Bangkok, March 2026 — Jewellery & Gem ASEAN Bangkok (JGAB) 2026 has unveiled its strategic roadmap at Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, through a joint executive interview led by Mr. Sanchai Noombunnam, General Manager of Informa Markets Thailand; Mr. Suttipong Damrongsakul, President of the ASEAN Gems and Jewellery Trade Association (AGJA), and Mr. Sidhisak Limvattanayingyong, President of the Thai Silver Exporters Association (TSEA). Scheduled for April 22–25, 2026 at QSNCC, the exhibition is designed as a strategic “synergy platform.” It draws on Informa’s three-decade global database to“re-gap” buyer-seller matching—connecting verified buyers with regional suppliers—while debuting AGJA’s “New Formula” for regional alignment—marking its first upgrade to co-organizer. Amid record-high precious metal prices and persistent geopolitical volatility, JGAB 2026 puts Thailand’s resilient upstream-to-downstream infrastructure to work—which generated USD 26.8 billion in exports in 2025, ranking as the nation’s third-largest industry. From this base, Thailand uses its position as a manufacturing and trading center where precision craftsmanship meet adaptive production, to sustain value while directing output toward the high-growth China–India–ASEAN trade intersection. By consolidating this comprehensive supply chain into one trading platform, JGAB 2026 gives local SMEs a direct path to enter and compete in global markets. This direction culminates in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), formalizing cooperation among key stakeholders. Consequently, the convergence of traditional heritage and formal certification enables local expertise to translate directly into high-velocity trade across the international gems & jewelry market.
Reported by ASEAN Gems — a craft-tech jewelry media platform advancing visibility and credibility across Southeast Asia’s gems and jewelry industry. This report documents observed industry functions and interprets them within a broader trade context. This observation is interpreted within the Technology pillar.
Further context is documented via: https://www.jewellerygemaseanbkk.com/2026/en/index.asp; https://www.informamarkets.com; https://www.agja.biz/; and https://www.thaisilver.or.th/about-us/.
