Antwerp Fair To Give Visitors Broad View Of Antwerp's Diamond Strength

(IDEX Online) – Diamond buying jewelers visiting the 2015 edition of the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF) next February will be able to receive an understanding of the comprehensive variety of diamonds that the Antwerp diamond market offers, says Ari Epstein, the CEO of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC).

"Antwerp is the world's leading diamond trading center," Epstein said "However, my colleagues and I continue to meet members of the jewelry trade who may have done business with Antwerp-based diamond firms, but have not yet visited Antwerp itself, and therefore have not had a chance to truly experience the powerhouse that our diamond center constitutes," Epstein said.

"With the establishment of the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair in 2010, the Antwerp diamond business community took yet another step to lower the financial threshold for our companies to exhibit, and Antwerp now has its very own, exclusive, by-invitation-only, diamond trade show. This event has proved its pulling power and is held annually, in the city's diamond quarter itself, in the trading halls of three of our bourses." he added.

The sixth edition of the ADTF takes place from February 1 to 3, with the dates of the ADTF carefully selected to fit in with those of other jewelry industry events in the region to enable visitors to the ADTF to plan their itineraries effectively.

The ADTF, a joint initiative of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse, the Diamond Club of Antwerp and the Antwerp Diamond Kring exchanges, is held on the bourses' diamond trading floors which are converted into three exhibition spaces for the event. They host around 90 of Antwerp's leading diamond manufacturing and trading firms, which will be displaying a very wide variety of polished diamonds.

Invited first-time diamond buyers are offered three free nights at the ADTF venue hotel. All approved buyers receive daily invitations to lunches, ADTF dinners and social events.

The AWDC is the chief sponsor of the Fair.