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PANGAIA and Spiber launch
August 1st, 2022
Materials science company PANGAIA, based in London, England, introduced the fourth capsule within PANGAIA Lab, a limited-edition sweatshirt made in partnership with Japanese biomaterials manufacturing group Spiber Inc., featuring breakthrough biotech Brewed Protein™fibers and organic cotton. Spiber’s Brewed Protein materials are made from plant-derived biomass and a proprietary fermentation process that produces a biological building […]
Sweater knitted with a plant-based biopolymer
February 1st, 2021
Japanese technical apparel brand Goldwin Inc. and biomaterial innovator Spiber Inc. have created what the companies call the world’s first knitted garment made with Brewed Protein™, a biopolymer created from a plant-based microbial fermentation process. Named simply “The Sweater,” it is the partnership’s first Brewed Protein garment brought to market in the U.S. It was […]