Press Release

For Immediate Release

Richard Fowler Joins Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. Sales Team

Lake In The Hills, IL – 3/19/2009– Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. (AFC) names Richard Fowler Midwest Sales Representative. Fowler will have sales responsibility for Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. He will report directly to Charles Crowley, VP of Sales. He will work out of AFC’s world headquarters in Lake In The Hills, IL.

Charles Crowley, VP of Sales for AFC commented, “Rich has been a valuable employee and a key member of our marketing team. He brings more than 10 years of industry experience, including serving as Industrial Market Manager, Inside Sales Representative, and Customer Service Representative and in various manufacturing roles. His years of experience and expertise in all aspects of PTFE and silicone coated and laminated fabrics; tapes and belting will be very beneficial to the distributor and OEM customer base in the Midwest territory”.

Rich is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to joining AFC he worked for Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics for six years.

You may contact Rich at 1-800-334-9372, 1-847-841-4014 or at rfowler@afconline.com.
Founded in 1988, AFC, a family owned and operated company, is a world leader in the manufacture of high-performance coated fabrics.  AFC sells its products through distributors and OEMs under the trade names DuraFab®, DuraFlow®, DuraSil®, DuraStick®, DuraLam® and DuraChef™.  The company designs and manufactures PTFE and silicone coated fabrics and belting, along with an extensive line of pressure sensitive tapes, for use in diverse applications.  Typical applications for its products are found in industries such as, aerospace, flexible packaging, screen printing, textile, polymer manufacturing, food processing, chemical, electronics and communications.

For further information, contact Michael Baker, Director of Marketing at (800) 334-9372.

Advanced Flexible Composites designs, manufactures and markets PTFE (Fluon®) and silicone-coated fabrics and belting, along with an extensive line of pressure sensitive tapes for use in diverse industrial applications worldwide, including DuraFab, Durastick, Durasil, Duralam, Durachef, PTFE, Silicone Coated Fabrics, Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tapes and more.