Avery Dennison Corporation

Avery Dennison Corporation specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pressure-sensitive materials and self-adhesive products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - adhesive materials and specialty products (71.9%): papers, plastic films, metal foils and fabrics coated with adhesives, reflective films, polymer adhesives, specialty tapes, highly engineered films, inlays, self-adhesive battery labels, postage stamps, etc.; - price marking and identification products (28.1%): printed labels, graphic tags, barcode tags, price tickets, carton labels, etc. intended for retailers, apparel manufacturers, and distributors. The group also provides copiers, ink-jet and laser printer labels and printer cards, binders, dividers, sheet protectors, markers, adhesives, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (28.4%), Asia (31.2%), Europe (29.7%), Latin America (6.7%) and other (4%).