5th Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair slated in January

The 5th Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF) is expected to host 80 of Antwerp's finest diamond firms as exhibitors. The event is slated from January 26 to 28, 2014 at the three trading halls of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse, the Diamond Club of Antwerp and the world's only rough diamond bourse, the Antwerp Diamond Kring.

The event is likely to see visitors including exclusive, diamond-buying jewellery retailers and manufacturers from Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Hong Kong and China, the USA and South America.

Jacky Korn, a member of the ADTF Organizing Committee said the decision to add the Kring’s trading hall to the ADTF's exhibition venues enabled increasing the number of exhibitors, to now house 80. "With 80 booked exhibitors and a waiting list of companies, we needed more space and the Kring provided the logical solution. We are currently in the process of redesigning the floor plans in order to improve the flow of traffic and enhance both the exhibitors' and buyers' experience". "This will be the largest and most exciting ADTF ever held," Korn added.

The ADTF's buyers' registration will take place on the ground floor of the Kring building at Hoveniersstraat 2, with the exhibition halls located at both ends of the street. The Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair, powered by the AWDC, is expected to direct all attention to Antwerp diamond district's main thoroughfare, the Hoveniersstraat, during the three days.