(Las Vegas, NV July 10, 2007) Sarin Technologies, the leading developer of diamond and gemstone manufacturing and grading equipment, and the American Gem Society (AGS), the preeminent US jewelry trade association, announced today the release of Sarin’s Advisor 2.4, a rough planning software package that has the AGS Performance-Based Cut Grade embedded into its program, as well as in a recut feature of Sarin’s DiaVision program.

By incorporating the AGS cut grading standards into Advisor 2.4, diamond manufacturers can now better cut their diamonds to the AGS Performance-Based Cut Grade they are targeting, whether it is an AGS 0, 1, 2 or any AGS grade they hope to achieve while maximizing both the rough diamond yield and the value of the finished diamond.

With the recut feature in Sarin’s DiaVision, retailers, traders, and manufacturers can estimate the recut potential of their diamonds (e.g., what the estimated weight lost would be when recutting an “AGS 2” to an “AGS 0”).

“This new product addresses an often expressed need of our valued AGS Laboratories’ clients,” said Ruth Batson, Executive Director and CEO of the American Gem Society. “Our hope is that clients will use this software to make the most of the AGS cut grade methodology and to achieve their desired grading results.”

“Finally, diamond manufacturers can achieve an AGS grade without sacrificing more rough diamond material than absolutely necessary,” explains Akiva Caspi, Sarin’s VP Manufacturing Markets. “Common practice, until now, was to cut to the old, well known proportions of AGS cuts, in order to ensure diamonds would achieve this grade, but this strategy ultimately caused

manufacturers to diminish yield from their rough diamonds, resulting in value loss on the finished product. With the new AGS grading standards embedded in Sarin’s rough planning solution, Advisor, manufacturers no longer have to choose between having their cake and eating it, so to speak.”

Anyone interested in purchasing Advisor 2.4 should contact Sarin directly. In the US, for the West Coast, call 858-834-0154, on the East Coast, phone 212-768-0818; internationally, please call Sarin’s headquarters in Israel: +972-3-7515490. A list of worldwide Sarin distributors can be found on their website at http://www.sarin.com/contactus.asp

About Sarin Technologies:

Established in 1988, Sarin Technologies is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of advanced planning, evaluation and measurement systems for diamond and gemstone production. Sarin products include diamond cut and color grading tools, rough diamond optimization systems and laser-marking and inscription machines. Sarin systems have become an essential gemology tool in every properly equipped gem lab, diamond appraisal business and manufacturing plant, and are today considered essential items by both diamond dealers and retailers.

About AGS and AGS Laboratories:
Since 1934, the mission of the American Gem Society (AGS) has been to protect the consumer. The AGS created its diamond grading standards in 1975 and helped establish the AGS Laboratories in 1996. Since then, the AGS Laboratories has become one of the leading diamond grading labs in the jewelry industry, and is the preeminent diamond grading lab committed to protecting the trade and the consumer by providing unbiased, consistent and accurate grading reports based on the highest standards of evaluating the quality factors of a diamond. The AGS Laboratories utilizes the AGS Performance-Based Cut Grading System, the first-ever cut grading system for fancy shape diamonds, and the first-ever performance-based grading system for round brilliant diamonds. For more information on AGS Laboratories, please call +1-702.233.6120 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .