NEURIED/ESSEN - German biotech company AMSilk has entered into an agreement with specialty chemicals company Evonik to produce industrial quantities of its bio-based spider silk materials.
AMSilk's silk proteins claim the same high-performance properties as real spider silk and can be used in applications including high-quality fashion, smart materials in automotives and medical devices.
Evonik is producing the silk at its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) precision fermentation site in Slovakia.
