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4/24/2019
Light Brigade, AFL’s training and education division, launched a remote classroom format of its popular Fiber Optics 1-2-3 (FO 123) course.
4/15/2019
AFL was among hundreds of companies that received safety performance recognition from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce at their annual awards luncheon in Columbia on March 28.
4/10/2019
Associates presented a £460 grant to Prospect Hospice for its annual Volunteers Choose program.
4/9/2019
The new patents were for technology and product developments in Optical Connectivity and Apparatus (OCA) and Fusion Splicing technologies.
4/8/2019
AFL has awarded $11,200 in grants to two nonprofit organizations through its Volunteers Choose program.
4/8/2019
AFL was the recipient of the 2019 Blue Cross Blue Shield LiveLifeBlue Award for the upstate of South Carolina.
4/1/2019
AFL awarded 11 local, South Carolina organizations $76,500 in community outreach grants.
4/1/2019
AFL Hyperscale, a manufacturer of end-to-end connectivity solutions for data center, telecom and enterprise networks, presented $2,500 in grants to two local organizations, Vision House and Northwest Harvest.
3/19/2019
AFL earned five South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) Plant Safety Awards for its manufacturing locations in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
3/18/2019
AFL helped raise awareness for TreesUpstate’s urban forestry program by sponsoring and volunteering for TreesGreenville ReLEAF Day.
3/11/2019
AFL, an industry-leading manufacturer of fiber optic cable, equipment, and accessories, is exhibiting at the 2019 Tech Advantage Conference and Expo in Orlando, FL.
3/6/2019
AFL was recognized as a honoree in the 2019 Lightwave Innovation Reviews program for its FOCIS Lightning MPO/MTP Connector Inspection System.
3/4/2019
AFL introduces the FOCIS Lightning Ultrafast MPO/MTP connector inspection system with twin 5M pixel CMOS sensors to image the entire MPO end face simultaneously and perform multi-fiber inspections 10 to 100 times faster than legacy systems.
2/28/2019
This series consists of an 80 µm cladding fiber design that exhibits extremely low macro-bend loss and high compatibility with standard 125 µm standard single-mode fibers.
2/26/2019
Featured products include our latest technologies including Ultra Heavy Duty MicroCore® with SpiderWeb Ribbon® (SWR®), Wrapping Tube Cable, the Fujikura 41S fusion splicer with Bluetooth® technology and board level optical connectivity.
2/25/2019
The Indoor/Outdoor Riser Sub-unitized MicroCore is a high fiber count cable, ideal for indoor and indoor/outdoor applications.
2/20/2019
A $15,000 grant was given to the Homes For Heroes program.
2/18/2019
A $10,000 grant was awarded to the Spartanburg Science Center supporting its Hub City Robotics program.
2/14/2019
The £3,000 grant will support the purchase of a new Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) system.
2/7/2019
St. Luke’s works to provide access to critical medications for low-income uninsured members of Spartanburg County.
2/5/2019
Eddie Collins, process engineer for AFL’s fiber optic cable division, has received his Professional Engineer (PE) license awarded by the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
2/4/2019
IMPulse NC LLC is a manufacturer of overhead contact systems and catenary hardware.
1/30/2019
AFL will be showcasing the LZM-120A+ LAZERMaster™ Splicing System, Fujikura CT-105 LDF Cleavers, Board Level Fiber Connectivity and Specialty Optical Fibers.
1/29/2019
The LQ-Series I/O Plenum Loose Tube Cable was developed to provide a lower cost inter-building cabling solution for campus-based networks.
1/28/2019
Seventeen associates received patents for developing new products and technologies within the cable and connectivity division, accessories, and test and inspection divisions.