The North Face Coat Was Made From Brewed Protein Microbial Fermentation Material For The First Time.

Japan's biotech start-ups, Spiber and The North Face Japan (Goldwin), will jointly develop the coat which is known as the world's first protein material produced by microbial fermentation technology and will be released later today (2019).

Spiber and The North Face have been developing "Moon Parka" since 2015. The material comes from artificial spider silk. After several years of hard work, a new and epoch-making work was finally created. 50 (2019) will be sold in Japan in December 12th.

With the launch of the Moon Parka plateau in 2016, the collaborative project of The North Face and Spiber continued to launch second cooperation projects The North Face Sp.

The latest Parka outer layer is made by 100% co developed microbial fermentation material "Brewed Protein". It is said that it is the first coat in the world that does not rely on petrochemical resources for microbial fermentation and can be commercially produced.

The microbial fermentation material "Brewed Protein" is the protein, fiber and other types of materials produced by Spiber's proprietary fermentation process. The company said that using plant derived sugar as the main raw material, "Brewed Protein" material is very suitable for solving the growing market pressure of no animal ingredients and no micro plastic substitute in the garment industry.

It has breathable and waterproof lamination to form a soft shell middle layer. The inner liner uses 900 down coefficient of expansion coefficient to ensure insulation.

"Through our joint research and development program, we are working hard to re evaluate and reflect on our way of relationship between nature and human beings," the company said.

Through balancing the functions and environmental considerations and examining the role of products and economy, Goldwin and Spiber hope to arrive at a solution to create sportswear products that can support a lifestyle that integrates with nature. We believe that we can make a considerable contribution to the sustainable world. It is this belief that drives us to move forward towards this goal.

Moon Parka is priced at 150 thousand days' foreign tax (equivalent to US $1413). Interested buyers are welcome to buy it on the official website of SPIBER, but only in Japan.