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Four companies advance work in biofabrics

May 1st, 2024

Seaweed, both farmed and wild-sourced, makes up 75% of the content in Keel Labs’ innovative fiber, Kelsun™. It shows promise for tangible applications of biomaterials in home goods, furnishings, automotive, fashion and other sectors. Image: Keel Labs/Ryan Duffin It’s a fertile time for next-generation biofabrics, and the environmental impact of the textile industry is a […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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