Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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Well, i could be wrong about the processing being cheap. I don't know a lot about it, but in the Bolt Threads FAQ, they state that they use a wet-spinning process similar to the one that is used to make rayon and acrylic which is maybe why they could say "Bolt expects its spinning process to yield spider silk yarn at a price of less than $100 per kg". I do agree that they do make their process sound excessively simple. I bet there is more to it than what they let on.

Spiber's fibers might use a different method and, as a result, may be more expensive as you stated. That is something that we will see when they actually commercialize (which i am still betting on 2017, despite what The North Face claimed).

I do believe that KBLB's actual production costs will likely be somewhere closer to $50 per kg and i don't think that announcing that will get others up in arms. I think the opportunity to be one of the first companies to have spider silk in their textiles, the understanding that they are also paying for the 8 years of R&D that went into it, and the fact that there is not even close to the supply of fibers that there is demand for the fibers will be more of a factor into the price.