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09/10/2006
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The results at Iberjoya September 2006 were highly rated
A total of 29,137 professionals visited this edition
Under the heading of foreign buyers, we might highlight the attendance of 1,595 professionals from 53 countries at this edition.
The fair consolidated its role as an international forum for the promotion of trends and new features.
Featuring some 29,137 trade visitors, the thirty-seventh edition of IBERJOYA, the International Jewellery, Silverware, Watch and Related Industry Exhibition, which took place between 14th and 18th September, brought together the products and services of 518 direct exhibitors in Halls 8 and 10 at FERIA DE MADRID.
As part of their initial evaluation of the event, professionals highlighted the high-quality selection on show at the exhibition, as well as the important new features and growing tendency of many companies to carry out marketing measures and product presentations within the framework of IBERJOYA. In addition to the trade operations carried out and contacts established throughout the course of the fair, the exhibitors highlighted the considerable degree of post-fair activity that was generated by their participation at IBERJOYA, along with the added-value security factor.
In all these respects, IBERJOYA September 2006 consolidated its role as the most important point of reference for the jewellery industry in Spain and one of the most outstanding events on the European calendar of fairs for the industry. This much was also confirmed by the participation of a number of leading Spanish companies, manufacturers, designers and importers, not to mention 140 foreign companies at this edition from Germany, Andorra, Belgium, China, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. In effect, this fair is recognised as being one of the main international forums for promoting trade activity, boosting the participants' image and presenting the latest new features and trends within the industry.
Under the heading of foreign visitors, we might also mention the attendance of 1,595 buyers from 53 countries at this edition. Among these, the buyers from Portugal accounted for somewhat more than 39% of total foreign participation, whilst the Italian participants accounted for nearly 10%. Other prominent groups of foreign buyers attended the fair from Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Turkey. From the American Continent, the most important groups came from Mexico, the United States, Venezuela and Chile.
From Spain, the organisers recorded the presence of professionals from all the Spanish provinces, mainly from Madrid, accounting for 22.5% of total Spanish participation, Valencia, accounting for 5.8%, Barcelona, for 5.2%, Alicante, for 4.1%, and Murcia and Cordova, for 3%, respectively.
Fashion Parades, Tributes, a Gala Dinner and Other Activities of Considerable Importance to the Industry
Another of the highly valued aspects at this edition was the staging of a comprehensive programme of activities and trade events. Coinciding with the trade exhibition itself, this programme created an ideal forum for direct analysis and information, both within the industry and within society at large.
In this respect, the Fifth Iberjoya Trends Fashion Parade brought into play all the glamour of the Seventh Art in order to present the infinite possibilities provided by jewellery as an element of fashion, as well as highlighting its versatility and its suitability for any moment of the day. Under the heading of "Cinema & Jewellery", the latest and most innovative jewellery and time-piece lines were paraded on the catwalk, encompassed within five general trends. Diva in Black & White, Luxury Super Star, Planet Story, A New Glam Star, and The Art of Time.
Upon the conclusion of the Trends Fashion Parade, the traditional Iberjoya Gala Dinner provided the setting for the moving homage that is presented at each edition by the fair organisers and the Jewellers and Silversmiths' Guild of Madrid for retailers who have been managing their businesses for more than 50 years. On this occasion, the homage was organised in honour of Alfred Ernst, José Luis Fernandez, Leopoldo Fernández Jesús López Reyes, Gonzalo Mancisidor and Isidor Zuluaga, all frequent visitors to IBERJOYA.
As a new feature, the Spanish Association of Jewellers, Silversmiths and Watch-Makers, at the hands of its President, Juan Candame, made the most of the Gala occasion in order to highlight the enormous contribution made by Jesús Yanes, Octavio Sarda and José María Ordovás to the industry, three well-known business representatives who have devoted a large part of their time and energy to the jewellery sector.
Finally, the publishing group, Duplex,, expressed its own special acknowledgment of the industrial sector by highlighting, on this occasion, the work of Antoni Farre Martí and Juan París, two professionals who have made their work a veritable form of expression, producing jewellery items endowed with a unique style.
Considerable Success of the First Edition of the ANGem Awards, The Antonio Negueruela Award for Jewellery Design Using Coloured Stones
Iberjoya September 2006 also hosted the staging of the First National Awards for Jewellery Design Using Coloured Stones, the ANGem Awards, organised in memory of the great promoter of coloured stones, Antonio Negueruela. The presentation of nearly two hundred pieces and sketches for the competition, as well as the excellent general levels of quality of the entries, confirmed the success of this initiative, which presented awards within three categories: GeMerald, for pieces in which precious stones play a unique and prominent role; GeMotion for pieces in which coloured stones play the leading role, and GeMadness, for design on paper.
The Jury, which was made up of well-known representatives from the worlds of gemmology, jewellery in its various forms and art in general, presented awards to the following pieces: in the GeMerald category, "Marco Polo", an 18-carat gold watch featuring numerous inclusions, by Anna Alegret Nadal; in the GeMotion category, "Génesis", a hanging brooch in yellow gold, with a lapis lazuli serving as the main gem, by Miguel S. Barberá; and, in the GeMadness category, a hand-painted design depicting a choker in white gold, featuring diamonds and tanzanite, by Isidoro Hernández.
The finalist works were “Revoloteo”, by Isidoro Hernández; “Alexandra”, by Anna M. Nadal; “El ojo del dragón”, by Miguel S. Barberá, and “Lágrima”, by Rodolfo Navarro, in GeMerald. “Rama de canela”, by Carmen Iglesias Alvarez; “La magia del color”, by Inca Madirolas; “Torque”, by Ruth Isabel Heras, and “Suspensión”, by Laia/Albert/Alberola, in GeMotion. Finally, “Paraiso”, by Carlos Madirolas, and “Phanton King”, by Miriam Puebla, in GeMadness.
The awards presentation ceremony, which was presided over by Antonio Negueruela Jr., took place throughout the course of the Iberjoya Gala Dinner.
Other Activities
The eighth edition of PRODIAM, the Diamond, Precious Stone, Gemmology and Jewellery Professionals Meeting in Spain, took place the day before IBERJOYA. This event is organised each year by the Nexo Group, the publisher of the newspaper GOLD&TIME, in collaboration with the Gemmological Laboratory, Gemacyt, featuring the sponsorship of companies such as DTC, Dalumi and Aurygem, as well as the ANGem Awards. The international dimension of Prodiam was highlighted on this occasion by the presence of the President of the International Jewellery Confederation (CINJO) Gaetano Cavalieri, in addition to speakers such as the German expert, Bernd Munsteiner, the most prestigious sculptor of coloured stones in the world, not to mention scientific experts in gemmology, such as Thomas Dehling, a world specialist in opals, and Edwin Aelbrecht, Lecturer in Gemmology at the Diamond High Council (HRD) of Antwerp. Furthermore, Daniel White, from the Diamond Trading Corporation and in representation of the World Diamond Council (WDC), and Yuval Kemp, from the Dalumi Group, provided a business perspective of the current state of the diamond and jewellery market.
Another of the now traditional events organised within the framework of the fair was the IBERJOYA GOLD TOURNAMENT, enjoying its seventh edition this year. This sporting event, sponsored by SANDOZ, from the Munreco Group, took place at the Golf Course of El Olivar de la Hinojosa, on the afternoon of Wednesday 13th September, featuring the participation of nearly one hundred professionals from the jewellery industry, including numerous fair exhibitors and trade professionals.
The Tournament, which consisted of 18 Hole Stableford First and Second Categories for Men and Stableford Ladies, featured the collaboration of the Duplex Group, the company, Rodolfo Serván, Viap Business Travel and the European Integral Jewellery Centre. At the end of the event and during a cocktail party, the trophies for each category were awarded, along with the Scratch winner, and winners of the Drive competitions (hole 10) and par 3 (hole 11).A draw was also organized with gifts and presents for all the participants.
In the Gentlemen 1st category, the winner was Luis Miguel Gómez de Frutos, and in the 2nd category, Antonio Mejías Jiménez. In the Ladies category, the first place went to Angela García Casas. The Scratch Award went to José Mª Sánchez Pando. The Winner of the Longest Driver was Manuel Carballal Pose and the Par 3 winner was Juan Carlos Lorente Matesanz.
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