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Japan to focus on spinning synthetic spider silk
Outdoor gear retailer North Face in Japan to sell a $1,000, special edition "Moon Parka," a gold-colored jacket made out of synthetic spider silk, based on the design of its existing Antarctica
Turkmenistan spinning new life into its silk industry
Turkmenistan is rising to become a modern nation, and seeing one of its traditional silk industry return to its former glory and spur economic growth. This old business has existed along the old
New spinning charkha innovated to produce weft yarn of eri silk
Assam is one of the largest eri cocoon producing States of the country, due to the lack of proper equipment to produce the weft yarn from these silk cocoons, State’s artisans have now
Italian silk makers trying to spin a niche to reinstate age old silk industry
A new beginning for silk sector decades after Veneto's last silk mills were closed as a post-war economic boom lured farmers to cities, budding silkmakers - or sericulturists are making attempt to
Qmilk spinning silky textile fibres out of milk
Qmilk, a German company founded by Anke Domaske spinning fibres out of milk. It is using milk that would have gone to waste to manufacture textile fibres using sustainable processes. Domaske,
Eco-friendly method developed to spin coloured silk
Eco-friendly method to help silkworms spin naturally fluorescent, coloured silk have been successfully developed by Indian researchers by feeding them dyed mulberry leaves. For some 5,000 years,
Kraig Biocraft launches Yarn blend of spider silk and Pima cotton
Biotech company Kraig Biocraft has unveiled its debut premium yarn, combining its recombinant spider silk with Pima Cotton, aiming to capture added value in the textile and garment markets. The
AMSilk, world's first industrial supplier of environmentally friendly silk biopolymers
Germany-based AMSilk is the world's first industrial supplier of synthetic silk biopolymers, which was founded in 2008. The Company develops and produces high-performance materials based on spider
Spider-inspired silk start-up won $100,000 Ray of Hope prize
Spintex Engineering, a University of Oxford spinoff, has BEEN announced as the recipient of  Biomimicry Institute's Ray of Hope Prize® for 2021. Spintex has been awarded $100,000 for its
What is silk reeling?
Silk reeling is a process of unwinding silk filament from the cocoon and reeling the filaments together to produce a single thread. For this, the cocoons groups are first cooked in a warm water