Companies
Spiber
the Japanese firm whose Brewed Protein fibers — brewed by microbes from plant sugars at its roughly 500-tonne-per-year Rayong plant in Thailand — supply Asian apparel leaders such as Goldwin and The North Face, anchoring the region's commercial scale.
- Country
- Japan
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
Coverage
| CN | EU | US | |
|---|---|---|---|
| fibers-textiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| specialty-fine-chem | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Verifiable facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 177 million JPY (for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31) (2025-12-31) | tsr-net.co.jp |
| Headcount | ~300 employees (2026-08-04) | startup-db.com |
| Production site | Tsuruoka, Japan and Rayong Province, Thailand (2026-03-11) | cen.acs.org |
| Capacity | Several hundred metric tons per year at the Thailand plant (2026-03-11) | cen.acs.org |
| Certification | ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 for Japan and Thailand facilities (2025-01-01) | spiber.inc |
| Certification | Bonsucro-certified cane sugar sourcing (2024-01-01) | spiber.inc |
| Funding | Over 10 billion JPY (2024-04-12) | businesswire.com |
| Funding | More than $640 million USD cumulative funding (2026-03-11) | cen.acs.org |
| Regulatory approval | Complies with the Cartagena Protocol for biological safety (2026-08-31) | spiber.inc |
Independent sources: businesswire.com · cen.acs.org · startup-db.com · tsr-net.co.jp
Technologies
| Name | Cluster | Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-camouflage & bio-armor materials | fibers-textiles | Medium | → |
| Recombinant spider silk & engineered protein fibers | fibers-textiles | Medium | → |
| Silk fibroin (recombinant, biomaterials) | specialty-fine-chem | Low | → |
Compiled by BIOECON from primary sources.
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