Element Six

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Element Six <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"> Image:E6logo.jpg </td></tr>
Type	Private
Founded	1946
Headquarters	Global presence <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Industrial Diamond</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>synthetic diamond for: sawing grinding polishing machining cutting electronics optics water treatment medical</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg>$300 Million USD (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>~3,000 (2006)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Slogan</th><td>Advancing Diamond</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.e6.com</td></tr>

Element Six (formerly De Beers Industrial Diamond) is a private Irish company that was created in 1946. On April 3, 2006 it acquired Ukrainian synthetic diamond plant OJSC "Poltava Diamond Plant", largest of its kind in CIS. Details of the sale were not announced, the plant was previously owned by two Cyprus companies.