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Polartec, LLC announces the winners of its annual Polartec APEX Award, a design award celebrating the finest Polartec-based products available to consumers this year, and the designers behind them. Judges selected winning designs based on skill and creativity with Polartec fabric technologies.
The winners are:
- Altra Lone Peak 3.0 NeoShell Mid
- Black Crows Corpus Jacket
- Eric Bompard Camionneur Polartec
- DragonWear Elements Flak Jacket
- Joseph Abboud Memory Coat
- Louis Garneau Cove Hybrid Jacket and Rocket Skirt
- Molosser Apparel Aegis All-Weather Dog Jacket
- Nike Aerolayer Vest
- Rapha Brevet Alpha Vest
- Reebok Polartec Alpha Lightweight Warmth Vest and Jacket
- Red Fox Sleeping Bag-Backpack Alpha
- Reigning Champ Ripstop Insulated Bomber
- Salewa Pedroc Alpha Jacket
“We put a lot of effort into developing the world’s most advanced fabrics,” says Gary Smith, Polartec CEO. “It is a real honor to celebrate the creativity and technical prowess applied by our partners in these 2016 APEX Award winners.”
The winning designers are being recognized with a Malden statue, an industry award unlike any other. Winning products will be displayed at the Polartec booth at OutDoor Friedrichshafen July 13–16 and Outdoor Retailer August 3–6.
