Author: depehz
Alejandra currently works in the HP 3D Print team in Barcelona as an Application Engineer for the new HP Metal Jet S100 solution. She joined HP’s team 5 years ago, as Procurement Engineer and Vendor Manager. Prior to HP, she worked for various companies in the automotive industry, both in Germany and United Kingdom, developing projects and products as Mechanical Engineer. She holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and also is part of the mentorship program Inspira STEAM in Spain to inspire young students to follow technical careers.
Daniela Corsini
Graduated with honors in Economics, Statistics and Social Sciences at the Bocconi University in Milan. She started her professional career in 2006 at Eurizon Capital SA in Luxemburg as portfolio manager dedicated to emerging and frontier markets’ equity funds. In 2011 she became part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Research Department where she is in charge of macroeconomic research on commodity markets, covering the Energy, Industrial and Precious Metals, Agriculture sectors. Since 2010 she has been member of the CFA Institute.
Sara Giusti
Economista presso l’Ufficio Industry Research della Direzione Studi e Ricerche di Intesa Sanpaolo. Laureata in Discipline Economiche presso l’Università Cattaneo di Varese. Svolge attività di ricerca nell’ambito dell’economia industriale, in particolare sui settori del sistema moda e sui territori di Toscana e Umbria.
Stefania Trenti
Industry Office manager – Studies and Research direction of Intesa Sanpaolo
STEFANIA TRENTI è Responsabile dell’Ufficio Industry della Direzione Studi e Ricerche di Intesa Sanpaolo. Autore di diverse pubblicazioni, svolge attività di ricerca nell’ambito dell’economia industriale, in particolare sui temi della competitività e dell’innovazione tecnologica. E’ responsabile del Rapporto “Analisi dei Settori Industriali”, semestrale di previsione sui settori manifatturieri italiani, in collaborazione con Prometeia.
Optimization and reduction of water consumption in surface treatment processes
Optimization and reduction of water consumption in surface treatment processes
a speech by O. Balestrino
Preface
The presentation aims to highlight the evolution of the environmental approach over the years by the legislator and propose some technical solutions for the optimization and reduction of water consumption in surface treatment processes.
ECOTEAM spa designs, builds, maintains water and wastewater treatment plants.Specialized in the Treatment and Finishing sector
Development of “Environmental Consciousness” in Italy and Europe
Legge 319/1976 (Legge Merli)
D.lgs...
SUSTAINABILITY: New Standards for Precious Metals
SUSTAINABILITY: New Standards for Precious Metals
a speech by Filippo Finocchi
Title: Our Common Future – Brundtland Report
Author: World Commission on Environment and Development
Year: 1987
For the first time, the report identifies Sustainability as:
The condition of a development capable of “ensuring the satisfaction of the needs of the present generation without compromising the possibility of future generations to realize their own”
Precious Metals
Supply and Demand: Gold
Supply and Demand: Silver
Supply and Demand: Platinum
Supply and...
The jewellery industry global scenario in time of Covid-19
The jewellery industry global scenario in time of Covid-19
a speech by Sara Giusti
Abstract
The jewellery industry has been severely affected by the Covid19 pandemic. World demand dropped sharply in 2020, hitted by shop closures, stop in tourism flows, decrease in purchasing power across global consumers, increase uncertainty and gold prices at maximum levels. The scenario for 2021 remains highly uncertain, depending on the evolution of pandemic, with a rebound in demand that will still leave jewellery market well below 2019 levels.
The Italian jewellery industry in 2021
World demand...
Additive manufacturing of platinum alloys – practical aspects during LPBF of jewellery items
Additive manufacturing of platinum alloys – practical aspects during LPBF of jewellery items
a speech by Ulrich Klotz
Abstract
In the present paper, optimum process parameters were determined for typical 950Pt jewellery alloy. Optimum densities of <99.9% were reached for a wide range of processing parameters. However, the resulting density was found to depend significantly on the part geometry and on the chosen support structure. The supports have to take into account for the geometrical orientation of the part relative to the laser build direction and the orientation on the...
Precious metals: transitioning into a post-pandemic world
Precious metals: transitioning into a post-pandemic world
a speech by Daniela Corsini
Abstract
In 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic disrupted global supply chains and boosted demand for safe-haven assets. In 2021, the global gold market should benefit from a rebound in jewelry demand and a supportive macroeconomic environment amid expansionary monetary policies, low interest rates and a pick-up in inflation expectations.
Commodities: hit by Omicron and monetary policies
The negative impact of the Omicron variant and the threat of more restrictive monetary policies now represent the worst...
Lithography-based metal manufacturing of jewelry and watch cases made from 316L stainless steel and titanium alloys
Lithography-based metal manufacturing of jewelry and watch cases made from 316L stainless steel and titanium alloys
a speech by Carlo Buckhardt
Abstract
In order to overcome existing restraints in the in-service behaviour of currently available additive manufacturing (AM) materials’ sets, an advanced production method for high performance technology metals was developed on the basis of a modified vat polymerisation-based (VP) printing for metal powders. The new lithography-based metal manufacturing (LMM) process is able to photoharden highly filled innovative metal-photopolymeric...
THE EVOLUTION OF PLATINUM JEWELLERY ALLOYS: FROM THE 1920s TO THE 2020s
THE EVOLUTION OF PLATINUM JEWELLERY ALLOYS: FROM THE 1920s TO THE 2020s
a speech by Christopher W Corti
Abstract
Platinum has only been known to Europe since the 16th century. This was impure platinum which is found as grains of native metal in alluvial deposits, often associated with native gold. Such grains are mainly platinum alloyed with the other 5 platinum group metals and were exploited by pre-Colombian Indians of Ecuador and Colombia in NW South America.
In more recent times, the popular use of platinum in jewellery dates from the early 20th century, often as a basis for diamond...






