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Japanese scientists harness bacteria to create spider silk
2020-08-12 13:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Scientists in Japan have succeeded in developing an artificial spider silk that could be upscaled for factory production with major implications for the apparel industry.
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Asics Ventures invests in synthetic spider silk startup
2020-05-15 12:55:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Asics Ventures Corporation, an investment subsidiary of Japanese sporting goods giant Asics, has taken a stake in Israeli startup Seevix Material Sciences Ltd, which develops and manufactures synthetic spider silk.
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Wood fibre, spider silk combo could replace plastics
2019-10-01 16:16:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A Finnish university has carried out research into a combination of wood fibres and spider silk which it says could replace plastic in the textile industry.
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Kraig Biocraft gets go-ahead for Vietnam spider silk expansion
2019-07-11 16:17:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the developer of spider silk based fibres, has been granted an increased investment license by the Vietnamese government in a move that paves the way for the second phase of its expansion in the country.
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Kraig Biocraft to expand Vietnam spider silk production
2019-05-09 13:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the developer of spider silk based fibres, is to expand its production footprint in Vietnam after signing a new five-year lease on a factory through its subsidiary Prodigy Textiles.
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