Company history:
In 1964, M.Y begins. Gilardy is working in the gemstone industry. He lives in Italys fashion metropolis of Milan, travels from there to gemstone mines in Brazil, South Africa, Madagascar, Asia, etc., buys gemstones of exceptional quality and imports them to Europe. In 1968 he begins to trade in Germany and regularly visits the German gemstone city Idar-Oberstein, where the German diamond and gemstone exchange and one of the largest agate and amethyst mines in Europe, where gemstones have been mined over centuries.
The business is blooming and in 1970 M.Y. Gilardy is committed to opening a local branch in Idar Oberstein with its own gemstone grinding. Since the mid-1970s, the purchase and manufacture of the gemstones have been co-ordinated from this location and distribution to the jewellery manufacturers in Italy through the office in Milan. Also important markets such as France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Greece are supervised by this branch. Today, the company portfolio offers a wide range of gemstones in all their beauty. The business activity is mainly focused on the trade and finishing of colored gemstones such as aquamarine, amethyst, blue topaz, citrine, garnet, peridot, quartz and tourmaline.