MJSA Eager to Help Jewelry Designers Succeed in the Business of Bling

Providence, RI, April 03, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America’s EXPO NY, the largest and oldest trade show in the United States dedicated to the design and manufacturing of jewelry, is opening its doors and welcoming jewelry designers who make beads, baubles and bangles their business. In a concentrated effort to link the wide range of people and companies, of any and all sizes, in the jewelry industry to solutions that will help their businesses thrive, MJSA invites designers who want to take their art to the next level to attend EXPO NY, April 13-15, 2008 at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York City.

Designers will have the opportunity to check out and purchase the latest tools, supplies, findings, components, metals, gems, beads, pearls, stones and finished pieces, as well as meet vendors, network, and learn from leaders in both the jewelry and business industries.

“While today’s jewelry industry looks very different from what it was in the early 1900s when MJSA was founded,” stated Bruce Coltin, MJSA Director of Marketing, “companies still have the same goals—to grow their businesses and achieve success. As the national trade association representing the jewelry manufacturing industry, we want everyone in this industry to thrive.”

In addition to the nearly 400 exhibits, attendees will have access to a full roster of amazing educational and hands-on seminars lead by some of the industry’s most renowned experts from Swarovski and Beadalon. They are also invited to Sunday’s cocktail party, an ideal networking opportunity open and Free to all exhibitors and attendees.

The wide array of educational seminars and events at MJSA EXPO New York will include:

· Thinking Ahead Innovation Sessions featuring Free seminars designed to teach, inspire, and foster innovation. Speakers to include Annette Moser-Wellman author of the Five Faces of Genius: Creative Thinking Styles to Success at Work, Jim Carroll, Futurist, Trends and Innovation Expert author of Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast.

· Good Libations cocktail reception, taking place Sunday, April 13 from 5-6pm right on the show floor—a Free networking event and a terrific way to make some valuable connections.

· Educational seminars on both Sunday and Monday focused on 3 tracks including Business, Design, and At the Bench which are geared to help attendees promote and build their businesses, expand their creativity and knowledge, and teach new and improved trade techniques.

· Technique Tuesday featuring unique, hands-on training by top national trainers from Swarovski who will focus on the proper technique of pearl knotting, and from Beadalon on how to use the newest and innovative findings.

For more information, call MJSA at 1-800-444-6572 or visit www.mjsa.org

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Founded in 1903, Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA) is a national trade association based in Providence, Rhode Island, that delivers valuable information and opportunities to its jewelry industry members to help them operate more profitably, as well as to inform them of issues that could directly affect their businesses. This is accomplished through MJSA trade shows, including MJSA Expo New York (April 13-15, 2008); MJSA publications, including MJSA Journal, its flagship monthly magazine; monthly e-mail newsletters; MJSA educational programs; and MJSA cost-saving benefits and other association resources. For more information, call MJSA at 1-800-444-6572 or visit www.mjsa.org.