HRD Antwerp organised a “Diamond Night” at the Belgian embassy in Madrid to officially celebrate its newfound alliance with the Spanish gemmological laboratory, GEMACYT. The celebrations unfolded on June 8th and hosted both government officials and leading Spanish diamond and jewellery companies.

GEMACYT Gemmological Laboratory, an independent, private company specialised in the certification of precious stones and jewellery, has officially been appointed HRD Antwerp Partner in 2015.

For over twenty years, HRD Antwerp and GEMACYT have been working together closely whereby GEMACYT operated as an official sales agent for HRD Antwerp’s gemmology courses and equipment and functioned as a drop-off point for diamonds and diamond jewellery to be certified in the HRD Antwerp Diamond lab.

After training and being accredited a full partnership concerning Jewellery certification, the GEMACYT lab in Madrid has been able to certify diamond jewellery and issue Diamond Jewellery Reports on behalf of HRD Antwerp, as of September 2015.

Belgium Ambassador in Spain, HE Mr Pierre Labouverie, joined the celebration and underlined the significance of Antwerp as the world diamond capital.

“HRD Antwerp and GEMACYT have been working together for a long time now so looking at the positive evolution since the official instatement of GEMACYT as an HRD Antwerp Partner, we’re really excited to see this relationship has now evolved in a succesfull partnership” explains Peter Macken, CEO HRD Antwerp.