On last Tuesday morning, the Assay Office met with five Economic Operators of the municipality of Guimarães to set the requirements for the new service of Workshop Marking. The project aims to bring the assay mark to the customers’ workshops, through the displacement of Assay Office employees who will make the on-site piece marking. This pilot project, which will start in mid-October, will allow customers to obtain the markings in just a few hours, without the need to move them, which will promote greater security, agility and convenience for their operations.
This new service, which will start in a pilot format, will once again achieve the Assay Office goal of innovating, increasing its efficiency and that of its customers and, consequently, helping revitalize the Goldsmith and Jewellery sector.
On 25 August, the new Safe Transport Service for Work Collection and Delivery was introduced in Guimarães to the workshops, a service that will immediately benefit a group of about thirty industries based in the district of Braga at this first stage.
This new Assay Office service, totally free of charge during the first six months, materialises the commitment made by the President of the Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, on 17 July at a meeting promoted by the Operators of Guimarães and Póvoa de Lanhoso, with the support of the Town Hall of Guimarães.
The Assay Office has made every effort to provide, as of 15 September, this new service that will bring more security, more convenience and a reduction in costs to the manufacturers of jewellery and watchmaking, by eliminating the need for trips to the Assay Office in order to carry out the certification of their work.
This new service of Safe Transport for Work Collection and Delivery provided to workshops will soon be extended to the entire national territory and, together with several other initiatives, is another demonstration of the Assay Office commitment in the partnership with this fundamental sector of national economy.
The Assay Office board of directors has received, in the modern Goldpark facilities, two essential references in this sector: Farilu, represented by João Faria and Bruno Faria, and Eugénio Campos.
Both meetings served the firm purpose of the Assay Office of contributing to strengthen the companies that, for decades, have represented what is best done in the Goldsmith and Jewellery sector in Portugal, something that will only be possible through an open and constructive dialogue regarding the trends, opportunities and present challenges.
Each meeting promotes the exchange of ideas and every moment of reflection arises synergies that will lead to a mutual evolution with results that will certainly last in time.
The Assay Office in Vivacidade
The municipality of Gondomar is closer to the Assay Office. Vivacidade, the city’s news outlet, highlighted in its latest issue an interview with Paula Pedro and Rosa Bessa, who did the honours in presenting the Assay Office, unveiling some of its activities’ particularities and establishing a bridge between the tradition and its focus on the future.
The Assay Office welcomes the invitation to be featured it this article and thanks the opportunity to introduce its activities and plans for the future in a field that is so dear to all Gondomar citizens.
Read the whole article here.
The Assay Office meets its customers
The Assay Office had, once again, the privilege of visiting and meeting, from the inside, what best is done in the Portuguese Jewelry Sector.
These meetings were hosted by three economical operators from Gondomar and Porto: Jose Martins Barbosa, TMB and Bluebird.
In a first meeting, attended also by AORP (Portuguese Association of Jewelers and Watchmakers), the Assay Office met with entrepreneurs Carlos Barbosa, Tiago Barbosa and Alexandre Bastos Gomes, from the industries Jose Martins Barbosa and TMB, from Gondomar.
In a second meeting, the Assay Office discussed the difficulties felt by the Sector and its opportunities for improvement with Diana Loureiro and Susana Andrade, entrepreneurs from Bluebird (Porto).
These meetings began with a tour through Goldpark, giving these industrialists a chance to see, up close, all operations and getting to know the backstage of a more secure and modern Assay Office.
This direct interaction serves a double purpose of fostering a mutual agreement and, on the other hand, promotes a continuous reflection on the revitalization strategies for this Sector.
ASSAY OFFICE PRESENT! MEETING WITH APIO
On July 24, the Assay Office met with the Portuguese Association of the Jewelry Industry (APIO) as part of a series of meetings between the Assay Office and the Associations of the sector.
Several topics were addressed in order to better understand the difficulties and expectations of APIO and its associates.
One of the topics discussed was industrial licensing. In this regard, it was established that the Assay Office will contact the competent authorities with a view to simplifying access by economic actors to this activity.
A tour was also agreed to companies and premises of some manufacturers in the jewelry industry to be held in Lisbon later this year.
The share of experiences and proximity to the various actors of the sector is a design and purpose of the Portuguese Assay Office. Only this way will it be possible to value and implement the certification mark.
