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American Fluoroseal Corporation (Afc) was
incorporated in 1986. Afc is a closely-help Maryland corporation with
administrative offices and manufacturing co-located in leased
facilitates at 431 East Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877.
Afc’s primary products are FEP1 bags for cell culture and
cryopreservation. The product line comprises three trademarks:
VueLife™ Cryopreservation Bags, KryoSure™ Cryopreservation Bags and
Cryopreservation Pouches, and KryoVue™ Overwarps. Additional
products include tubing sets and accessories such as bar sealers,
incubator cassettes, and centrifuge cassettes.
Afc pioneered the design of FEP bags and remains the standard for
inert containers. Afc bags are used for cell culture; organ and
cellular cryopreservation; tissue banking; biotechnology; clinical
trials; aerospace; biological and chemical processing; and shipping
and storage. Afc offers both standard and custom shapes and sizes of
bags and tubing for different types of research. Afc FEP bags are
offered in sterile, non-sterile, adherent, and non-adherent
versions. Afc’s clients include medical,
clinical, and biological researchers who use Afc bags for human cell
culture prior to autologous transplant, for stem cell research, and
for vaccine development. Afc bags are used in tissue banking for
tissue collection and cryogenic preservation. Pathology clients use
DNA-free Afc bags for forensic research. Afc overwraps are used for
holding and protecting cord blood and tissues while in liquid
nitrogen. Afc’s primary markets are research
institutions, biotechnology companies, and aerospace (particularly
NASA and NASA support contractors). The market is expanding because
of growth in the market base and Afc’s development of new products
within existing product lines. For example, Afc is well positioned
to capitalize on the growing cancer vaccine market.
Afc currently employees 11 persons. Herb Cullis has been president
of Afc since 1997, and under his leadership the company has grown
and has operated in the black for the past several years. Afc
products are sold through internet exposure and familiarity with the
company. Both Afc as a company and Herb Cullis as an individual are
highly respected in the research community and in the marketplace.
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