| 词条 | Antwerp World Diamond Centre |
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|name = Antwerp World Diamond Centre |logo = |type = |foundation = |location = Antwerp, Belgium |key_people = Ari Epstein (CEO) |industry = |owner = |products = |revenue = |homepage = www.awdc.be }} The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is a public/private corporation, officially representing and coordinating the Antwerp diamond sector. It is located in heart of Antwerp in the Hoveniersstraat. The chief executive officer of AWDC is Ari Epstein. The Diamond office facilitates the import and export of diamonds in and out of Antwerp. This is primarily done through marketing campaigns, services, conferences, trade fairs, economics missions, and various other ways.[1] The World Diamond Center is home to all of the major diamond mining companies, which discover diamonds for over 1,800 individual diamond dealers across the globe. Other groups that aid in development, protection, and processing of these diamonds include diamond banks, insurance brokers, forwarders, best polishers, and researchers. It is acknowledged as the diamond capital of the world.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] HistoryIn October 1973, the AWDC was established as the Hoge Raad voor Diamant (HRD), or Diamond High Council, by the Belgian government and diamond industry representatives. Their mission was to protect and promote the diamond sector in Belgium. It also had a commercial branch to issue certificates. In 2007, the Diamond High Council was restructured and split up in two different enterprises. One of them, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), a private foundation, is responsible for the representation of the collective interests of the Belgian diamond industry domestically and abroad. It also promotes Antwerp as the global capital of the diamond industry. The second, HRD Antwerp, a completely independent subsidiary of AWDC, is a commercial organization with six different branches: Diamond Lab, Precious Stones Lab, Research, Education, Graduates Club and Equipment.[1][9] The Diamond OfficeIt is a government authorized service providing body, established in 1945, enabling the post-war diamond industry to quickly pick up again. The Diamond Office uses a unique model for import and export procedures: one-stop import & export clearing.[1][10] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.awdc.be/en/mission|title=Official Website of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre|publisher=awdc.be|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.frommers.com/destinations/antwerp/0106010029.html|title=Attractions in Antwerp, Belgium|publisher=frommers.com|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jmu.edu/international/abroad/jmu_antwerp_marketing.shtml|title=Antwerp Summer Program|publisher=James Madison University|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2335&context=faculty_scholarship|title=How Community Institutions Create Economic Advantage: Jewish Diamond Merchants in New York|author=Barak D. Richman|publisher=Duke University Law School|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/gem_notes/diamond/diamond_triple_frame.htm|title=Diamond|publisher=Geology Department of the University of Texas|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gia.edu/gia-career|title= Gemological Institute of America|publisher=gia.edu|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/jwtdiamondinfocenter.pdf|title=Preliminary Inventory of theJ. Walter Thompson Company. DiamondInformation Center Vertical File, 1930s-1980s|publisher=Duke University: The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History; David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://mcnl.berkeley.edu/belgium/ |title=Belgium |publisher=The University of California at Berkeley |accessdate=2013-03-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615161950/http://mcnl.berkeley.edu/belgium/ |archivedate=2013-06-15 }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~jmwilson/The_New_Diamond_Age.doc|title=The New Diamond Age|author=Joshua Davis|publisher=The University of Vermont: The College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://academic.emporia.edu/abersusa/go340/students/mbwambo/|title=Diamond District|publisher=Emporia State University|accessdate=2013-03-31}} 2 : Companies based in Antwerp|Diamond industry in Belgium |
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