Cuts & Shapes
Emeralds are what we do. We specialise in and focus on one of the world’s most beautiful stones. We have many years of experience in cutting rough stones and cover the full range of emeralds from small to large and commercial to exceptional. We purchase all our emeralds via our own office in the Emerald Trade Center in Bogotá. We monitor every stage of processing, starting at the mine, including cutting and polishing, and going on up to our own treatment. We are a direct source for everyone from manufacturers to jewellers. Feel free to browse our pictures of faceted stones, pairs, cabochons and sets.
Welcome to Lothar Haag Company, worldwide
It all started in a small but very famous little town in Germany called Idar-Oberstein. Like no other city in the world, Idar-Oberstein covers the whole range of gemstone manufacturing. Rough stone trading, cutting and polishing, carving, drilling and setting, and jewellery manufacture too.
When my father Lothar Haag founded the company in 1957, he started as a rough stone dealer, supplying the local cutters with all kinds of gemstone from Brazil and Africa. Very soon he decided to open his own cutting shop and specialise in emeralds, which had always been his favourite stone.
Today, the company, in its second generation, is run by my brother Matthias and myself, Michael Haag.
We are both skilled gemstone cutters and worked in the cutting shop for many years. But times have changed and today we always seem to be busy rushing from one part of the world to another. In 2009 the company expanded to Los Angeles, where we opened our first branch office. The second branch office, in Hong Kong, opened 4 years ago. The third, in Beijing, capital of China, covers our activities in north China. In March 2018, so far our latest project is the grand opening of our Shenzhen shop, in the heart of the gemstone distribution centre of China – SHUI BEI, Shenzhen. Last but not least, we should mention our purchasing office in Bogota Colombia, where we obtain most of our emeralds.
EUROPE
Germany (head office)
Lothar Haag GmbH & Co. KG
55743 Idar-Oberstein / Germany • Tiefensteiner Strasse 396
Tel.: +49 6781 9355 0 • Fax: +49 6781 9355 15
info@lhaag.com • www.lhaag.com
ASIA
Hong Kong (Asia office)
ColEmerald Ltd.
Unit B, 15/F Southgate Com. Centre • 29, Granville Raod • TST – Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2366 4855
info@colemerald.com
www.colemerald.com
CHINA
Shenzhen (Store)
ColEmerald Ltd.
Shop No. C3-05-2, 3rd Floor, Block C
Wanshan Jewelry Park
Tianbei 4th Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen
+86 136 3251 7559
bowie@colemerald.com
www.colemerald.com
NORTH AMERICA
Los Angeles (USA office)
Lothar Haag America Inc.
606 S Olive St Ste 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Tel.: +1 213 622 5788
info@lhaag.com
www.lhaag.com
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