(also in answer to JB2 post #40025
Your Questions WERE:
1)Has Kim shown that he can ramp up monster silk?
2)Has Kim shown that he can produce a fiber that the market wants?
2A)any evidence the market wants his product?
3)Has Kim shown that he has made business partnerships to commercialize it?
4)Has Kim shown you that he will recruit additional employees?
5)Do you even know what the KBLB business plan is?
Having received answers from several people,
you have as is common now Changed the questions to:
New version #1)Monster silk ramp up proof (I'm talking about commercial ramp up)?
New version #2)Who wants kblb's product?
New version #3)what business partnerships aid Kim in commercialization?
#4 has been quietly dropped, I assume answered to your (dis)satisfaction.
New Version #5) What is the KBLB business plan to commercialize gen 1?
You have, presumably on purpose, made your new questions difficult or impossible to answer briefly.
I will answer as briefly as still possible and point you to the links and resources to confirm these yourself. I will not fill up this board with worthless repetitive trash as some posters do.
1)Yes, Kim has shown that KBLB can ramp up monster silk.
New version #1) You seem to accept that KBLB has ramped up MS at least to lab production levels. There is a 100+ to one gain in each ~55 day generation, the difference between Lab and commercial levels is IMO less than 10,000 to one, and IMO there is no difference in the procedures whatsoever. Therefore the only difference between having lab and commercial levels is freezer space and shelf space and additional low wage manhours.
"Proof" awaits an announcement from KBLB. There are IMO no major obstacles here.
2) Yes.
New version #2) asks specifically Who wants KBLB's product. Even a partial listing of all the companies and industries here would fill a book.
One recent simple example for MS is: many of the manufacturers who have read or will read the glowing article in the textile industry journal.
One recent simple example for PSS is the body armor manufacturer (claiming to be the world's largest) who published 2 articles on the advantages of PSS in ballistic body armor.
They do not mention KBLB by name, but it is obvious by the sources that they do reference that they know exactly who KBLB is, just don't want to tell their competitors, possibly because they are negotiating a business deal with KBLB right now.
New version #3) This answer is trivially easy and no different from the original answer except that you now demand a list.
Here is a partial list as known at this time. More will be announced soon via the PR/CC.
UND and Fraser - made the original breakthrough enabling commercial production.
UW and Jarvis and Lewis helped.
SIGMA-Aldrich - is perhaps the most important business partner that KBLB has at this moment as they are both a supplier of the needed tools, a possible provider of breeding services, and very likely a marketing partner through their large distribution network.
New version #5)Here you ask for an exhaustive answer that is too long and complex to present on one page.
We know of any company's business plan only what that company is willing to share. One rarely knows the minute and specific details of any such plan because companies need a certain level of privacy in order to make deals with other companies.
KBLB has presented investors with parts of its business plan in several PR's PC's and CCs.
They are pretty much all posted in the front matter of this board.
If you wish to discuss praise or attack any part of those plans you may do your own DD.
Mike L.
