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Spiber Inc

PRESS RELEASE / Financials

16 April 2024

2 minutes

Spiber’s proprietary Brewed Protein material is a new category of material1 developed and refined through more than 15 years of research. By harnessing the diverse, cyclical nature of proteins, one of the key building blocks of Earth’s ecosystem, the company aims to realize a circular economy that can exist in harmony with nature.

Spiber Inc Raises over JPY 10 Billion in Funding to Strengthen Mass Production and Sales Initiatives

Yamagata, Japan: Spiber Inc. (Director and Representative Executive Officer: Kazuhide Sekiyama; hereinafter “Spiber”), a biomanufacturing startup, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a round of fundraising totaling over JPY 10 billion. This funding, which includes additional investments from existing shareholders, will allow the...

Biomaterials / Spiber Project

19 January 2024

2 minutes

Spiber has completed lab scale ”proof of concept” experiments in which nutrients (sugars) were successfully extracted from post-consumer waste textiles and were used as raw materials for fermentation to produce Brewed Protein fibres.

Spiber's Move to Create Resource Base for Designing Circular Products Gets Fillip With More Fashion Companies Joining Project

Japanese biotechnology startup Spiber’s Brewed Protein materials has found four more collaborators to help catalyse the industry's transition from a linear “take-make-use-dispose” model to a circular “take-make-use-reuse” model.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

28 June 2023

2 minutes

Ferney Spinning Mills Launches "Otenya", a New Yarn Collection Made from Spiber's Brewed Protein Fibers

YAMAGATA, Japan: Ferney Spinning Mills, a global spinning mill based in Mauritius, together with sister knitwear company Floreal Knitwear Ltd., based in Mauritius and Madagascar, have launched "Otenya", a new yarn collection made from Spiber's Brewed Protein fibers. Ferney Spinning Mills and Floreal Knitwear Ltd. are both owned by CIEL Textile, and...

Going Circular / New Materials

27 June 2023

3 minutes

Left: First demonstration product developed by Spiber and Goldwin to help identify potential challenges to solve in determining a guideline for fully circular apparel products. Right: QR code leading to a demonstration webpage showing information on materials and chemicals used to make the demonstration product.

Pangaia, Goldwin Tie Up with Spiber for Transforming End-Use Textiles and Agricultural Byproducts into New Materials

Japanese biotechnology startup Spiber has come up with a groundbreaking initiative to propel society towards the creation of fully circular textile products that can be regenerated into an innovative protein material known as ‘Brewed Protein’ at the end of their lifecycle.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

8 June 2022

2 minutes

PANGAIA introduces the fourth capsule within PANGAIA Lab, a limited-edition sweatshirt made in partnership with biomaterials manufacturing group Spiber Inc., featuring breakthrough biotech Brewed Protein™ fibers and organic cotton.

Pangaia And Spiber Release World's First Biofabricated Hoodie

NEW YORK, U.S.: Pangaia introduces the fourth capsule within Pangaia Lab, a limited-edition sweatshirt made in partnership with biomaterials manufacturing group Spiber Inc., featuring breakthrough biotech Brewed Protein™ fibers and organic cotton. This capsule marks the first time a sweatshirt made from Brewed Protein fibers will be available...