Mumbai: European jewelers are now using the services of a modern common facility center developed in a special economic zone (SEZ) for quality testing, an industry official said.
The Bharat Ratnam Mega CFC (Common Facilities Centre) in the SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone) in Mumbai was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January. The center has been operational since March 15.
Ravi Menon, CEO of Mega CFC, said CFC is equipped with state-of-the-art machines and technologies and is helping to improve production in terms of quality, productivity and performance of finished jewelery and further boosting exports of gems and jewelery.
"Apart from Indian players using this facility, now European jewelers have also started using the services of CFC for quality testing," Menon said.
He said a team of senior officials from certain European jewelery firms visited the center earlier this month.
Those in charge of his laboratory also visited the CFC, Menon added.
SEEPZ accounts for 10.26 per cent of India's total gems and jewelery exports and 85 per cent of studded jewelery exports.
Colin Shah, task force chief of Bharat Ratnam Mega CFC, said the center houses modern equipment, including Asia's first metal 3D printer, and smaller units can use these machines for a nominal fee, helping simplify manufacturing and increase productivity.
He said the centre, set up at a cost of Rs 93 crore, also provides training to jewelery makers, besides having a software center and a tool room.
Shah also said there is a proper system in place to protect jewellers' designs.
He said, "We are not here to make profits. This will help create more MSME jobs and help make global standard products and not affected jobs."
The Bharat Ratnam Mega CFC (Common Facilities Centre) in the SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone) in Mumbai was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January. The center has been operational since March 15.
Ravi Menon, CEO of Mega CFC, said CFC is equipped with state-of-the-art machines and technologies and is helping to improve production in terms of quality, productivity and performance of finished jewelery and further boosting exports of gems and jewelery.
"Apart from Indian players using this facility, now European jewelers have also started using the services of CFC for quality testing," Menon said.
He said a team of senior officials from certain European jewelery firms visited the center earlier this month.
Those in charge of his laboratory also visited the CFC, Menon added.
SEEPZ accounts for 10.26 per cent of India's total gems and jewelery exports and 85 per cent of studded jewelery exports.
Colin Shah, task force chief of Bharat Ratnam Mega CFC, said the center houses modern equipment, including Asia's first metal 3D printer, and smaller units can use these machines for a nominal fee, helping simplify manufacturing and increase productivity.
He said the centre, set up at a cost of Rs 93 crore, also provides training to jewelery makers, besides having a software center and a tool room.
Shah also said there is a proper system in place to protect jewellers' designs.
He said, "We are not here to make profits. This will help create more MSME jobs and help make global standard products and not affected jobs."
