Kraig exceeds its own expectations with new spider silk cocoons
09/04/2018
The company has explained that this new hybrid line was created by combining one of its best performing recombinant spider silk lines with a commercial strain.
It added that this has resulted in the largest cocoons in Kraig’s history, with some nearly twice as large as the original spider silk line cocoons. This will help the company reduce operating and handling costs throughout the production process and yield longer silk threads.
Kraig’s chief operating officer, Jon Rice, said: “The size of these new hybrids is beyond what we expected in a first-generation hybrid and we are very interested to see how performance testing results compare to the original silkworm lines. We anticipate creating many additional hybrids over the coming quarters, combining the performance of our spider silk lines with these larger commercial strains.”
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