<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (Feb 27): Sarine Technologies, the developer of evaluation and finishing systems for diamond industry, and GGTL Laboratories have entered into a collaboration agreement to research new approaches to diamond grading and authentication.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>GGTL is a renowned gem lab providing diamond grading and authentication services to clients such as international jewellery brands and the major brands of Swiss haute horlogerie.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>One of the issues the partnership will focus on is the detection of lab grown diamonds of all sizes. Sarine and GGTL share in the belief that the use of technology can enable full transparency and disclosure that will benefit all players across the diamond pipeline.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>According to Uzi Levami, CEO of Sarine, “The authentication of naturally grown diamonds versus diamonds that are lab grown is a complex process that demands extremely high levels of expertise in various knowledge spheres, and is one example of how our collaboration with GGTL will benefit the market.”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Shares of Sarine closed 2 Singapore cents higher at S$1.90.</p></div>

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SINGAPORE (Feb 27): Sarine Technologies, the developer of evaluation and finishing systems for diamond industry, and GGTL Laboratories have entered into a collaboration agreement to research new approaches to diamond grading and authentication.

GGTL is a renowned gem lab providing diamo...

Sarine and GGTL Labs team up to research new methods to authenticate lab-grown diamonds

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