The facility will be built in Rayong, Thailand, with production and purification facilities 100 times larger than the company’s production facilities in Tsuruoka, Japan. Construction will start in mid-2019, and commercial production is planned for 2021. Processing of the raw material to spider silk fibers will remain in Japan. Spiber has raised 5 billion Yen for this project from 3d parties, e. g., Cool Japan Organization.
Spiber news release, November 28, 2018
Spiber to build production plant for spider silk proteins in Thailand