Avery Dennison, a Fortune 500 company with 2006 sales of $5.6 billion, is a global leader in the production of pressure-sensitive labeling materials, office products and retail tag, ticketing and branding systems.

Over the past 70 years, the company has been distinguished by many notable firsts, including the invention of the first pressure-sensitive label in 1935, the first peel-and-stick postage stamp in 1974, the first print-your-own label in 1988 and, in 2005, the first orientation-insensitive item-level RFID inlay.