Kraig to bring together research and production teams
04/10/2017
It will relocate its production operations from their current base in Indiana into this new facility, transferring key production staff to ensure the continuity of operations. This is expected to take place over the next month.
Kraig has explained that the facility in Michigan offers roughly three times the production space and will help significantly reduce its overhead costs. It will also allow the company’s research and production teams to work side by side for the first time.
“Launching this new larger factory unifies our production and research teams’ efforts. Having our teams working hand in hand will make us more agile and open up opportunities to move technologies more quickly from the drawing board to tested and validated designs,” explained Kraig’s chief operating office, Jon Rice.
“In addition to streamlining developmental timelines and enhancing our ability to tailor fibres, we expect to reduce R&D costs, as we generate new spider silk technologies by fully integrating design, creation, testing, and scale up under a single roof,” he added.
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