In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. has begun the scale up of its recently announced second generation Dragon Silk. This new material was specially designed at Kraig Labs’ Michigan research headquarters for application in protective textiles, particularly for military and police, where increased strength and decreased flexibility are expected to provide improved protection. Scale up […]
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a leading developer of spider silk based fibers implemented two major advancements in the development of next generation recombinant spider silk fibers. These advancements are the result of new equipment and recently employed protocols at their R&D headquarters in Michigan. These new approaches build on the existing protocols, but […]
The U.S. military is getting as close to becoming Superman and Spider-Man superheroes as humanly possible with their new ballistic shootpack panels made from Kraig Biocraft Laboratories’ proprietary Dragon Silk material. The spider silk material is not only stronger than steel, it’s stronger than Kevlar, the usual bulletproof material used for military and police personnel. […]
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.’s subsidiary, Prodigy Textiles, signed three agreements with local farming cooperatives in Quang Nam province, Vietnam to produce the mulberry necessary to support Kraig’s recombinant spider silk production. This collaboration with local farmers is a key element of Kraig Labs commercialization strategy, integrating advancements in high tech agriculture and a […]
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a developer of spider silk based fibers, provided an update on progress towards the commercialization of spider silk technology following last week’s announcement of the formation of its Vietnamese subsidiary, Prodigy Textiles Co,. Ltd., its main production arm for spider silk technologies. Kraig Biocraft is gearing up production of […]
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories and Warwick Mills, Inc. jointly announced that they have signed a collaborative development agreement concerning the development and commercialization of advanced textiles utilizing Kraig’s Monster Silk recombinant spider silk technology. The joint development will initially focus on Monster Silk weaving, testing and near term applications. The companies believe that this collaborative […]
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories announced the launching of its commercial production program with the recent hatching of its first batch of Monster Silk silkworms for commercial production. Kraig stated it is currently expending resources to augment the scale of its Monster Silkworm production over the next 30 to 90 days as part of a […]
