Spider Silk

Kraig scales up breeding silkworms for super-strong ‘spider silk’

ANN ARBOR–Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has completed the hatching of the second generation of its genetically engineered silkworms as it expands production at its breeding grounds and silk production centers in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Company officials said that its Vietnamese subsidiary, Prodigy Textiles, would use the cocoons produced in this breeding cycle to begin its

By |2019-12-08T14:35:30-05:00December 8th, 2019|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech, New Products / Contracts|

Kraig Leases Vietnamese Factory For Spider Silk Used To Protect Soldiers

ANN ARBOR—Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., the developer of “spider silk” textiles through genetic engineering, announced that its subsidiary Prodigy Textiles has signed a new five-year lease on a 50,000-square-foot factory in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Company officials, in a press release, said the new factory “is expected to play a major role in supporting the

By |2019-05-12T15:49:22-04:00May 12th, 2019|ESD, New Products / Contracts|

Notre Dame Ups Equity Stake In Spider Silk Company

ANN ARBOR – Kraig Biocraft Laboratories announced a new agreement with one of its early research and financing partners, the University of Notre Dame, that converts part of a loan to the company into Kraig Biocraft stock, and the rest into a note payable over the course of two years. Kraig has genetically engineered silkworms

By |2019-03-13T12:54:44-04:00March 13th, 2019|ESD|

Kraig Sends ‘Spider Silk’ Panels To U.S. Army For Ballistics Tests

ANN ARBOR — The future of body armor might be silk spun by silkworms that has the amazing strength of spiderwebs. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., the company that has bred genetically engineered silkworms with spider genes, resulting in super-strong silk, announced Monday it has shipped panels of its Dragon Silk material to the United States

By |2018-08-22T10:57:46-04:00August 21st, 2018|ESD|

Kraig Labs Approved To Make Spider Silk In Vietnam – Used By US Army

ANN ARBOR — Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a biotech and advanced materials developer, announced it has been issued its Enterprise Registration Certificate required to begin its operations in Vietnam. Kraig is developing genetically engineered silkworms that spin silk that has some of the strength characteristics of spiderwebs — so-called “spider silk.” “These licenses to operate

By |2018-05-07T20:59:16-04:00May 2nd, 2018|Life Sciences|