how about this exact language from the June 21 pr:
"This joint effort, by the subcontractor and Prodigy Textiles, the Company’s Vietnamese subsidiary, has already completed production of the raw recombinant spider silk needed for the first apparel launch under the Company’s jointly owned apparel brand, SpydasilkTM."
as of June, they had enough for the launch...
when i checked, i found that you could make about 5 shirts out of one kilo of silk...how many shirts do they need for the launch?...pants?..dresses?...sweatshirts?...capes...super hero outfits and naughty nurse costumes?...wait...those last 2 may have been from a dream i had...but in any case, i think the picture is clear....
100 kilos would be enough for 500 shirts...not to mention all the other clothing...
how much apparel do they need for the pilot launch?....would 50 kilos be enough?...i suppose it could be if the soft launch was slated to last 3 days or they were only going to sell ties...
but i would think to play it safe, they would have had to have produced well over 100 kilos during the pilot production...
i doubt the soft launch is going to be about 25 shirts, 3 dresses, 5 sweaters, 10 pairs of pants etc....there is going to be much more than that on hand....i dont know how much they will actually sell...thats another discussion....but they have to be prepared for success...not failure....