Bask Force V2 Jacket has become the Apex Award winner

Polartec Announces 2009 European Polartec® APEX Design Award Winners.

Polartec, LLC, the developer, manufacturer and marketer of Polartec® performance fabrics, takes an ceaseless efforts to expand the limits of what fabric can do. And each year we reward those who extend that spirit into innovative garments and accessories.

The Polartec® APEX Awards are presented to the designers and companies that make the most outstanding Polartec® based products. Prestigious award goes to the best-of-the-best Polartec® based garments that will be available to consumers. Winners are selected based on the style, function and fit of the garment as well as the most innovative and appropriate uses of Polartec® fabrics in the designs, as chosen by an international, independent panel of judges.

This year’s winners range from a women’s motorcycle jacket, to winter cycling gloves, to children’s long underwear. And the winners are:

* 66° North Akrafjall Jacket – Polartec® Thermal Pro® with wool, Polartec® Power Stretch®
* Bask Force V2 Jacket – Polartec® Windbloc®
* Berghaus Smoulder Hoody – Polartec® Power Dry®
* Eider Trilogy M – Polartec® Wind Pro® with Hardface®
* Hell Is For Heroes Posh Jacket – Polartec® Power Shield®
* Frauenschuh Jeremy PT – Polartec® Thermal Pro®
* Lowe Alpine Concordia Zipneck – Polartec® Thermal Pro®
* Mello’s Dolomiti Ice Lady Jacket & Pants – Polartec® Power Shield®
* Millet Hybrid Mezza Jacket & Pants – Polartec® Power Shield®
* Outdoor Designs Cycleflex Gloves – Polartec® Power Shield®
* Peak Performance Base Ladies Pants & Top – 62% recycled content Polartec® Power Dry®
* Racer Carlita Jacket - Polartec® Thermal Pro®
* Red Fox Cosmos Kids Suit – Polartec® Power Dry®
* Ternua Fern – Polartec® Thermal Pro® with Hardface®
* Trangoworld SARE - Polartec® Windbloc®
* Wild Roses P Scratch – Polartec® Thermal Pro®

In addition to a Tiffany crystal award and bragging rights for a year, winners can participate in a custom hangtag program promoting these products 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 Design Award drives sell-through.

09.06.2009