production.
It was the fascination with diamonds that led Christine Marhofer, founder & CEO of Nevermined and Mandana, to delve deeply into the subject. However, she quickly realized that mined diamonds could not be the solution:
Therefore, she made the decision to pursue the path with lab-grown diamonds. And all of this is produced at the facility in Essen using the CVD process.
states Marhofer’s motivations. This is how the two brands Nevermined and Mandana came into being – Nevermined deals with loose diamonds, Mandana is sustainable luxury jewelry.
Christine Marhofer, Founder, Nevermined & Mandana
• Lab-grown diamonds produced using the CVD process
• Loose diamonds and exclusive jewelry (recycled gold)
• Production powered 100% by renewable energy
