Avery Dennison Opens Adhesives Research Center

Avery Dennison was founded in 1935 by R. Stanton Avery, who produced the first pressure-sensitive labels for retailers as a removable alternative to traditional glue-applied labels. Inventors at the company have since been granted more than 900 domestic and international patents for label materials and constructions, many of which involve adhesives. Among the company’s inventions are water-resistant adhesives, repulpable adhesives that allow the recycling of paper that contains stickers, multi-layer adhesives that can be removed from surfaces without leaving any residue, adhesives that allow labels to be easily washed away from the surface they cover, and many more industry firsts.