Founded in 1935, Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and lab materials. Based in Pasadena, California, the Company had 2001 sales of $3.8 billion. Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for the consumer and industrial markets, including Avery brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive material, reflective and graphic materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, industrial labeling solutions, automated retail tag labeling systems, specialty tapes and chemicals. The Company’s businesses are organized into two sectors: The pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials sector manufactures Fasson pressure-sensitive base materials in roll form which are sold to label converters and for a variety of industrial and commercial applications; the consumer and converted product sector manufactures a wide range of Avery brand products for home and office.
The Company employs more than 20,500 men and women in more than 200 manufacturing facilities and sales offices in 39 countries around the world. For 2002, sales were $4.2 billion and the Company continues to deliver a superior return on investment. The Company ranked number 430 on the 2001 Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. industrial and service companies. Approximately 75 percent of the Company annual revenues come from the sale of proprietary adhesive components, self-adhesive base materials, specialized labels and other self-adhesive products. The remaining 25 percent of sales is derived from complementary businesses.
Whenever you use something that’s self-adhesive, there's a good chance Avery Dennison made it. From mailing labels to computer software and highway safety signs to product identification labels, it’s hard to imagine a world without Avery Dennison products. When you go to the grocery store, you’ll certainly put products bearing Avery Dennison labels into your shopping basket. When you drive home, you’ll most likely be surrounded by Avery Dennison self-adhesive products that decorate your car inside and out and make your dashboard instruments readable. Your trip will be made safer by Avery Dennison reflective products in road signs.
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