Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the leading developer of advanced spider silk based fibres, and Warwick Mills, a leader in the engineering and development of advanced technical textiles and other protective materials, have signed a collaborative development agreement on the development and commercialisation of advanced textiles utilising Kraig's Monster Silk recombinant spider silk technology.

“This collaborative agreement is a big step forward in the development of exciting new textiles with potential applications for the technical textiles and protective textiles marketplace,” commented Charles Howland, President of Warwick.

Monster Silk fibres

The two companies will jointly develop innovative textile products based on Kraig's Monster Silk fibres. Joint development will initially focus on Monster Silk weaving, testing and near term applications. The companies believe that this collaborative relationship will help expedite the commercialisation of Monster Silk and future spider silk based technical fibres.

“This collaborative undertaking represents a huge step forward in our commercialisation efforts. The pairing of Kraig's spider silk technology with Warwick's world-class technical textiles applications engineering and weaving abilities is a bold move which we believe will enhance and accelerate the penetration of spider silk into technical textile markets,” said Kraig CEO and founder, Kim K. Thompson.

“I believe the joint development agreement is an important milestone and that Warwick's impressive capabilities makes them an ideal bridge builder between Kraig's expertise in spider silk technologies and the capturing of market share in the technical textiles arena.”

Higher performance textiles

“Warwick is looking forward to developing new textiles in cooperation with Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, and its Monster Silk technology. Spider silk fibres are a powerful new technological approach to potentially opening up new application and markets,” said Howland.

“The future of textiles will continue to be driven by innovation and we believe that our textile engineering capabilities and Kraig's fibres can change the game in some important applications. These technologies could potentially result in higher performance textiles which would enable very advanced safety and military equipment,” he added.

www.warwickmills.com

www.kraiglabs.com