It’s hard to imagine a world before fleece and other technical fabrics. In large part, that’s thanks to Malden Mills—the textile company you know today as Polartec—which revolutionized the outdoor ...

Outdoor Retailer and Snow Show, the biggest outdoor and snowsports event of the year, is happening now at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. We’ve got a team on the ground, there to ...

Ariella Gintzler is a senior editor at Outside. Polartec is hoping to change that. Last month the textile manufacturer debuted Power Air, a single continuous fabric knit into a grid of air pockets, ...

US fabric maker Polartec has developed an enhanced version of its high loft fleece made of wool, featured in a new line by mountain sports brand Salewa. Drawing upon its expertise in engineering new ...

Warm and fuzzy fleece jackets are the ultimate layering pieces for transitional weather. We’ve officially entered the time of ...

Red Gerard shows off gear from the 'One World' collection from Burton, Mountain Dew and Polartec, featuring apparel made with recycled Polartec fabrics and recycled Mountain Dew plastic bottles. In ...

Its Polarfleece fabric, invented in 1979, was named one of the 20th Century’s Greatest Inventions by Time Magazine. But Polartec faces an uncertain future. The company, then known as Malden Mills, ...

The massive Polartec textile plant straddling nearly 15 acres in Methuen and Lawrence will be up for auction next month with a starting bid of $1.5 million, according to an online listing. The ...