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Polartec has chosen the winners of its 2017 APEX Awards, an annual program recognizing products made from Polartec fabrics and the designers behind them. The winning products were selected based on skilled and creative uses of Polartec fabric technologies. The winners are:
- Adidas Terrex Agravic Alpha Hooded Shield Jacket, a women’s outdoor jacket made with Polartec Alpha insulation, designed by Tim Maud.
- Arc’teryx Nyara Wrap, a fleece wrap layer made from Polartec Thermal Pro fleece, designed by Edita Hadravska (available spring 2018).
- Blackyak Combat Shirt, a hybrid shirt made from Polartec Power Grid fleece, designed by David Randall.
- Burton Minturn Hooded Full-Zip Fleece, a mid-weight fleece layer made from Polartec Classic shearling fleece (available fall 2017).
- Citera Neocity-65 Jkt, a practical M65-style jacket made from Polartec NeoShell breathable waterproof fabric, designed by Naoki Ei.
- Fox Racing Attack Pro Jersey, an advanced mountain bike jersey made from Polartec Delta cooling fabric, designed by Jake Theno (available spring 2018).
- Mountain Hardwear Atherm Hooded Jacket, a breathable insulation piece made from a combination of Polartec Alpha Direct, Polartec Alpha and Polartec High Loft insulations.
- Norrøna lofoten Power Shield Pro Alpha Jacket, a jacket made from a combination of Polartec Power Shield Pro breathable weather protection and Polartec Alpha insulation, designed by the Norrøna R&D department.
- Oiselle Flyout Tank, Short Sleeve and Long Sleeve, women’s tops made from Polartec Delta cooling fabric, designed by Nelle Horsley.
- P1G-Tac FRS Delta, a hot-weather field training shirt made from Polartec Delta cooling fabric, designed by 281Z Development Group (Konstantyn Lesnik, Oleksandr Polevara, Valery Chernenko, Artem Livushevsky).
- Taylor Stitch Hawkins Jacket, a classic 60/40-style jacket made from new knit Polartec NeoShell breathable waterproof fabric, designed by Nick Kemp.