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JUNWEX jewelry exhibition was held in Moscow from September 27 to October 1

06 october 2023

The traditional jewelry exhibition JUNWEX Moscow was held at the Moscow All-Russian Exhibition Center from September 27 to October 1 for the 19th year in a row. It is the largest, most prestigious and objectively the most efficient event in Russia for participants from a commercial point of view that has been shaping and demonstrating current trends in jewelry fashion, creativity, design and craftsmanship.

JUNWEX Moscow is also a professional business platform for manufacturing and trading jewelry enterprises in the field of jewelry technologies, equipment, packaging and software.

The exhibition is attended by well-known brands that continue the great traditions of Faberge, Khlebnikov, Sazikov, Bolin, as well as the largest retailers from Russian regions and neighboring countries.

This fall, presentations of collections of many jewelry brands took place. The Per Sempre brand presented a new RT collection dedicated to the famous Russian designer Roman Tyrtov.

The specialized technological section JUNWEX Tech presented goods and services for jewelry production and trade.

As part of the exhibition, the organizing committee, together with the Jewelry Art Development Fund, held the Youth Forum named “Jewelry: Entrepreneurship, Culture, Art, Science.” The program of the forum consisted of four main blocks of reports and lectures, an exhibition of jewelry works by students and graduates of professional educational institutions. An exciting component of the forum was the International Competition of Young Designers, which was held jointly with leading domestic and foreign jewelry brands, namely Roberto Bravo, and others.

The traditional award ceremony for the winners of the “Best Jewelry in Russia” competition was held as part of JUNWEX Moscow.

This year, 79 products from 34 companies were presented to the jury. The selected products received well-deserved recognition from the authoritative jury chaired by the President of the International Foundation for the Support of Jewelers ("Form") Galina Kovaleva. Famous art critics - Natalia Korovina, Tatyana Muntyan, Galina Smorodinova and others were also part of the jury.

Collections and products from a variety of jewellery houses (JH) received honorary awards. Among brands and companies that received awards are KU&KU, Lama Store, Fillart, PI Jewelry, Northern Chern, Golden Patterns, Yaspis, JH Kabarovsky, Evgeniy and Larisa Ivanov, Platika Jewelry, Golden Horseshoe, Jordan, Jewelry Traditions, Barte Gold, Ringo, Element Soul, Kostroma Jewelry Factory, Defleur, Sanis, Jewel, Altmaster, JH Fomenko, JH Estet, Bogarta.

The Orient Express collection from Per Sempre company was recognized as the best of the season along with the Shanghai collection from Grant jewellery factory; Grace bracelet from the RoseGrace brand; Iceberg necklace and ring from the Vesna brand. The grand prize was awarded to Platika Jewelry for their Meteorite watch.

According to the jury, “every time our jewelers demonstrate skill, new creative ideas and unsurpassed mastery of jewelry making techniques.”

Galina Semyonova for Rough&Polished