Antwerp: The ninth edition of BrilliANT – the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair will be of the highlights of Antwerp’s Diamond Year 2017-2018. BrilliAnt has become the world’s exclusive B2B diamond buying trade show on the annual calendar of the international gem and jewellery trade shows.

From October 2017 to February 2018, the City of Antwerp will be celebrating its Diamond Year, a festive period filled with events and happenings to commemorate 570 years of diamond manufacturing and trading in the City of Antwerp. BrilliAnt will be at the heart of festivities. BrilliAnt is promoted by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) all year long and worldwide.

BrilliAnt’s uniqueness lies in the location within the trading halls of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse and the Diamond Club of Antwerp, at the heart of the Antwerp Diamond Quarter. Exhibitors and visitors benefit from top-notch security measures and unmatched industry services. BrilliAnt is open to Antwerp companies as well as to international diamond and coloured gemstone firms affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB). The Fair’s organizers are targeting jewelry manufacturers, retailers and designers.

“BrilliAnt 2017 brought successfully foreign exhibitors from India, China, Italy, Russia, and Scandinavia that have already expressed their interest to return to BrilliAnt 2018,” said Michel Nasielski, member of the organizing committee. “We have noted exhibitors’ request for larger booth space. Assistance for shipment facilities and customs clearance services are provided by leading partner, Malca-Amit’s GemTrade,” he said.

BrilliAnt – the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair is a joint initiative of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse, the Diamond Club of Antwerp and the Antwerp Diamond Kring, and is powered by the AWDC.