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Polartec names most innovative users

03/06/2010
Polartec has announced the winners of its 2010 APEX Awards programme, in which the fabric manufacturer identifies “the most exciting and innovative uses” of its products.

The list of award winners for North America is as follows:

- Mountain Mama for its Fairview Wrap jacket (using Polartec’s Thermal Pro fabric)
- REI for its Lightweight MTS baselayer garments for men and women (using Power Dry)
- Patagonia for the women’s R3 Hi-Loft hoody (Thermal Pro and Power Stretch)
- Vaute Couture for the Vaute Coat (using Wind Pro fabric)
- Sealy for its Embody By Sealy collection (Body Climate fabric)
- the US Army, ADS Tactical and Peckham Vocational for the Flame Resistant Environmental Ensemble (using the Polartec Thermal FR product)
- Canada Goose for its Tremblant pullover (using Power Shield fabric)
- Arc’teryx for the Alpha SV glove liner (Polartec Wind Pro)
- Marmot for its Variant jacket (Power Stretch)
- The North Face for the Kishtwar Jacket (using Polartec Power Shield Pro)
- Under Armour for the 2010 US Olympic Freestyle Team Audio Hoody (Wind Pro)
- True North for its Dragonfur Job Shirt product (made using Polartec Thermal FR).

In a separate list for Europe, the company named the following user organisations as 2010 APEX Award winners

- Flower Gloves for the Ultimate firefighter suit – (which is made using Polartec Power Dry FR fabric)
- Montura for its SuperNova product (Power Shield Pro)
- Eider for its Power Pro jacket (Power Shield Pro)
- Ternua for Whales & Kids (Polartec Classic 300 recycled)
- Montura Scalda Muscalo (Polartec Power Shield)
- Trangoworld for its Axial women’s trousers (Polartec Power Shield)
- Vaude for its Baltoro Pant (again using Power Shield)
- Colmar MD 9312 for the women’s Full Zip Tecnofleece (made using Polartec Thermal Pro)
- Wild Roses for the L-Maloja PD shirt (Polartec Power Dry High Efficiency)
- Ternua for the Identity product (Power Stretch)
- Sweet Protection for its REDLINE jacket (Thermal Pro)
- Norrøna for its trollvegen warm2 fleece jacket (Thermal Pro).

On announcing the winners, Polartec said: “In addition to a Tiffany crystal award and bragging rights for a year, manufacturers can participate in a custom hangtag programme promoting the winning garments at the consumer level. Polartec also provides additional marketing support through product placement with media and events. Past winners can testify that the Polartec APEX Award drives sell-through.”

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