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Grunberger Diamonds Sponsors Design Competition

Entries are being accepted for the 2013 Grunberger Jewelry Design Competition.

Intended to showcase Grunberger Precision Cut in new creations from the world’s best jewelry designers, the competition is open to all jewelry designers, manufacturers, and bench jewelers.

For information and registration, see grunbergerdiamonds.com/contest.

Jewelers Mutual Celebrates 100 Years

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company celebrated its centennial last week with a gala at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton WI.

"This event was certainly one of the highlights of this milestone year at Jewelers Mutual," said Darwin Copeman, president and CEO of the company.

"It was incredible to gather together members of our staff and agents from past and present. When you think about where we started, in the back of a jewelry store in downtown Neenah, there's a certain sense of responsibility to continue such a great legacy for the next 100 years."

WJA Honors New Hall of Famers

Women’s Jewelry Association has named its Hall of Fame honorees for the association’s annual Awards of Excellence gala, to be held July 29, in New York City.

The three honorees are: Hall of Fame Award, Candy Udell, London Jewelers; Ben Kaiser Award, Darwin Copeman, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company; Corporate Award, Standard Chartered Bank.

“WJA is honored to have the opportunity to recognize three deserving recipients,” says Tryna Kochanek, president of the Women’s Jewelry Association.“These individuals and organizations have made substantial contributions to the jewelry industry, and they also embody WJA’s mission as an organization to empower women to reach their greatest potential.”

At the July 29th event, WJA also will present Awards for Excellence in retail, design, manufacturing/supplier, sales, marketing and communications, editorial/reporting/publishing, and special services.

ICGA Honors Jerry Sisk

Jerry Sisk, late president of Jewelry Television, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Colored Gemstone Association.

The organization honored Sisk’s work and dedication to the industry posthumously in Chansha, Hunan, China on May 16.

Sisk, who died Jan 13, was a Graduate Gemologist (G.I.A.), a member of the International Colored Gemstone Association, and served as a Gemstone Industry & Laboratory Conference committee member.

A frequent guest speaker, he was honored to be chosen as one of the five most powerful people in the world of gems and gemology on the JCK 2012 Power List. His book, “Guide to Gems & Jewelry,” has sold more than 15,000 copies and is in its second printing.