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STRAD Gems Company

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Luxury Goods & Jewelry

I N T R O D U C T I O N Sri Lanka's gem industry has a history of nearly 2500 years. Then & now gems were a major export product of the island making it world famous for precious stones. From the First Century AD numerous are the scattered references made to the country's precious & semi-precious stones. Archeological evidence has proved that even in pre-historic times gems had attracted the country's early inhabitants.O U R M I S S I O NOur aim is to provide high quality natural Gemstones to our buyers in order to develop the Gem & Jewellery industry throughout the world.A B O U T U SSTRAD Gems Company Pvt. ltd which is a subsidiary of STRAD Corporation Limited, Ceylon. STRAD Corporation is head-quartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka with proposed operations in Middle East, Malaysia, China and etc. STRAD Corporation is a group of young, dynamic professionals with extensive experience in various industries including,Manufacturing: Value added Cinnamon & Tea products "Quills"Consultancy: Structural engineering & project managersTrading: Precious Gems & stones, exporting tea & etcSTRAD group of companies comprises of the following business units,Manufacturing/ Trading/ ConsultancyS U M M A R Y Sri Lanka's gem industry has a very long and colourful history. Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna-Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. Ptolemy, the 2nd century astronomer recorded that beryl and sapphire were the mainstay of Sri Lanka's gem industry. Records from sailors that visited the island states that they brought back "jewels of Serendib". Serendib was the ancient name given to the island by middle – eastern and Persian traders that crossed the Indian Ocean to trade gems from Sri Lanka to the East during the 4th and 5th century.