The De Beers Group of Companies announced that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) has launched grading service in the Far East, Middle East, India and Europe. Following an initial pilot testing of the service in the Far East, IIDGR will now provide a grading service from each of its laboratories in Belgium, India and the UK and only for natural, untreated diamonds.

The service, which employs De Beers’ proprietary grading technology to provide outstanding accuracy and consistency, is suitable for all sizes, colours, shapes and qualities.

Jonathan Kendall, President of IIDGR said: “Our service aims to provide diamantaires with total peace of mind when it comes to grading. The innovative technology solutions developed in-house at De Beers enable us to provide an extremely accurate and consistent service and our leading capabilities in diamond verification provides customers with an additional layer of confidence.”

IIDGR will be presenting information on the grading service at the forthcoming Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show from 1 – 5 March, 2016. IIDGR will also showcase its range of diamond verification equipment at the Show, as well as providing information on its melee testing service.

Jonathan Kendall added, “When considering our grading service alongside our range of detection equipment and our melee testing service, IIDGR is breaking new ground in providing top quality, innovative, competitively priced and highly reliable diamond services.”