An exhibition showcasing a wide range of gold and jewellery products and machinery from around the world closed in the Egyptian capital on Monday.
The three-day expo, dubbed “International Nebu Expo for Gold & Jewellery 2022”, was held at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo and featured jewellery, coins and ornaments made of gold or other precious metals and gems.
In addition to the finished products, jewellery-making machines from Egypt, Italy, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and India were also on display.
“We came here to see what the market is like, hoping to attract some customers to come to another exhibition we will hold next month in Vicenza, our city,” said Paolo Giovannini, an Italian exhibitor who runs a jewellery-making tools and machinery company.
“We have more than 50 Egyptian companies exhibiting their quality products, in addition to 35 companies from other countries,” said Hany Milad Gaied, head of the jewellery and gold department at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, the event’s organiser.
“We will work to develop it into a prestigious international exhibition, as we’re striving to become a regional hub in the jewellery trade and industry,” Gaied told Xinhua.
“I am dazzled by the details and beauty of the Egyptian items on display. We’ve really reached a global standard,” said Salma Halawa, an Egyptian jewellery designer at the expo.
A pavilion by New Egypt Gold, a locally renowned jewellery manufacturer, was decorated with pharaonic elements, including ancient Egyptian columns and statues, and showcased a wide variety of gold and jewellery sets inspired by Egypt’s rich history of gold jewellery making.
“We, as Egyptians, thought of excelling in the production of jewellery in the pharaonic style that represents the heritage of our ancestors,” said Tarek Al-Tarouty, CEO of the company founded in 1935, adding that the uniqueness of such craftsmanship can be seen in artefacts such as the golden mask of the ancient King Tutankhamun.
Ali Saleh Al-Kindi, an exhibitor from Saudi Arabia, said the Gulf and Arab regions had developed greatly over the past 40 years and had become global competitors in the jewellery industry.
Describing the show as a “very important” platform for cooperation and exchange among Arab jewellery manufacturers, the Jeddah-based jewellery businessman expressed hope that the show would become more influential in the future.
“Through the participation of Arab countries in the expo, we hope it will boost the exchange of ideas, studies and products related to the jewellery industry in the Arab world,” said the Saudi businessman.
