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American diamond company

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For other uses, see LKI (disambiguation).

Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI) is a diamond manufacturing and distribution company based in New York City. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Maurice Tempelsman. The first LKI was located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, at el Barrio de los Diamantes, a community named after the factory was located there.

LKI was founded in 1903 where it operated until it was moved to Caguas, Puerto Rico in the 1970s.

Business activities

LKI's main business activity is cutting and polishing "ideal-cut" and "fine make" diamonds, which it sells to upscale retail jewelers throughout the world.

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Some of these diamonds are distributed loose while others are set in jewelry under the Lazare Diamond brand. LKI distributes its products through over 1,500 retail partners and customers in 29 countries.

Although primarily based in the United States, LKI also has sales office Lazare Kaplan International - Wikipedia TYDAT