Spider silk fiber

The 28th , bio venture maker of new material " spider silk fiber" , prototype research facilities ( Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture ) Supaiba was running at Keio Institute for Advanced Biosciences, site of Tsuruoka . Was under construction in collaboration with the ( Aichi) Kojimapuresukogyo of Toyota production system parts . The mass production the research sample in the year 2015 , with the aim of commercialization with partners at home and abroad .
Following the construction of facilities , both companies Supaiba , Kojima Press established a joint venture in fiscal year 15 . To promote the commercialization of next-generation biomaterials .
Facility is 1000 square meters floor area in the one-story steel frame . Have the capacity to produce 100 kg month spider silk fiber , I raise up to 10 tons per year to 15 year . The total project cost is 900 million 50 million yen .
SEKIYAMA president of Supaiba said aspirations to be "I want to cause a new industry from the site of the world's only " . Kojima Kojima , president of the press said, " become important equipment to become the bridge of field engineers and chemistry ."
Spider silk fiber is derived from biological material , have low environmental impact , I have the strength of iron or more . In addition to clothing , the use of a wide range of fields including medical and automobile are expected as a resin material .
I want you go make up a system that can mass-produce high-quality " spider silk fiber" applications in various fields as they have their thinking . I feel that I want to promote joint research with a variety of fields at the same time I will .



新素材「クモ糸繊維」を手掛けるバイオベンチャー、スパイバー（山形県鶴岡市）の試作研究施設が２８日、鶴岡市の慶大先端生命科学研究所敷地内で稼働した。トヨタ自動車系部品製造の小島プレス工業（愛知県）と共同で建設を進めていた。２０１５年中に研究サンプルを量産し、国内外の提携企業とともに製品化を目指す。
　施設建設に続き、スパイバー、小島プレスの両社は１５年度内にジョイントベンチャーを設立。次世代バイオ素材の事業化を図る。
　施設は鉄骨平屋で床面積１０００平方メートル。クモ糸繊維を月１００キロ生産する能力があり、１５年中に年１０トンまで引き上げる。総事業費は９億５０００万円。
　スパイバーの関山社長は「世界唯一の拠点から新産業を興したい」と抱負を述べた。小島プレスの小島社長は「化学分野とエンジニア分野の架け橋となる重要設備になる」と話した。
　クモ糸繊維は生体物質に由来し、環境負荷が少なく、鉄以上の強度を持つ。衣料品のほか、樹脂材料として医療や自動車など幅広い分野への活用が期待されている。
　様々な分野での応用が考えられていますので良質な「クモ糸繊維」を量産できる体制を作り上げていってほしいですね。同時に様々な分野との共同研究を進めてほしい気がしますね。