Mettler-Toledo gifts its most accurate precision balance to IDE

Mettler-Toledo presented one of its most accurate precision balances as a gift to the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) at a recent ceremony in the Bourse’s Technology Hall. Mettler-Toledo is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications.

The balance it presented to the IDE, is one of the most precise balances on the market and has an ability to measure to the minute value of 1/10,000th of a carat. This specialized device has the potential to create even greater exactitude in the highly-sensitive area of diamond weighing. Weight is one of the four central characteristics used to determine diamond price.

The device weighs to four decimal places past the tenth point by employing features including internal calibration and easy-to-use draft shielding.

Mettler-Toledo Israeli representative Lior Streng, owner of Lior Gemology Tools and other Mettler-Toledo personnel including jewellery market manager Urs Wolfensberger made the presentation to a distinguished group of Bourse management including IDE president Yair Sahar, Industry Committee Chair Eli Shiri, Diamond Association chair Yossi Ben Zion, Trading Hall Committee Chair Yitzhak Cohen, and General Manager Moti Besser.

Mr.Sahar noted the significance of the gift, saying, “We are committed to the most stringent standards of the diamond sector, and even more so when we are talking about diamond weighing machines. I am convinced that members of the Bourse will gain the maximum benefit from this new machine. Many thanks for the donation.” Mr. Streng said, “The high level of accuracy of the machine guarantees the highest quality and reliability. We are proud and happy to donate this weighing machine to the Bourse.”