Avery appoints new company director

Avery Dennison Corporation’s board of directors has elected Rolf Borjesson as a director of the company. Borjesson, 62, is chairman of Rexam PLC, one of the world's top five consumer packaging companies and the leading beverage can manufacturer. Headquartered in London, UK. Rexam reported revenue of GBP 3.2 billion ($6.1 billion) in 2003.
"We are pleased to have Rolf Borjesson join our board of directors," said Philip M. Neal, chairman and chief executive officer of Avery Dennison. "Rolf's superb strategic instincts and outstanding managerial skills have enabled Rexam to become one of the premier companies in the global consumer packaging industry. He is an exceptional leader with valuable international business expertise that will greatly benefit Avery Dennison as we continue to grow in markets around the world."
Borjesson joined Rexam in 1996 as chief executive officer and served in that role until May 2004 when he assumed the chairman position at the company. Under his leadership, Rexam completed a series of strategic actions, including the completion of more than 100 acquisitions and divestitures, which transformed the company from a diversified industrial conglomerate into a highly focused consumer packaging company. Rexam grew to become the world's largest producer of beverage cans during Borjesson's tenure, supplying its products to many leading global brand names.
Borjesson serves as a director on the board of SCA AB (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget), one of the world's largest pulp and paper manufacturers based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is also a board member of Copenhagen Airports A/S, a publicly traded company in Denmark with international operations in China, Mexico and the UK, as well as Scandinavia. In the past, he has been a board member of Svenska Handelsbanken, the Swedish international bank; Frigoscandia, a global leader in freezing technology for food applications; Midway, a Swedish investment company; and Invensys, a global automation, controls and process solutions company. Borjesson is a Swedish citizen and currently lives in London.