Mumbai, August 18, 2026: Lukson, the lab-grown diamond jewellery brand from the JK Star Group, has highlighted its solar-powered CVD diamond manufacturing facility in Surat, Gujarat, as part of its focus on reducing the energy footprint of lab-grown diamond production.
The facility, operated by AVP Star, the JK Star Group’s lab-grown diamond manufacturing arm, is powered by solar energy generated at the Group’s dedicated solar plant in Navsari, Gujarat. It houses 500 CVD reactors, with the manufacturing process covering diamond growth and coring through slicing, laser processing, cutting, polishing and grading.
The Group said its environmental initiatives also include the plantation of more than 1 lakh trees across Gujarat. Its philanthropic arm, the JK Star Charitable Trust, has contributed more than 10% of the net profits of its five group companies since 2019 towards initiatives covering education, healthcare, tree plantation, environmental sustainability and food distribution.
“Lab grown does not automatically mean sustainable. A diamond grown in a lab still needs energy, and if that energy comes from fossil fuels, the sustainability story falls apart,” said Vedant Lukhi, Co-Founder, Lukson, who leads the Group’s CVD diamond growing technology and operations. “That is why we invested in making our facility solar powered. When the factory growing your diamond runs on the sun, sustainability stops being a marketing line and becomes something you can walk into, measure and verify. That is the standard we believe the entire industry should be held to.”
Lukson said its lab-grown diamonds are certified by international laboratories including IGI, GIA and GCAL, with around 40,000 certified stones held across the Group’s offices in New York and India.
“For us, sustainability was never an afterthought or a trend to ride, it is the inheritance we chose to build on,” added Anand Lukhi, CEO and Co-Founder, Lukson. “We come from a family that has spent over three decades in diamonds, and when we imagined Lukson, we were clear that the next generation of Indian consumers deserves jewellery they can feel genuinely good about, in how it looks, how it is priced and how it is made. Our customers should never have to choose between beauty and responsibility. With Lukson, they get both, backed by proof at every step from the reactor to the retail shelf.”
Launched in January 2025 by Anand Lukhi and Vedant Lukhi as the JK Star Group’s first direct-to-consumer venture, Lukson sells lab-grown diamond jewellery in 9KT, 14KT and 18KT gold, with BIS hallmarking. The brand currently operates across 10 cities and also sells through online and marketplace channels.
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