23 Aug 2007 12:00
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GIA Adds Johannesberg Lab
From GIA, Carlsbad, Calif. – After announcing three months ago that its Board of Governors had approved its global expansion plans, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) held a news conference in Johannesburg today to announce that GIA is planning to open a laboratory in that city and expand its educational offerings there as well.
Tom Moses, senior vice president, GIA Laboratory and Research, said that starting in early September, GIA will begin absorbing the laboratory operations of the Jewelry Council of South Africa (JCSA). The JCSA will continue to operate its other interests, but GIA will take on the JCSA’s laboratory functions.
Moses said, “GIA is making itself available to its ever-growing number of international clients. Our international laboratory business has grown significantly in the last decade and it is our desire to be more accessible to our clients. By being in key producing and consuming regions, we ca
GIA Adds Johannesberg Lab
From GIA, Carlsbad, Calif. – After announcing three months ago that its Board of Governors had approved its global expansion plans, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) held a news conference in Johannesburg today to announce that GIA is planning to open a laboratory in that city and expand its educational offerings there as well.
Tom Moses, senior vice president, GIA Laboratory and Research, said that starting in early September, GIA will begin absorbing
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