Operates 31 laboratories and 18 schools, proudly serving the global diamond, gem, and jewelry trade.
Partners with the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030, founded by Kering and Cartier, to build climate resilience, preserve resources and foster inclusiveness.
Joins the World Diamond Council to protect the integrity of the diamond value chain.
Certifies historic 7.50 carat lab grown diamond presented to the First Lady of America by the Prime Minister of India.
Develops multi-language eLearning Courses created to further empower global learning.
Continues as the laboratory of choice for grading of new world record lab grown diamond achievements.
Establishes a women’s empowerment program in India, helping individuals from socially challenged backgrounds pursue successful careers in the gem and jewelry industry.
Provides ongoing education & training for prestigious brands and maisons around the world.
Launches IGI Expressions™, the first international jewelry design competition offered exclusively online and open to everyone, celebrating excellence of talent at all levels.
Begins offering a cut grading system for fancy shaped diamonds.
Opens new IGI laboratories in Turkey and Egypt.
Continues growing as the world leader in lab grown diamond grading and finished jewelry grading.

Global Expansion

2000 - 2020

Launches its first jewelry design competition in China, inviting submissions from aspiring designers around the world.
Opens new IGI laboratories and schools in Dubai, Israel, HK SAR and China.
Protects the world’s most prestigious luxury brands with ongoing screening services.
Achieves ISO laboratory accreditation for both natural and lab grown diamonds.
Develops innovative systems for the screening and grading of small diamonds.
Issues co-branded grading reports with leading jewelry brands.
Analyzes and grades the first gem-quality lab grown diamonds.

Market Innovator

1975 - 2000

Introduces the Hearts & Arrows diamond report to the consumer market.
Opens new IGI laboratories and schools in Thailand and India.
Develops breakthrough photoluminescence spectrometer technology, capable of identifying HPHT processed diamonds.
Begins providing rough diamond courses for professionals.
Opens the first IGI School Of Gemology in Antwerp.
Introduces the patented IGI LaserScribe inscription system.
Develops tamper proof security sealed reports for diamonds and colored stones.
Becomes the first gemstone grading laboratory to issue Jewelry Identification Reports among its global peers.
Opens new IGI laboratories in New York.
IGI is founded in Antwerp, Belgium, by Marcel Lorie in 1975.