Spiber President Kazuhide Sekiyama and CTO Junichi Sugahara were awarded the ?11th Yamagata Prefecture Science Technology Encouragement Prize.? It was evaluated for our practical development of synthetic spider silk fiber, a non-petroleum material that is expected to be applied to a wide variety of industries in the future. The award ceremony and research presentation will take place at 1 p.m. on the 10th of September in the Yamagata Prefectural Office.