Polartec

Here are today's top headlines: Danish innovation: Architect Bjarke Ingels has designed an enormous, whimsical, completely unique synthetic ski slope atop a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen. [Outside Online] New record: With the help of groups like the North Carolina Outdoor ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] National Cleanup Day is tomorrow. If you're participating, make sure to tag your photos with #trashtag, a movement created by Steven Reinhold of Appalachian ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] Recall: Trek recalled more than 13,000 toddler "Kickster" bikes built in the last seven years. A faulty steer tube clamp causes the handlebars to fall off. Trek ...read more

On the heels of Milliken & Company's acquisition of Polartec, Steve Layton was named president of the brand. To start off, Layton will lead the integration of Polartec's outdoor and military apparel fabric technologies into Milliken, a 154-year-old leader in textile ...read more

Global industrial manufacturer Milliken & Company has just announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Polartec, LLC from Versa Capital Management. Versa acquired the assets of the former Malden Mills in 2007 through the then 101-year-old textile manufacturer’s third ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. This Saturday, visit your favorite National Park for free. The entrance-fee waiver is in celebration of National Parks Week. Grassroots Outdoor Alliance ...read more

adidas’s new Polartec PowerAir Fleece Jacket’s sustainability story scores major points. Five years in the making, Polartec developed a new textile process that encases the insulating lofted fibers during the knitting stage of production. The continuous yarn sheds and pills five ...read more

Wash your down, protect the rainforest Allied Feather & Down is launching an outdoor industry first: a palm oil-free home detergent that’s formulated just for down. (Palm oil is in environmentalists’ crosshairs because its cultivation causes deforestation in the tropics.) ALLIED ...read more

Keep up on the news, even among the trade show madness. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. During the Industry Breakfast, Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), Snowsports Industries America (SIA) and the National Ski Areas ...read more

“Just a little snow.” That’s the phrase that kept playing in my head as we wound our way through Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park in Catalonia, Spain. Everything—the granite peaks towering above us; the shores of an alpine lake; my boots—was ...read more

For more than 20 years, Polartec has celebrated the designers who turn Polartec fabric into some of the finest technical products. This year, 14 outdoor, bike, lifestyle, and fashion brands took home the textile company's coveted Malden statues. See this years' winners for ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. If you've ever wanted to look the part of someone in Star Wars, well, Columbia Sportswear is making those dreams come true. This Friday, Columbia is releasing ...read more

With people continuing to buy pallets of bottled water, the cycle of single-use products seems continuous. But Polartec has found a way to repurpose the waste. On Wednesday, the brand shared what they’ve been working on: 100-percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) Power Fill ...read more

Staying warm and dry when you’re out in the elements is a basic necessity. The science of how we do that is somewhat complex. Between PTFE, ePTFE, DWRs, and MVTR, it’s a jargon-filled world out there, whether you’re trying to sell outerwear or just decide what to buy. Did you ...read more

There was change in the air at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. We all felt it. After months of speculation, debate, and wait, we finally know where we'll be for the next five years (Denver). Despite some of the big players being absent (Patagonia, Arc'teryx, and Polartec), the ...read more

The history of what is now outdoor clothing fabric manufacturer Polartec is essentially a tale of two companies. Long known as Malden Mills, the Massachusetts company revolutionized the outdoor industry by inventing synthetic fleece, but it also stumbled financially and ...read more

Twenty years after a fire destroyed Polartec's factory and its CEO spent millions to keep paying employees during reconstruction, the company has announced it will close its Lawrence, Mass., facility and move operations elsewhere. Over the next few years, Polartec plans to ...read more