{"id":60115,"date":"2019-01-30T07:35:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=60115"},"modified":"2019-01-25T13:52:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T12:52:53","slug":"kraig-biocraft-laboratories-spider-silk-technology-successfully-delivered-to-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/kraig-biocraft-laboratories-spider-silk-technology-successfully-delivered-to-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraig Biocraft Laboratories\u2019 Spider Silk Technology Successfully Delivered to Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) (\u201cCompany\u201d), the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, announces today that it has successfully delivered the first two shipments of its highly specialized silkworms, which produce a silk with the physical characteristics of spider silk, to Vietnam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-60118 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-in-Vietnam-444x250-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-in-Vietnam-444x250\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2019\/01\/Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-in-Vietnam-444x250-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2019\/01\/Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-in-Vietnam-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement is the culmination of more than 5 years of work, and challenging negotiation, with the government of Vietnam. The silkworms from these first two shipments have already hatched and are now enjoying a fresh mulberry diet, so, for the first time in history, the global demand for spider silk materials has a viable, cost effective, and scalable solution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-60117 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spider-Silk-Silkworms-in-Vietnam-e1546818107803-300x225-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Spider-Silk-Silkworms-in-Vietnam-e1546818107803-300x225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u201cThe dream of commercializing our powerful technology is now materializing. This marks a dramatic leap forward in Kraig Labs\u2019 business plan for commercial production and mass marketing of cost effective recombinant spider silk, and becomes the foundation for an entirely new industry,\u201d said, COO, Jon Rice. \u201cTo our long-term shareholders, who have taken this journey with us, as well as our team in the US and Vietnam, who have worked tirelessly to make this dream a reality, I cannot thank you enough. As we start the New Year, full of new opportunity, we truly have something incredible to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-60119 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-Shipment-of-Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-Shipped-to-Vietnam-e1546818174160-413x250-300x182.jpeg\" alt=\"First-Shipment-of-Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-Shipped-to-Vietnam-e1546818174160-413x250\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2019\/01\/First-Shipment-of-Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-Shipped-to-Vietnam-e1546818174160-413x250-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2019\/01\/First-Shipment-of-Kraig-Labs-Spider-Silk-Silkworm-Eggs-Shipped-to-Vietnam-e1546818174160-413x250.jpeg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Company has been working with leading sericulture experts, biotechnology institutions, and governmental agencies, in Vietnam, to further boost the silk industry with our revolutionary technology. Kraig Labs is currently finalizing renovation plans for a ~46,000 square foot production factory in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur plan has always been to bring our technology to the silk producing regions of the world for rapid scale-up,\u201d said, CEO and Founder, Kim Thompson. \u201cToday we see the fruits of that effort. With its massive silk infrastructure and production capacity, Vietnam is an ideal location to launch our technology scale-up. Congratulations to our team and shareholders, as we prepare for the realization of large scale production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To view the most recent news from Kraig Labs and\/or to sign up for Company alerts, please go to <a href=\"www.KraigLabs.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\">www.KraigLabs.com\/news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.<\/h3>\n<p>Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (www.KraigLabs.com), a reporting biotechnology company is the leading developer of genetically engineered spider silk based fiber technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The Company has achieved a series of scientific breakthroughs in the area of spider silk technology with implications for the global textile industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) (\u201cCompany\u201d), the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, announces today that it has successfully delivered the first two shipments of its highly specialized silkworms, which produce a silk with the physical characteristics of spider silk, to Vietnam. 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