Armenian Shoghakn diamond cutting plant may resume operations, newspaper says
22.01.2015,
11:51
Shoghakn, one of the biggest Armenian diamond cutting plants, is going to resume its operations, general director of the plant Sergey Gasparyan said, as quoted by Novoye Vremya newspaper.
YEREVAN, January 22. /ARKA/. Shoghakn, one of the biggest Armenian diamond cutting plants, is going to resume its operations, general director of the plant Sergey Gasparyan said, as quoted by Novoye Vremya newspaper.
According to the newspaper, the plant’s production capacity is up to 20,000 carats per year. The number of staff in the company will be 300 people by spring, Gasparyan said.
A change of ownership took place in the company, as Israeli billionaire Lev Levaev sold his “Armenian” business to other foreign businessmen, Gasparyan said, yet refraining from giving the news stockholders’ names.
Gasparyan expressed confidence the enterprise will not have any staff lack problems. About 1,800 people were employed in the company before 2008-2009.
According to the general director, the company is planning to open a training center for young specialists.
The enterprise will be considering options of raw diamond imports from Russia, Africa and the Netherlands already this month, Gasparyan said.
In Levaev’s times, the plant was operated under tolling terms, but now the staff will have to master both the diamond cutting and commercial skills, the general director said as cited by the newspaper. –0—
