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M AVBUYER.comike Angenent was already active in the
diamond industry sourcing unique
diamonds for high-end customers
when he received a request from the
Jean Boulle Group to participate in
something a little different.
The Jean Boulle Group, through its principle
Jean-Raymond Boulle, is the largest shareholder of
Diamond Fields Resources Inc (DFR), with diamond
mining activities in Namibia, where production
consists of small but high-quality sea diamonds.
At the time, The Jean Boulle Group, through its
subsidiary Jean Boulle Luxury, wanted to explore
new markets for part of this special production.
Other than selling the diamonds for further cutting
and polishing, the company explored producing a
diamond coating for automobiles.Through Bonas, an independent auctioneer,
Jean Boulle Luxury acquired 1,000 special stones
from DFR, which it processed and delivered to a
specialist team at Rolls-Royce and together they
created the diamond coating which was applied to
a truly unique Ghost Elegance, which Rolls-Royce
exhibited at the Geneva International Motor Show.
“Following success in the automotive industry
we wanted to make our diamond coating available
for the yachting and aerospace markets too,”
Angenent recalls. “That’s when we started our
cooperation with AkzoNobel to get the
appropriate certifications and OEM approvals.”The Challenge of Making Jets Shine
Anyone who’s been around aviation for any length
of time will be aware that it’s far lessM
Did you know...?
There are approximately
500,000 tiny diamond
crystals per square
foot of Sun King
Diamond Coating.
The team involved with the first
completed diamond coated
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