Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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<< the death blow will be when one of these company's announce that they have genetically produced a spidersilk from silk worms >>

The article indicates that a few companies are already doing just that:

"An American company founded in 2007 in North Carolina by Dr. David Brigham named EntoGenetics Inc. is also attempting to create their own transgenic silkworms. It is Brigham’s goal to produce 100% spider silk from a silkworm and produce everything to make the silk in the USA. Initially working out of his home and recently growing mulberry on marginal land at a repurposed water treatment plant, he has created a very strong silk and has a contract with the Army to produce bulletproof vests. He is currently in the process of expanding operations."

"The Okamoto Corporation, a Japanese luxury sock company, announced in 2007 that they are working on a new sock made from spider silk as generated from genetically altered silkworms."

"the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) in Japan has produced their own transgenic silkworm and has recently used its silk to knit a sweater and scarf and documented everything in a PLOS One article. They have even recently visited the Indian Andhra Pradesh State Sericulture Research and Development Institute (APSSRDI) and looked at their transgenic silkworm programs. They are now looking into expanding production there."