Avery Dennison honored in the Netherlands

During a recent visit to the corporation’s facility in Hazerswoude, the Netherlands, Avery Dennison chairman, president and CEO Dean Scarborough received the gift of the newly-bred tulip, which he named ‘Avery Dennison’, from the plant’s leadership team. An official registration certificate signed by the plant’s breeder confirms its name, under which it will now be available commercially.

‘This is a wonderful way to celebrate the corporation’s close relationship with The Netherlands,’ said Scarborough. ‘We opened our first factory in Leiden as long ago as in 1955, invested heavily in its expansion and made Leiden our International headquarters in 1962 and then, in 1968, added a second Dutch plant, here in Hazerswoude. Both Leiden and Hazerswoude remain the lynchpins of our European operations, and I am really proud that our company name will now be formally associated with a beautiful, bright red tulip as well as with self-adhesive materials.’

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