The Assay Office innovates with new service for safe parts transportation
More then ever, the Assay Office intends to consolidate a close relationship with its economic partners. Therefore, as of today September 15th, it launches the first phase of its new service for safe parts transportation, fully guaranteed by INCM and directed to around 30 main goldsmiths and jewelry operators in the district of Braga. This service, provided by the Assay Office, consists of the transportation (collection and delivery) of items for the Testing & Marking Service, so that the economic operator doesn’t need to travel to the Assay Office.
During its first stage, lasting six months, this project will be completely free of charge for the involved operators.
The project development and associated costs will be evaluated over the course of the 6 month period. On the basis of such analysis, the model to be implemented in the future will be defined. For 2021, the main goal of the Assay Office is to extend this transportation facility to more areas in the country.
This measure aims to provide greater security and convenience in the interaction with the Assay Office and also to mitigate the difficulties currently felt by the sector.
We intend to provide a service of excellence to our economic operators and to optimise the overall efficiency of the Assay Office, thus upgrading the certification mark.
The Assay Office reduces the price of hallmarking
The Assay Office is pleased to announce that, as of today, a new measure with immediate impact on its customers will be implemented.
From now on, operators will be able to entrust all their pieces and markings to the Assay Office, either by laser or by puncture, as this Office will now match its own values to those practiced by the market when applying hallmarks
The hallmark by puncture or laser will have the cost of EUR 0.10+VAT per piece, when applied on all lots, the current tariff price being kept in other situations.
With this reduction, the Assay Office hopes to encourage all customers to use this service, not only for the convenience and simplification it provides to economic operators, but also by the increase in speed and efficiency allowed when setting the hallmark together with the contrast mark, in a safe and fully legible manner.
This measure is intended to strengthen the goldsmith sector, while at the same time offering an increasingly excellent service to economic operators, contributing to the enhancement of the certification mark.
If you have any questions, please refer to our FAQs that answer these and many other relevant questions by the goldsmith industry and the final consumer.
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.
