HISTORY OF "Industrial Diamonds" in Canada.

  It was in 1947 when my Father brought a new industry into North America. This industry came from Europe specifically Antwerp, Belgium. This new industry was none other than "Industrial Diamonds". 

 It was so original that the "National Film Board of Canada" made a movie with my Dad, why was this? This industry was never known in North America until 1947 when we came to Canada from London, England. 

 In fact, he alone supplied, 'under contract' Industrial Diamonds to the 'English Government with the War Effort' by using diamonds to clean grinding abrasive wheels.   Without diamonds, no aircraft or construction companies can proceed if their wheels are clogged with steel shards. This company was in existence from 1929 to 1945. 

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 "INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS REACH THE SCREEN"

  The industrial diamond has reached the film screen in a "National Film Board" presentation, namely "Diamonds For Industry", in one of the "Eye-Witness" series.

  Shown here is a picture taken from the film, which was produced at the office of "Canadian Diamond Tool Company" here in Toronto

 Commentary from the film dresses up the subject in the following words: "In the jewel world, diamonds are the peak of aristocracy. But Maurice Lewy puts, his aristocrats to work - earning a living for him among the whirling wheels of industry.

"At Toronto, diamonds fit for royal tiaras are groomed for more pedestrian jobs as diamond dresser tools. Literally 'gem-toothed' cutters that will shape and polish thousands of Emery and Carborundum wheels too hard for anything but diamonds to cut."

"Diamonds vary in hardness and each stone must be hand-picked for its special job. The selecting, weighing and mounting of diamonds is a rare and exacting craft, in which only a handful of men are qualified. But their influence extends across the country. 

 Behind the engineer in countless factories stands the diamond expert, whose gems grind smooth the grindstones of industry."

Reprint from - "Canadian Machinery and Manufacturing News. June, 1952.

(The film announcer was the actor "Lorne Green").