icebreaker used to be made in New Zealand right at the beginning, but because they have grown as a global brand the manufacturing in New Zealand is really small. After going on a quest to find the best manufacturing that has the cleanest technology, icebreaker discovered that China was the best option. icebreaker’s partners are really long term trusted partners. All the incredible technology icebreaker has unveiled, or if there are new uses of merino, has come directly from the decision to move the manufacturing location to China.