(IIDGR)—has been rechristened De Beers Group Industry Services, spokesman David Johnson tells JCK. The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research has announced it will change its name to De Beers Group Industry Services , according to David Johnson , a company spokesman . The name of the institute will " make things clearer for everyone " and make it more obvious that it is part of the De Beers group , said Johnson . De Beers started the diamond lab in 2008 , measuring diamonds only for itself . However , it soon expanded into private grading for other brands and in 2012 it opened to the wider diamond industry .
The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research has announced it will change its name to De Beers Group Industry Services , according to David Johnson , a company spokesman . The name of the institute will " make things clearer for everyone " and make it more obvious that it is part of the De Beers group , said Johnson . De Beers started the diamond lab in 2008 , measuring diamonds only for itself . However , it soon expanded into private grading for other brands and in 2012 it opened to the wider diamond industry .