DB’s E6 Opens Industrial Synthetic Diamond Factory in China
May 11, 06De Beers’ industrial synthetic diamond maker Element Six (E6) opened a Chinese factory in April. The factory in the Suzhou Industrial Estate (SIP) is the first E6 manufacturing site in Asia. It will produce a specialized type of synthetic diamond for internal use in the manufacturing of polycrystalline products.
The company said in a release that total planned investment in Suzhou amounts to $25 million and will gradually be expanded to add a total of around 300 million carats of synthetic diamond to the annual E6 synthesis capacity.
E6 is a supplier of industrial diamond and the complementary cubic boron nitride (cBN) abrasive materials. These materials are available both in their single crystal and polycrystalline forms, for abrasive and non-abrasive industrial uses. The E6 Abrasives group of companies operates internationally with processing and manufacturing facilities in
E6 CEO Christian Hultner said that, "Our factory in
The SIP is a modern industrial park East of Suzhou and was formed as a joint venture between the Governments of China and Singapore in 1994.