Photo Release: Japan’s Spiber Selects WHA Industrial Estate for its First Plant in Thailand

Tuesday 30 July 2019 15:24

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the USD 44.1 million eco-friendly plant in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong) developed by WHA Industrial Development Plc. for Japanese biotech startup Spiber. The new facility, Spiber's first overseas plant, will be used for mass-producing synthetic structural proteins. These proteins will be processed for use in a variety of products such as clothes, medical equipment and auto parts.

Shown in photo: Mr. David Nardone (center right), Group Executive Industrial and International, and Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (4th left), Chief Operating Officer, Industrial and International, WHA Industrial Development PLC, attended the groundbreaking ceremony and congratulated Mr. Kazuhide SEKIYAMA (center left), Representative Executive Officer, Spiber Inc., and his team.

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