Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, announces today that it has completed the third commercial spider silk production cycle. This cycle primarily focused on producing the Company’s BAM-1 recombinant spider silk hybrids, which marks the second successful commercial production cycle of the Company’s most advanced spider silk hybrids.
This production occurred during the region’s rainy season, a time of high humidity and heavy rains, which prevents most silk producers from operating. Kraig Labs actively chose to continue production during the rainy season to further challenge test the robustness and resilience of its BAM-1 hybrids.
Operating during the rainy season helped to further optimize Kraig Labs’ silkworm colony and identify the best performers and future colony expansion. Renowned sericulture expert Dr. Nirmal Kumar is with the production team to analyzing all of the data collected during this rearing cycle and guiding the team to optimize the BAM-1 parental lines for continued success and growth of spider silk production.
Over the next two weeks, the Company will harvest the hybrid spider silk cocoons from this production cycle and send them to local reeling facilities. This batch of cocoons will be used to further refine reeling operations, improve efficiency, and produce additional finished spider silk for use and sale in end markets.
“There is no stiffer challenge for the robustness than operating during the rainy season. Our BAM-1 hybrids demonstrated that they are ready for the worst mother nature can throw at them,” said Company COO, Jon Rice. “Our team continues to hit new production and processing milestones with the BAM-1 hybrids as the catalyst for rapid and continuous growth in our scalable and commercially sustainable spider silk production.”
