Avery Dennison Corporation - AVY- Profile

Avery Dennison Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to manufacture pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials and consumer and converted products. The Pressure-sensitive Adhesives and Materials segment manufactures pressure-sensitive adhesives and base materials including Fasson-brand papers, films, foils, graphic and reflective films. The Office and Consumer Products Segment manufactures and sells a wide range of Avery brand products and label products. The Retail Information Services Segment offers wide variety of price marking and brand identification products for retailers, apparel manufacturers, distributors and industrial customers on a worldwide basis. The Other Specialty Converting Businesses produce specialty tapes and highly engineered labels and other converted products. The Group has operations in 120 manufacturing and distribution facilities located in 40 countries. Pressure-sensitive Adh & Mat acctd for 58% of 2006 revs; Off and Cons Prod, 19%; Ret Inf Servs, 11% and Oth spec con bus, 11%