Michael Bonke Diamanten und Farbsteine GmbH est actuellement la seule entreprise allemande à tailler des diamants à grande échelle dans son propre site de production. With over 40 years of experience and expertise, we cut gemstones with absolute perfection and precision.

On the Bay of Bengal, 130 km south of Chennai, lies the idyllic colonial city of Pondicherry. Tucked away in the heart of this city, nestled beneath palm trees, lie the factory buildings of Michael Bonke Diamanten und Farbsteine GmbH.

It all began in January 1980 with a handshake deal in Zurich, where a small diamond-cutting factory in southern India changed hands. The deal included two abandoned grinders, a couple of sanding pliers, dops and other small equipment that were rusting away in pondicherry, India.

The buyer was less a businessman and more an adventurer from the Bavarian Forest, whose great love was philosophy and whose traces led him to India. The abandoned grinding mill was only meant as an entry point to the exit, as a means of survival in the distance.

It all turned out differently: 15 years later, the two cutting machines had become more than 100 and the cutting workshop, which had once been written off, was now producing more than 1000 diamonds a day.

The cutting of diamonds as the root of our company, our business areas have expanded over the years. This includes the production of jewellery, the manufacture of gold mosaics and, above all, the business with pearls.