Japanese bio-company Spiber Inc. announces strategic partnerships with Marzotto, Filatura Papi Fabio and RD Gruppo Florence

Products from these long-term partnerships will be available for purchase from AW2024

TSURUOKA, Japan, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Spiber Inc., a pioneering Japanese biotechnology company known for its revolutionary Brewed Protein™ fiber produced using cutting-edge fermentation technology, is proud to announce a series of important supply chain partnerships and innovative projects with renowned and leading Italian mills Marzotto, RD Gruppo Florence and Filatura Papi Fabio.

These collaborations mark a major milestone in the advancement of sustainable luxury materials and showcase the potential of Brewed Protein™ fibers in various high-end applications.

Marzotto and Spiber

Marzotto Wool Manufacturing Srl, founded in 1836 and renowned for its high-quality worsted wool, has collaborated with Spiber to unveil for the first time, after approximately two years of joint development, a fabric blending 30% Spiber’s Brewed Protein™ fibres with 70% wool. The fabric, suitable for suiting, is now available and the two companies look forward to extending their collaboration in the future.

Product range
2/2 twill fabric (Batavia)
30% Brewed Protein™ fiber
70% wool

“We are proud of this ambitious partnership that confirms Marzotto’s attitude and commitment to sustainability: real, tangible and certified sustainability. We have always relied on natural and precious materials such as wool, but we found it interesting to adopt this project by Spiber Inc. which, starting from an element as simple and preserved in nature as sugar, has allowed us to create a fabric that maintains its absolute biodegradability while maintaining the functionality required by the textile market, for a new beauty that respects nature to touch and wear. A further step forward that combines tradition and textile art with technological research, to tell the story of an ancient art in a modern but above all sustainable way.” – Giorgio TodescoCEO of Marzotto Wool Manufacturing Srl

Papi Fabio x Spiber Spinning

Filatura Papi Fabio SpA, founded in 1890, is a renowned Italian spinning mill with over 130 years of experience in the production of high quality wool and worsted yarns. After a collaborative development, Dad Fabio and Spiber have unveiled their first yarn products, featuring blends of Spiber’s Brewed Protein™ fibers and RWS ultrafine wool. The yarns, suitable for knitting and weaving applications, are now available for purchase, and both companies plan to expand their Brewed Protein™ blended yarn collection in the near future.

Product range
Wool yarn mixed with wool
30% Brewed Protein™ fiber
70% wool (RWS certified, ultrafine 17.5 µm)
Nm: 2/27 N/m

Combed yarn mixed with wool
30% Brewed Protein™ fiber
70% wool (RWS certified, ultrafine 17.5 µm)
Nm: 2/60 N/m

“We are really pleased about this cooperation between Spiber and our company. We have to commit ourselves in a totally sustainable direction and offer global luxury brands new yarns. Technically, we have done a lot of research in terms of dyeing and spinning this new fiber and the resulting yarns make it possible to make very elegant and soft knitted garments and fabrics.” – Dad FabioCEO of Filatura Papi Fabio SpA

RD Florence x Spiber Group

RD Gruppo Florence and Spiber have begun to collaborate on synergistic technical research with the aim of realising sustainable luxury fashion, unveiling at Pitti Filati the first women’s and men’s prototypes made by some of the Group’s companies: Mely’s Maglieria, Antica Valserchio and Ideal Blue.

The prototype of the women’s collection is knitted by Mely’s Maglieria with Brewed Protein™ yarns, developed in synergy with VIMAR1991. Brewed Protein™ fibers, wool, polyamide and fancy yarns mixed with cashmere have been custom-developed to enhance the aesthetic characteristics of the material, opening up new possibilities in the customization of garments and their components.

The prototype of the men’s collection is woven by Antica Valserchio, with Brewed Protein™ yarns. The prototypes are manufactured by Ideal Blue. The jacquard fabric is produced with the “Graphic Mapping” technique, taking into account the actual locations of the graphics on the patterns in order to minimize waste and evolve the production process, elevating the technical content from a product perspective.

The fabrics and yarns used in these prototypes are now available for custom development. The two companies plan further collaborations and the launch of technical solutions in the near future.

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Spiber Inc.
Established in September 2007Spiber is a biotechnology company based in Yamagata, Japan dedicated to creating innovative solutions such as “Brewed Protein™”, a new hardware platform using microbial fermentation technology inspired by the diversity and circularity of nature.

Brewed Protein™ Fibers
Brewed Protein™ fiber, the only commercially available offering in the emerging protein fiber category, is a unique product from Spiber’s revolutionary materials platform. Produced through a precision fermentation process using plant-based ingredients, these innovative fibers deliver luxurious textiles with a distinct texture, while offering the potential to significantly reduce the environmental and ethical concerns associated with traditional animal-based fibers like cashmere and silk.

Marzotto Wool Manufacturing Srl
Born from a tireless passion for excellence, Marzotto’s textile art expresses a continuous dialogue between tradition and innovation to create fabrics capable of adapting their functionality and beauty to new lifestyles. Craftsmanship, entrepreneurial sensitivity, creativity, avant-garde and an eye always turned towards the preservation of the environment, people, the Planet: thanks to these values, in almost 190 years of history, Marzotto has become a true reference in the production of precious wool fabrics all over the world.

Florence Group SpA
Gruppo Florence is a constantly evolving industrial project that promotes the excellence of Italian manufacturing in the luxury sector on a global scale and product innovation through its central R&D unit: an experimental room opening new paths in the supply chain thanks to a community of innovators who work daily to provide partners and stakeholders with tangible and innovative results.

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