Avery Dennison Corporation

Founded by Stan Avery in 1935 with just a few spare parts, one very bright idea and a $100 loan, Avery Dennison has since become a global leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions. Building on Stan’s spirit of innovation and practical genius, our vision remains the same: make every brand more inspiring and the world more intelligent.Through this page, you’ll learn how our curiosity drives us towards making the products you use more engaging, brands you love more compelling and inventories you count on more productive.Our functional pressure-sensitive adhesive label and packaging materials enhance shelf-appeal of food, beverages, health and beauty products while providing consumers with important information. We draw on the latest scientific advancements and years of manufacturing expertise to deliver coated and uncoated papers, films and foil roll materials that meet our customers' diverse needs and requirements.We are a world leader in graphics that identify, promote and inform. We use our extensive experience and creativity to help companies across the world bring brand visions to life in powerful and exciting ways. Here to transform ideas into tangible and inspiring messages, we believe in the power of imagination to enrich our world. Our high-performance, pressure-sensitive materials are designed for use on vehicle and building graphics, and are regularly converted for digital, cut and screen applications, such as banners and commercial signs. And we are constantly innovating to make graphics more exciting, noticeable and easy to install. Decades of know-how and the latest technologies – like Easy Apply Technology and our Supreme Wrapping Films – allow us to help you transform ideas into impactful messages.We've been providing traffic safety solutions since 1924 when the innovative J.C. Stimson, who founded the company eventually acquired by Avery Dennison, began applying prismatic glass materials for use in road signs. This idea evolved into reflective materials for car bumpers and reflectors in the Model A Ford in the 1930s leading ultimately to microprismatic retroreflective films in the 1980s.We are a leading global developer and manufacturer of high-performance, standardized and customized pressure-sensitive tapes used in electronics packaging, construction and personal care products. Our Performance Tapes business draws on years of materials science engineering and manufacturing expertise to deliver specialized tapes tailored to specific industry demands and end-user applications.