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There is no way Kim would hire a COO and spend money unless he needed too.
This is just the start of great commercialization news coming.
Why is this stock on the grays and all the other Preferred's on OTCBB
Col317
Here are some of the other time lines for the S-1 & S-1/a to become effective
#1
Effectiveness Order_KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 06/26/13
S-1 Securities Registration Statement KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 06/14/13
12 Days
#2
Effectiveness Order KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 08/15/11
S-1/A Securities Registration Statement KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 08/09/11
6 Days
#3
Effectiveness Order KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 06/22/10
S-1/A Securities Registration Statement KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 06/15/10
7 Days
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The present filling waiting on Effective Order
S-1/A Securities Registration Statement KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES, INC 01/07/15
Could be as early as Tomorrow
Truth
Should find out how many have register and started the program
Here is my correspondence with Ben the other day. I have now received Ben's consent to post on Ihub.
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From: XXXXXXXXXXX
To: Ben Hansel <benhansel@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 1:15 PM
Subject: Questions for Kraig Labs
Hello Ben
The present price trading of Kraig Labs is making it very difficult to have faith in this company.
I have been an investor for many years and love the concept of being able making Spider Silk with silk worms.
The lack of company updates has been very concerning. I understand that you do not want competition to receive information that may benefit them however, the company needs to protect and build it's valuation to move forward.
My questions are
-The present silk worm facility can it be expanded to be able to produce metric ton quantifies.
-The new S-1/a was filled yesterday what was the amended change
from the S-1 that was filled in November 2014
-Is Susie still employed with Kraig Labs
-Last year as per press releases metric ton production should have been reached by mid year. Using the new screening protocol do you see having Metric ton production in the first quarter of 2015
-Vietnam is having difficulty approving the silk farm site, does kraig have an alternate site they are working on
Thanks
XXXXXX
Share Holder
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Ben's Reply
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From: Ben Hansel <benhansel@yahoo.com>
Date: January 8, 2015 at 10:33:18 PM EST
To: XXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Re: Questions for Kraig Labs
Reply-To: Ben Hansel <benhansel@yahoo.com>
Hi XXXXX,
The lack of company updates has nothing to do with any strategy. The Company has been in a quiet period, which is forced on the Company by the regulators, as part of the S-1 filing process. It will remain in place until the S-1 filing is declared effective or the Company cancels the S-1 application.
The Company filed an S-1A yesterday, which is an amendment to the original S-1 and, based on the minor revisions, I suspect that we may see the regulators’ approval very soon.
My understanding is that the present silk worm facility could become the alternate production site, which can be expanded to produce metric ton quantities.
Yes, Susie is currently employed by Kraig Labs
The Company has not provided an update on metric ton production, but I suspect that will be one of the first topics that we will learn about when the Company is able to communicate again.
Best regards,
Ben Hansel
720.288.8495
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IMHO there will be lots of good news coming once the s-1/a is approved.
Floydborga
IMHO that will change shortly. Many will know the KBLB ticker symbol soon
The last line is my opinion from my recent DD
Lots of good news is coming soon
I had communication with Ben yesterday as well.
Here is some of the information I have obtained.
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The lack of company updates has nothing to do with any strategy. The Company has been in a quiet period, which is forced on the Company by the regulators, as part of the S-1 filing process. It will remain in place until the S-1 filing is declared effective or the Company cancels the S-1 application.
The Company filed an S-1A the other day, which is an amendment to the original S-1 and, based on the minor revisions, we may see the regulators’ approval very soon.
My understanding is that the present silk worm facility could become the alternate production site, which can be expanded to produce metric ton quantities.
Susie is still currently employed by Kraig Labs
The Company has not provided an update on metric ton production, but it will be one of the first topics that we will learn about when the Company is able to communicate again.
Lots of good news is coming soon
HighPower
Was that also in the original S-1 filling in Nov 2014.
http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?TabIndex=2&FilingID=10277981&type=convpdf&companyid=757901&ppu=%2fDefault.aspx%3fformtypeid%3d301%26amp%3bauth%3d1%26amp%3bticker%3dKBLB
Anyone see any difference from the original S-1 filled on 11/03/14
Nov 3 filling
http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?TabIndex=2&FilingID=10277981&type=convpdf&companyid=757901&ppu=%2fDefault.aspx%3fformtypeid%3d301%26amp%3bauth%3d1%26amp%3bticker%3dKBLB
January 7 s-1/a filling
http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?link=1&filingid=10399078
Happy New year and may you all have prosperity in 2015
Bananarama
Also remember the PR on July 31
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Implements Innovative Protocol for Advanced Fiber Quality Control.
This new protocol could have eliminated some of the colonies inconsistent producing worms thus reducing the total production.
I do not think that we have hit metric ton production yet with the new Quality Control In Effect
Great work Truth, this clears a lot up
Thanks Truth it certainly sounds as if this problem can be solved.
You are right on it is about the politics of Vietnam, dem274.
This does not change our product nor the value of monster silk in the future. It may only change where it is going to be produced.
Wonder why he is not listed on Kraig's web sit for the BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
http://www.kraiglabs.com/scientific-advisory-board//
Where does it say that David Kaplan is working with kraig Labs
Navydr
Please provide the link
This is from an old post many years back By Manshoon1,I have made bold the part about being quiet
Interview With Kim Thompson, Ceo KBLB
Called and introduced myself with my name and as moderator of ihub , and he started off saying he was hesitant talking as he doesnt want to release non public info and he prefers to use Ben Hansel as the Investor relations, but said he was glad to talk to me, i told him I wanted to get inside his head and help shareholders udnerstand why he has done things the way he has. He is very very careful in choosing his words. For future reference, dont even try to get samples of the thread or ask for any specifics not disclosed yet, you will see why below. No speculation here folks, just inside the mind of our ceo, take it for what its worth.
I asked why he has been selling his shares.….. reluctant to answer that, except to say I do have what is called 10b5-1 its called plan, not under my control, don’t wanna be in position to buy or sell stock on the market , its common to establish these, # I can sell or buy is limited.and plan set up to not control day to day, whthe3r or not sold.
Gen 2… just asked very generically" so all you can say i guess is that they are working hard on it?". Working hard, and hopefull significant forward progress, in 1st quarter.
no question here, this was his final statement after I told him I appreciated his time etc..
I hope shareholders will hear form us in within 60to 90 days and maybe another shareholder conference call, no plan yet but sometime in next 60 days if all well.to give overview to them as to what accomplished and overall oupdate on how implemented business plan and some that weren’t revealed on the conference.
Gen 1 commericialization, i asked why no updates as in if kim is talking to potential partners, and I said is it b/c you dont want to say youre talking with so and so and the deal falling through..
…wait until announced.. at end of day you track a month later how come that deal never closed ,, never put into that position. Announced then its solid,,,, some things we are hopeful are ones damaged by announcing before i's dotted and t's crossed…. Just quiet. In past when kraig quiet it is always b/c something was going on, had to stay quiet about it, I anticipate we will use same moving forward when needed we will be . sometimes what we do is new discovery we don’t want a competitor to know about, or corp deal or not let competitor to know about until rock solid. So far had great track record, info not released, its kept quiet until ready to release info to full public, so far fortunate that details from the lab havent been leaked.
Why no release test datea of the thread, and why has kblb been so quiet and generic since sept 29..
Umm couple reasons, for competitive reasons don’t want it in hands of competitors, that is only shared with on confidential, umm tried avoiding public disclosures, don’t give competitors a heads up.. about how we accomplished this, any info we give helps. Publication,, doing inside university labs.. as part of parameters it is allowing scientists to publish on what accomplished, u of notre dame provides foro that specific ally, scientists peer review published in a scientific journal , later in 2011.. requirements are paper have to contain new info not released to public, they wont publish if the journal don’t consider it newsworthy. Scientists requested not to release the data ,, they have rights by contract with company, short run, don’t like idea of publishing, like to keep quiet, also pub does benefit company by giving wider audiencde and quells doubts.
I asked, do the further generations of the specific transgenic pass down its traits, as in levels of spider protein.....
Short answer is yes. Once transgenic, organism producing silk its off spring will bear those exact and some will not, what do in next gen is weed out those who don’t bear traits, eventually a pure strain, to all,, homozygocity all same for trait, it takes a number of screening to achieve this.
I totally agree with you TRUTH there is a lot to this that will be revealed soon
From my earlier post.
Yes, also if your remember the time when Kim went quiet, it was around the exact time the merger was officially announced.
Don't kid yourself KBLB's product fits Merck's Pipe line with Health Care perfectly. We all know the medical applications for MS will be Hugh.
I also believe that Kim is only negotiating the Health care portion for KBLB with Merck KGaA and Sigma-Aldrich. As he has the Military market and Fiber Market some what in place now.
Previous S-1 filing needed .058 price, now he is saying .0853 news is coming to move the price soon.
Page 13 on this previous filing
Previous FORM S-1
As of June 12, 2013, the closing market price of our common stock was $0.08. There is no assurance that the market price of our Class A common stock will increase substantially in the near future. The entire commitment under the Equity Line Financings is $3,435,000 as of the date of this prospectus. We would need to maintain the market price of our Class A common stock at approximately $0.058 in order to have access to the full amount under the Equity Line Financings
Kim knows the stock price will rise when he is able to speak.
Page 12 on the S-1
As of October 31, 2014, the closing market price of our common stock was $0.0401. There is no assurance that the market price of our Class A common stock will increase substantially in the near future. The entire commitment under the Equity Line Financing is $7,500,000 as of the date of this prospectus. We would need to maintain the market price of our Class A common stock at approximately $0.0853 in order to have access to the full
amount under the Equity Line Financing.
As Kim has quoted, and I believe Truth has posted the article not to long ago.
That KBLB will soon have another Multi Billion Dollar Arrow in its Quiver.
We will all see the pieces of Kim's Business Plan starting to fall into place shortly.
Yes, also if your remember the time when Kim went quiet, it was around the exact time the merger was officially announced.
Merck KGaA to acquire Sigma-Aldrich Video
Press_Release_Merck_KGaA_to_Acquire_Sigma-Aldrich
Don't kid yourself KBLB's product fits Merck's Pipe line with Health Care perfectly. We all know the medical applications for MS will be Hugh.
I also believe that Kim is only negotiating the Health care portion for KBLB with Merck KGaA and Sigma-Aldrich. As he has the Military market and Fiber Market some what in place now.
Bananarama
Please provide the Link
The SEC also requires the disclosure of any material business dealings between the company and its directors and outside counsel.
Truth
Is Randy Lewis still working with Silk Worms to spin Spider Silk. I thought he was just working with goats.
Nimbustux
You bet, take a look at the judging panel.
The judges have a broad range of experience and expertise and are well placed to decide on the most innovative current products in the marketplace.
Linda Keppinger
Global Materials Director, Nike Inc.
Thomas Michaelis
Head of Textile Coatings EMEA/LA, Bayer MaterialScience
Thomas White
Director of Textile Innovation, Under Armour
Michael Sieber
Research Textile Engineer, US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, & Engineering Center
Spoke to Ben this morning with regards to the Future Materials Awards. My question was as follows. Lets hope that on November 26 at 9:30 pm they announce KBLB as a winner.
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Email
Ben
The Future Materials Awards day is approaching, is a representative of KBLB going to attend or have they nominated someone to accept the reward on their behalf
Rules as per web site
All shortlisted companies must have at least one representative at the awards ceremony to potentially collect their award or nominate someone to collect the award on their behalf.
http://futurematerialsawards.com/rules.html
Thanks
XXXXXX
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Response
Hi XXXX,
I doubt that Kim Thompson has the time to fly over for the dinner, but it shouldn't be difficult to have a representative in attendance.
Best regards,
Ben Hansel
720.288.8495
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Another article today
Genetically engineered silkworms with spider genes spin super-strong silk
November 9, 2014
In a lab at the University of Wyoming, some silkwormsare spinning cocoons of silk, just as every silkworm has done for millions of years. But these insects are special. They have been genetically engineered to spin a hybrid material that’s partly their own silk, and partly that of a spider. With spider DNA at their disposal, they can weave fibres that are unusually strong and tough. It’s the latest step in a decades-long quest to produce artificial spider silk.Spider silk is a remarkable material, wonderfully adapted for trapping, crushing, climbing and more. It is extraordinarily strong and tough, while still being elastic enough to stretch several times its original length. Indeed, the toughest biological material ever found is the record-breaking silk of the Darwin’s bark spider. It’s 10 times tougher than Kevlar, and the basis of webs that can span rivers.
Because of its enticing properties, spider silk has enormous potential. It could be put to all sorts of uses, from strong sutures to artificial ligaments to body armour. That is, if only we could make enough of the stuff. Farming spiders is out of the question. They are territorial animals with a penchant for eating each other. It took 82 people, 4 years and 1 million large spiders to make a piece of cloth just 11 feet by 4 feet.
The alternative is to synthesise spider silk artificially. That hasn’t been easy. Scientists have long since managed to reconstruct the proteins in the silk, using everything frombacteria to potatoes to goats. But these systems only provided small amounts of silk proteins, and would be expensive to scale up. Making silk proteins is just part of the far harder challenge of turning proteins into silk fibres, with their complex microscopic structures. To get around these problems, Donald Jarvis, Malcolm Fraser and Randolph Lewis had a simple idea: why not use another animal that also spins silk?
As a large industry and centuries of history can attest to, silkworms are easy to farm in large numbers. And they’re silk-spinning machines, with massive glands that turn silk proteins into fibres. Their own silk is no mechanical slouch, and it’s already used to make sutures. But spider silk has many advantages. Not only is it stronger and tougher, but we understand how specific tweaks to a spider’s genes can produce silks with different properties. It should be possible to customise unique silks that are tailor-made for specific purposes.
Fraser had just the right tool for the job. In the 1980s, he identified pieces of DNA that can hop around insect genomes, cutting themselves out of one location and pasting themselves in somewhere else. He named themPiggyBac, and he has turned them into tools for genetic engineering. You can load PIggyBac elements with the genes of your choice, and use them to insert those genes into a given genome. In this case, Florence Teulé and Yun-Gen Miao used PiggyBac to shove spider silk genes into the silk-making glands of silkworms.
To identify the silkworms that had incorporated the spider genes, Teulé and Miao added another passenger to their PiggyBac vehicle – a gene for a glowing protein. The insects that had been successfully engineered all had glowing red eyes.
These engineered silkworms produced composite fibres that were mostly their own silk, with just 2 to 5 percent spider silk woven among it. This tiny fraction was enough to transform the fibres. They were stronger, more elastic, and twice as tough as normal silkworm fibres. And even though they didn’t approach the strength and elasticity of true spider silk, they were almost just as tough.
One other team has tried to do something similar, but their fibres didn’t show the same physical improvements. They also produced fibres where the spider silk merely coated the silkworm strands. When silkworm cocoons are harvested, these outer coats are usually removed. By contrast, Teulé and Miao’s engineered their spider genes so that the resulting silk would be woven throughout the silkworms’ own fibres.
Many spider silk proteins are extremely large and most attempts to create them artificially (including this one) use smaller versions that are around a quarter of the size. When Sang Yup Lee engineered bacteria to produce spider silk, he found that the small proteins led to inferior fibres, and only the very large ones produced fibres comparable to actual spider silk. Given that Teulé and Miao have already produced reasonably strong composite fibres using the smaller version, it will be interesting to see what the larger proteins can do.
The team are also planning to refine their technique to take the silkworms’ own proteins out of the equation. “The next step will be to produce silkworms that produce silk fibres consisting entirely of spider silk proteins,” says Jarvis. Perhaps they could even use the genes from the best of the silk-producers, like Darwin’s bark spider.
Reference: Tuele, Miao, Sohn, Kim, Hull, Fraser, Lewis & Jarvis. 2011. Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties. PNAShttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1109420109
Conflict of interest: Jarvis, Fraser and Lewis are all paid advisors to Kraig BioCraft Laboratories, Inc, the company that is commercialising the artificial silk, and that provided some of the funding for the study. The discovery was originally announced in a press conference last year, but has finally been published after a lengthy review process.
CATEGORIZED UNDER: BIOTECHNOLOGY,GENETIC MODIFICATION, INSECTS, SELECT,SPIDERS
Truth
You go ahead as you are very articulate and does't hurt to have many respond.
The more the better for kblb
Golferman
All of the military’s textile needs are important and I can’t say one is more than any other,” says Carole Winterhalter, textile technologist for NSRDEC. “If any organization has an idea for a technology that could enhance or solve some of the problems we’ve identified, they should contact us
Doing Business with NSRDEC
(508) 233-4184 or (508) 233-5667,
DSN 256-4184 or 256-5667
usarmy.natick.nsrdec.mbx.nati-amsrd-nsc-ad-b@mail.mil
Money4nuttin
Great articles if anyone is so inclined here is the contact information for
the U.S. Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC).
http://advancedtextilessource.com/2014/11/u-s-army-wish-list/
Send them any email about KBLB, it doesn't hurt and you have nothing to lose.
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For further information, please contact:
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
(508) 233-5192
DSN 256-5192
usarmy.natick.nsrdec.mbx.nati-amsrd-nsc-ad-b@mail.mil
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Eskaminagaga
My DD has also come up with the following from your list lets hope we are both correct.
1.a financing agreement from the government of Vietnam to set up a sericulture facitily there,
2. the submission for FDA approval to be used in medical applications
Some of the good things could be an exclusive partnership with WM that splits the sales of anything developed using MS, a financing agreement from the government of Vietnam to set up a sericulture facitily there, a partnership with another company to further develop their silk or create new silks, the submission for FDA approval to be used in medical applications, the repurposing of the fibers into proteins for other applications, the modification of the current fibers to strengthen them or give them various new properties, or maybe even Kim's belief that he can do the entire chain from creation of the silk to weaving to commercialization direct from KBLB. That last one would be neither good nor bad. Just a little risky and initially expensive.
Yes totally agree Bob
The S-1 back in 2009 had the same wording
Here is a copy of S-1 dated October 2,2009
http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?TabIndex=2&FilingID=6826645&type=convpdf&companyid=757901&ppu=%2fDefault.aspx%3fformtypeid%3d301%26amp%3bauth%3d1%26amp%3bticker%3dKBLB
This site can also retrieve all filings sorted.
http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?link=1&filingid=10277981
Here is a copy of the S-1 registration which was filled on Nov 3
http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?link=1&filingid=10277981
News should be soon
We will Know when the quite period Ends when we see the registration the S-1. As of now it hasn't ended. However, hopefully soon
My DD is telling me that we are still in the quiet period.
The S-1 has not been registered yet with SEC.
Hold tight good things are coming
Wow great find, you can bet that MS will be included in this Research.