Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future

Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...

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Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Sarine and Synova Sign MOU on technological cooperation

22 february 2022
Sarine Technologies Ltd, a worldwide leader in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of precision technology has announced that Sarine and Synova have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Dubai Diamond Conference (DDC) to cooperate technologically on the integration of Sarine's Advisor® rough diamond planning software with Synova's DaVinci diamond faceting system, as per a press release from the company. 
David Block, Sarine CEO, and Bernold Richerzagen, Synova Founder and CEO, have signed an MOU for collaboration on seamlessly linking Sarine's Advisor® planning data output with Synova's DaVinci Diamond Factory (DDF), which will enable an efficient timesaving process, that will also eliminate human errors in the setup of the complex precision polishing instructions for the DDF, which incorporates in one system all the cutting, shaping and faceting stages of the polishing workflow.
David Block stated, "I believe the agreed teaming of Sarine and Synova will benefit our mutual customers by further streamlining the supply chain and reducing costs and costly errors. This cooperation is yet another example of the benefits created by the data generated inherently by Sarine's technologies across the diamond processing value chain and their applicability to a wide range of additional incidental value-added solutions, such as our digital tenders paradigm, the Sarine Diamond Journey™, the Sarine Profile™, etc. The significant data generated by our seamlessly cloud-linked systems have proven once again their worth to our customers and the industry as a whole."

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished