IDE's International Diamond Week To Be Held In February

(IDEX Online) – The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will hold the winter edition of the International Diamond Week from February 8 to 12, 2015.

"We have looked hard at the very busy calendar of the international diamond and jewelry trade and decided that these were the best dates for all parties involved for the Winter 2015 edition," IDE President Shmuel Schnitzer sad.

He made the announcement at the close of the Israel Diamond Week in New York, where 100 Israeli and more than 70 American diamantaires displayed their goods on the floor of the Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) in New York City to some 700 visiting diamond buyers last week.

The next International Diamond Week will again take place on the IDE trading floor and in addition to DDC members, members of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse members will also take part.

"The format of these multi-bourse diamond trading and sales platforms have proven to be very successful," Schnitzer added.

IDE General Manager Moti Besser noted that interest from other bourses affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) in the trading platform was on the rise. "It has not only brought back business to the trading floors, but also greatly strengthened the networking between bourse members. With 30 bourses on five continents which together have more than 15,000 members, there are obviously many more opportunities to be explored and followed up on," Besser said.