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Sarine launches the DiaExpertTM Nano 6.5 for the fast processing of small
rough diamonds from 0.15 to 0.70 carats in weight, an enhanced model of the
DiaExpertTM Nano, introduced in 2007, for slightly larger small stones.
Galatea, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarine, launches the SolarisTM 100 inclusion
mapping system for smaller rough diamonds, based on the same technology
utilised in the GalaxyTM 1000 system, to offer customers who specialise in smaller
sized rough diamonds, the same benefits of the GalaxyTM system in a more cost-
effective package.
Sarine launches the StrategistTM saw-plane planning system, which integrates the
rough planning, and, specifically, its saw-plane planning process, and the actual
QuazerTM sawing process into a computer controlled and coordinated process, to
help avoid sawing perils such as cracks, fissures and bubbles, allowing for a safer
and higher yield laser cutting plan.
Sarine Color Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarine, acquires
Light Performance Technology (LPT) from Overseas Diamonds Technology.
2009
Galatea, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarine, launches the GalaxyTM 1000 and
2000 systems for the automated inclusion mapping of rough diamonds. These
systems revolutionise the planning and production of diamonds by allowing
complete optimisation based on Clarity as well as Carat weight and Cut, a leap
forward from the DiaExpert™ Eye, launched in 2007. Service centres are opened
in India and Israel, in which the technology is offered for use at a low carat-based
fee. An initial system is delivered to a launch customer towards year’s end.
Sarine launches the InstructorTM, a new software package that runs on our
polished diamond measuring equipment (DiaMensionTM, DiaMensionTM Lab
Edition, DiaMensionTM HD and DiaScanTM S+), for improving the yield and
assuring the quality manufacturers can attain while polishing diamonds.
Sarine launches the DiaMensionTM HD, an advanced high precision system,
offering even more accurate 3D modelling for the measurement of polished
and semi-polished diamonds. The precise 3D model allows users to evaluate
not only the diamond’s proportions, but also the stone’s symmetry – including
“naturals”, facet misalignments, facet junctures, extra facets, and other fine cut
and symmetry parameters.
2008
Sarine acquires 100% of the issued share capital of Galatea Ltd., which then
becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. At the time of the
acquisition, Galatea was in the final testing stages of an automatic inclusion
(Clarity) mapping system for rough diamonds.
Sarine acquires 23% of IDEX Online SA, an operator of a B2B polished diamond
traders’ network, a web portal for news, analyses and polished diamond price
indices and publisher of a leading trade magazine. Shortly after the acquisition,
IDEX Online launches its polished diamond spot market.
2007
Sarine introduces DiaExpertTM Eye for the semi-automated inclusion charting of
rough diamonds, supporting the need for considering inclusions (Clarity) in the
planning and production of diamonds.
After evaluating the important market niche of small stone manufacturers, the
DiaExpert™ Nano, a unique product for the planning and marking of small
stones, is launched.
2006
Sarine Color Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarine, introduces
Colibri™. Colibri™ is a state-of-the-art colour grading product for polished
diamonds, which calculates and grades the colour of the diamond as well as its
fluorescence.
The Group’s subsidiaries, GCI and Romedix, are renamed Sarine ColorTechnologies
Ltd. and Sarine Polishing Technologies Ltd., respectively. New subsidiaries, Sarin
Hong Kong Ltd. and SUSNY LLC, are established.
2005
Sarine launches the QuazerTM advanced green-laser system for sawing, cutting
and shaping diamonds, establishing a new product line and climbing another
rung on the ladder towards being a one-stop shop for the diamond manufacturing
industry.
We introduce FacetwareTM, a software upgrade product for the Company’s
DiaMensionTM, and DiaExpertTM product lines (and installed base), for the analysis
of a polished stone’s Cut grade, in cooperation with the Gemological Institute of
America (GIA).
8 APRIL 2005
SarineTechnologies Limited is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange.
2004
Sarine Polishing Technologies Ltd. (formerly known as Romedix) purchases from a
third party know-how and technology used in the development and manufacture
of disposable polishing discs for diamonds and gemstones.
Sarin India is incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary in India. Sarin India
deals in the provision of presale, post-sale and technical support services to our
Group’s customers in India, Sri Lanka, and neighbouring countries.
2001
Sarine acquires the entire share capital of Gran Computer Industries (subsequently
renamed to Sarine Color Technologies Ltd.), a private company incorporated
in Israel. The company develops, manufactures and markets devices for the
identification and classification of a diamond’s colour.
2000
Sarine introduces the DiaMarkTM. This product allows the DiaExpertTM product to
automatically inscribe, using laser markings on the rough stone’s surface, the
optimal sawing plane that was suggested by the DiaExpertTM and accepted by
the user.
1996
Sarine introduces the use of laser scanning in order to create three-dimensional
concave modelling of rough stones. The ability to accurately complement our
modelling with the rough stone’s concavities provides the user with a complete
and accurate model of the rough stone. This feature is complementary to, and
increases the effectiveness of, the DiaExpert™.
1995
Sarine develops the DiaExpertTM, an automated computerised planning system
for the maximum utilisation of rough stones. The introduction of this new
technology in the DiaExpertTM revolutionises the diamond manufacturing industry
by introducing computer-based technology to substitute person-based expertise,
and thus contributes to the geographic shift of the diamond industry to new
centres of manufacture such as India, PRC and Africa.
1994
The Company is renamed Sarin Technologies Limited.
1992
The DiaMensionTM, a pioneering grading product for assessing the Cut of polished
diamonds, is introduced - an automated computerised product for assessing a
diamond’s proportions, the key parameter in the grading of a diamond’s Cut.
A significant advancement for the diamond industry, the DiaMensionTM has
changed the way polished diamonds are bought and sold by providing accurate
means of measuring the proportion, thereby deriving the Cut grade.
1989
Our Company changes its name to Sarin Research, Development and Manufacture
(1988) Limited.
1988
Our first product, the RobogemTM, an automated production system for producing
polished gemstones from rough gemstones, is launched. Robogem™ was sold in
limited numbers to semi-precious gemstone manufacturers in Israel, Europe and
the Far East (India and Myanmar).
8 NOVEMBER 1988
Our Company is incorporated in Israel as a private company limited by shares
under the Companies Ordinance (New Version) 1983 of Israel, under the name
of Borimer Limited.
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