Featured Company: Neosilk Co., Ltd.

■Company Name	Neosilk Co., Ltd.
■Company Address	Hiroshima University Bisiness Incubation Office #8 Kagamiyama 3-10-31, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046 Japan Tel: +81-82-431-0652 Fax: +81-82-431-0654
■Homepage Address	http://www.neosilk.co.jp/english/index.html
■Email Contact	info@neosilk.co.jp
■President	Yoshinobu Yanagawa
■Principal Area of Business	Venture company with core technology consisting of the expression of recombinant proteins in the cocoons of transgenic silkworms. Produces recombinant proteins in a large scale and develops silk-based new materials for pharmaceutical and medical purposes.
■Principal Products/Business Activities	l        Recombinant protein production services-recombinant protein production services using transgenic silkworms (small and large-scale) l        Development of silk fiber carrying novel functions- Neosilk develops a new functionalized silk fiber by expressing recombinant proteins fused with fibroin. This new silk may offer a unique bio material for medical use since the materials have silk’s high tissue compatibility coupled with the characteristics of recombinant proteins.
■Business Goals	To revive the sericultural industry in Japan by taking advantage of modern recombinant DNA technology in conjunction with Japanese traditional sericultural technology.
■Year of Establishment	July 11, 2005