Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, (KBLB) Inc. is a PCAOB audited biotechnology company on the OTCQB focused on the development and commercialization of new textiles and high performance fibers including spider silks. As a reporting company, our annual and quarterly reports to the SEC can be found on EDGAR and on this website. Our investments in genetic research are targeted for product development and innovative near-term solutions to meet the practical problems of our world.
July 12, 2016 – Kraig Labs receives a contract, valued at up to $1.0 million, if the option phase is awarded, for the development of high performance fibers for protective apparel applications. Under the fully funded base effort, valued at $99,962, the Company will deliver ballistic shoot packs constructed from its proprietary Dragon Silk™ material for performance testing.
The government contract and the accompanying production capacity increase caught the attention of international media and were covered by numerous leading media outlets.
December 19, 2016 – Kraig Labs completed the first batch of Dragon Silk™ cocoon production for its military contract. The fibers will soon be headed to a reeling facility to be prepared for delivery to Warwick Mills.
The Company will contract Warwick Mills to produce ballistic shoot packs, for delivery to the US Army, based on the Company’s Dragon Silk technology. The Company expected to make final delivery to the US Army in the second quarter of 2017.
March 27, 2017 – Kraig Labs was awarded an Investment Certificate for the production of high technology silk in Vietnam’s Quang Nam province, during the March 26, 2017 Quang Nam Investment Conference, which was attended by Vietnam’s Prime Minister and numerous high level central government officials, including the ministers of all relevant governmental departments, as well as high level officials from Quang Nam province, including the Chairman and key provincial officials. Representing Kraig Labs at the meeting were the Company’s CEO and Founder, Kim Thompson, and COO, Jon Rice.
May 1, 2018 – As the result of five years of working with the Vietnamese government, at the national and provincial levels, Kraig Labs was issued its long awaited Enterprise Registration Certificate (ERC), which is required to begin its operations in Vietnam.
“Our work to obtain these approvals has been driven by our goal of producing recombinant spider silk on a large scale, which can only be achieved by harnessing the opportunities presented by existing large scale silk production infrastructure,” stated Kim Thompson, CEO, in reference to the Company’s advanced silk production platform, which was designed specifically to fit within and utilize existing silk industry infrastructure.
April 17, 2019 – Polartec, the premium provider of innovative and sustainable textile solutions, and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories (Kraig) (OTC:KBLB), the biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of spider silk, announce plans to bring to market the first fabrics made from spider silk. Initially developed for specialized military applications, these first-of-their-kind materials made from recombinant spider silk will eventually service the global market for high performance textiles and apparel.
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