News & Events
2010 - Certified Space Technology Saves Manatees
An invention that originally protected astronauts, spacecraft, and heat-sensitive equipment from the extreme temperatures in space is now being used to save an endangered sea mammal from excess cold.
AFMInc is donating Heatsheets® Silver Lining™ Blankets to the Save the Manatee Club in Maitland, Fla., to help in manatee rescues and to use when private and government agencies join together to assess the animals' health and tag them so they can be tracked and monitored... more >>>
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January 25 - AFMInc Launches Rapid Unwind Racks™ for Heatsheets®-on-a-Roll
30-year commitment to running industry results in complete solutions for event organizers, not just colorful post-race wraps.
January 25, 2010, Petaluma, CA: AFMInc Founder and CEO David Deigan will formally introduce his company’s new Rapid Unwind Racks™ at the upcoming Running USA Conference at more >>>
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Dec. 2009, AFMInc Donates Heatsheets® Blankets to Aid the Homeless
December 27, 2009, Petaluma, CA: AFMInc has pledged to make more folks warmer this winter season by donating 500 blankets to a homeless advocacy group. In support of this group, Heatsheets blankets will be used at their SleepOut on February 6, 2010.
This December’s donation will directly aid the more >>>
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July, 2009 - AFMInc appoints Howard Flax as its new President
July 16, 2009, Petaluma, CA: David Deigan, CEO and Founder of AFMInc, has announced the addition of Howard Flax to the company’s executive management team as the new President. Flax has a background in multi-channel retail having most recently served as CEO of Flax art & design since 2004.
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June, 2009 - Stephanie Deigan Steps Down as President and COO of AFMInc
June 23, 2009, Petaluma, CA: Stephanie Deigan has announced that she will step down as President and Chief Operating Officer of AFMInc, and General Manager of its Heatsheets® Event Products Division effective June 30, 2009, ending a partnership of 13 years with her father, David Deigan.
“Throug more >>>
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April, 2009 - New Rapid Unwind System Speeds Heatsheets® Finish Line Blanket Distribution
Pilot effort deemed a success on all fronts.
April 28, 2009, Petaluma, CA: AFMInc Founder and CEO David Deigan today critiqued the new “Rapid Unwind” Heatsheet distribution system his company tested at last week’s Boston Marathon. In addition to the written remarks, which follow, video clips of t more >>>
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Feb. 2009 - AFM Donates Heatsheets® to Special Olympics World Winter Games
Cross country skiers stay warm using Certified Space Technology.
February 25, 2009, Petaluma, CA: Stephanie Deigan, President and COO of AFMInc, announced today that the company recently donated 350 Heatsheets TF-2™ Warming Blankets to the cross-country skiing participants in the Special Olympic more >>>
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Jan. 2009 - AFMInc Publishes Recycling Guidelines For Mass Participant Sporting Events
January 29, 2009, Petaluma, CA: Stephanie Deigan, President and COO of AFMInc announced today the online publication of an updated set of guidelines for recycling at mass participant sporting events. The 14-page reference and resource guide is available for download, at no charge, from the company’s more >>>
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Jan. 2009 - Inaugural Parade Participants Will Be Wrapped In Certified Space Technology Typically Used By Marathon Runners
January 16, 2009, Petaluma, CA: With the weather forecast for Inauguration Day calling for temperatures in the low 30s, the kids in the Punahou School Marching Band and Junior ROTC Marching Unit will be pleased to know that the organizers from the Presidential Inaugural Committee have them covered. more >>>
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Oct. 2008 - AFMInc Announces Preliminary Findings Of Pilot Heatsheets® Recycling Program
Tests at six fall marathons reinforce the need for well-planned, comprehensive waste recovery efforts at all running events.
October 31, 2008, Petaluma, CA: AFMInc founder and CEO David Deigan announced today the preliminary results of his company’s recently concluded pilot project for recycling more >>>
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Sept. 2008 - AFMInc Launches Pilot Heatsheets® Recycling Program
Tests at six fall marathons will contribute to the development of a recycling protocol for low density polyethylene at road races across the U.S.
September 10, 2008, Petaluma, CA: AFMInc President and COO, Stephanie Deigan, announced today a recycling pilot project she described as “well underway more >>>
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Feb. 2007 ~ AFM Inc becomes Lifetime Certified Space Technology Partner
The Space Foundation welcomes AFMInc as a "lifetime" Certified Space Technology Partner. AFMInc is America's leading supplier of thermal-reflective (IR-reflective) products, specializing in custom printing.
AFM HEATSHEETS are made of vacuum-metalized, heat-reflective material that provides compa more >>>
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May 2006 - AFM assists Pakistan Earthquake Response with Heatsheets
Heatsheets Project through Mercy Corps a Success
A massive earthquake centered near Balakot, Pakistan in October 2005 destroyed millions of homes, caused nearly eighty thousand fatalities, and left the population of the Northwest Frontier and AJK provinces in a potential humanitarian crisis. The more >>>
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2006 - Reflecting on Space Benefits: A Shining Example, from Spinoff
...during the 1979 New York City Marathon, Deigan crested a hill in Central Park and crossed the finish line. What stood out to him was not that he had made it 26.2 miles; rather, he was marveling at the silver caterpillar of people wiggling away from the finish line. As he recalls “I crossed the finish line and followed the runners in front of me as we were wrapped in metallized polyester sheets and guided onto and over a hilly path to the reunion area.” He recalls that it looked like a dragon from a Chinese New Year’s celebration. He had the idea at that point that the New York Road Runners Club, Inc., the group that organizes the New York City Marathon, could transform the expense of the silver blankets into racing revenue through branding.
And thus began AFM Inc... more >>>
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