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8 NOVEMBER 1988
Our Company was 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.
1988
Our first product, the Robogem™, an automated production system for producing polished gemstones from rough gemstones, was launched. Robogem™ was sold in limited numbers to semi-precious gemstone manufacturers in Israel, Europe and the Far East (namely India and Myanmar). |
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1989 |
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21 SEPTEMBER 1989
We changed our name to Sarin Research, Development and Manufacture (1988) Limited. |
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1992 |
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1992
The DiaMension™, a pioneering grading product for assessing the cut (proportion and symmetry) of polished diamonds, was introduced. The product was an automated computerised product for assessing a diamond's proportion and symmetry, key parameters in the grading of a diamond's cut. A significant advancement for the diamond industry, the DiaMension™ has changed the way polished diamonds are bought and sold in the diamond industry by providing accurate means of measuring the proportion and symmetry, thereby deriving the cut. |
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1994 |
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31 DECEMBER 1994
The Group was named Sarin Technologies Limited. |
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1995 |
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1995
Our Company developed the DiaExpert™, an automated computerised planning system for the maximum utilisation of rough stones. The introduction of this new technology in the DiaExpert™ revolutionized the diamond manufacturing industry by introducing computer-based technology to substitute person-based expertise, and has thus contributed to the geographic shift of the diamond industry to new centres of manufacture such as India, PRC and Russia.
21 DECEMBER 1995
Our Company, along with another company, Rodata Investments Limited, incorporated a private company subsidiary called Romedix to deal in the development, manufacture and marketing of devices for inspecting and documenting skin affl ictions in general and in particular, the colour and size of skin lesions. |
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1999 |
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1999
We introduced the use of laser scanning in order to create three-dimensional concave modeling of rough stones. The ability to accurately complement our modelling with the rough stone's concavities provided the user with a complete and accurate model of the rough stone. This feature was complementary to, and increased the effectiveness of, the DiaExpert™. |
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2000 |
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2000
The DiaMark™ was introduced. This product allows the DiaExpert™ product to automatically inscribe, using laser markings on the rough stone's surface, the optimal sawing plane that was suggested by the DiaExpert™ and accepted by the user. |
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2001 |
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2001
We acquired the entire share capital of Gran Computer Industries (GCI), a private company incorporated in Israel. GCI develops, manufactures and markets devices for the identification and classification of a diamond's colour. |
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2004 |
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22 MARCH 2004
Sarin India was 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 such other territories as may be agreed upon by our Company and Sarin India.
2004
Romedix purchased from a third party know-how and technology used in the development and manufacture of disposable polishing discs for diamonds and gemstones. |
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2005 |
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2005
Sarin launched 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 introduced 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 based on light performance parameters,
in cooperation with the Gemological Institute of America
(GIA).
8 April 2005
Sarin Technologies Limited was listed on the Mainboard of
the Singapore Exchange.
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2006 |
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2006
Sarin introduces ColibriTM and OrchiDiaTM. ColibriTM is a
state-of-the-art color grading product for polished diamonds.
ColibriTM calculates and grades the color of the diamond as
well as its fluorescence, taking into account the diamond's
size and shape. OrchiDiaTM is the first product which enables
diamond manufacturers and dealers to predict the final
polished color of a rough diamond according to the rough
diamond's expected yield. The Group's subsidiaries, GCI
and Romedix, were renamed Sarin Color Technologies Ltd.
and Sarin Polishing Technologies Ltd., respectively. New
subsidiaries, Sarin Hong Kong Ltd. and SUSNY LLC, were
established.
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2007 |
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2007
Sarin introduces DiaMarkTM-Z Eye for semi-automated
inclusion (clarity) charting of rough diamonds, supporting
the growing need for considering the part inclusions
play in the planning and production of diamonds.
Additionally, after evaluating the important market niche
of small stone manufacturers, DiaExpertTM Nano, a unique
product for the planning and marking of small stones, was
launched.
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