Replies to post #21106 on Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[RV Guy]

I understand where you are coming from ZF.

My experience is in the mass commercialization field and production. Our test facilities were not the same.

[TheOcho]

Given what's going to occur "lab" might be overcomplicating the facility. Also, seeing as how the companies that deal with silk already can deal with going through the life cycle, commercial quantities could mean given the 3rd generation's worth. 1 worm makes 200 those 200 make 200 a piece. So I think its more about giving them a decent amount. If you give them 5 and they all die then delays occur. Give them 10k and half can die and you would still have plenty. Commercial just means more then what would fit on a shelf in a busy lab. IMO. It is a school so think about when you were in class and you got one shelf. That's oversimplifying, I'm sure Kraig is important to ND but it is a school with lots of things going on. I would also imagine they wouldn't want to do it. Go back to the press conference and watch the guy from ND speak. They are all about developing technologies and helping little companies but commercialization is where I think they would draw the line.

[FACT-MASTER]

They may not do it in a lab but I wouldn't rule out SIAL for possible production. They may want an "exclusive" marketing agreement especially for the higher margin Gen 2-5 products; so Gen 1 goes with that.
The security of the worms IMHonestO is a point to consider and the producing manufacturer/ textile firm IMHO would need to gurantee that security 110%. For Gen 1 they wouldn't be making the products , i think they would only be supplying the thread to potential raw silk manufacturers.
Gen2-?? would need very high level security.Look at the history of the silk industry, people were searched at the Chinese border crossings, old men with hollowed out walking sticks smuggling silkworm larvae into the middle east.
I beleive SIAL could provide that security, so you could have a lab doing the silkworm alterations and then a production area for product. think of it similar to a cardboard box co, a small room for design, testing, customer analysis -order placed - and off to production.
As it appears this tech could revolutionalize "much" and SIAL may want to play a leading role in this top end technology.

PedroMon