Spider Silk Strength: Stronger Than Steel

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Spider Silk Strength Stronger Than Steel
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Kraig envisions genetically engineered spider
silk, with its superior mechanical
characteristics, will surpass the current
generation of high-performance fiber. 
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We believe that spider silk is in some ways so
superior to the materials currently available in
the marketplace, that an expansion of demand and
market opportunities will follow spider silks
commercial introduction.
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The table below illustrates spider silks
incredible toughness and strength to weight
ratios.
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The Market for Spider Silk
Kraig is focused on the creation, production and
marketing of high performance and technical
fibers such as spider silk.
Because spider silks are stronger and tougher
than steel, they could be used in a wide variety
of military, industrial, and consumer
applications ranging from ballistic protection to
superior strength and toughness.
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The superior mechanical characteristics of the
next generation of spider silk will open up new
applications for the technology and result in a
significant increase in demand. The materials
which we are working to produce are stronger than
steel. Spider silks can justifiably be referred
to as super fibers.
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Genetically Engineered Spider Silk and Synthetic
Spider Silk

• Kraig has created approximately twenty different
  genetically engineered spider silk fibers based
  on our genetic designs. 

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We use the term genetically engineered spider
silk instead of synthetic spider silk because
these materials are not synthetic they are made
by genetically engineered silkworms and the fiber
is composed entirely of protein produced
naturally by the silkworm. They are synthetic
spider silks only in the sense that they are not
being produced by a spider, but by a much more
efficient organism.
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Kraig is also in the advanced development stage
for its next-generation spider silk product,
tentatively known as SpiderPillar. SpiderPillar
will be an essentially pure spider silk. This
material holds the potential to make significant
inroads into the technical textiles market.
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.2723 South
State Street Suite 150Ann Arbor, Michigan
48104734-619-8066Email corporate_at_KraigLabs.com
http//www.kraiglabs.com/spider-silk/
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