Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[GTman1]

Their will likely be a lot of automation. There has been a lot of breakthroughs in silk manufacturing using high tech machines. A lot of this innovation is coming from South Korea and Japan.

But to answer your question, there will still likely be high labor costs. But that will be balanced out through DOD procurement. The fibers made domestically will likely sell to the U.S. government or the medical industry for much higher prices. The fibers KBLB makes in Vietnam will likely be used for the other industries.

Spider silk made from silkworms, even domestically, will still be orders of magnitude cheaper than using fermentation methods.