About Appalachian Gear Company
Appalachian Gear Company is an outdoor lifestyle Company that specializes in performance-based apparel and equipment made in the United States. Appalachian Gear Company combine 45 years of textile industry history with countless mileage records to launch innovative products across the country that provide performance and value while minimizing environmental impact. They came up with the idea of using alpaca fiber because they're putting their heads together to develop functional fabrics that have less impact on the environment than polyester and nylon. They also want a fabric that will improve the merino wool's advantages and production methods. They spent three years researching, buying machines based on intuition, and testing the whole process. They had to customize fiber specifications, yarn specifications, machine Settings and procedures, and even the many machine pieces they had to customize.