HONG KONG, July 27 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- To further maximize its
strong business performance and recent growth, Avery Dennison Roll
Materials Asia Pacific has named Mr. Georges Gravanis as its new
Vice President and General Manager. Formerly Vice President of
Sales and Customer Service for Roll Materials Europe, Mr. Gravanis
led the European team from 2006, implementing innovative strategies
to improve customer intimacy and increase growth and profitability
through differentiated value propositions.
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Mr. Gravanis succeeds Mr. John Quinn, who will return to the United
States in August to take on a new leadership role in Avery
Dennison's expanded business development organization.
In his new role, Mr. Gravanis will assume overall management
responsibility for Avery Dennison Roll Materials Asia Pacific
(RMAP) operations in China, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia,
Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Australia, New Zealand and
South Africa. He will also lead the Philip M. Neal Research Center
in Kunshan, China.
"Home to five of the world's ten fastest growing economies, with
huge potential for further expansion, Asia will be the growth
engine of the 21st century," said Mr. Gravanis. "It is a privilege
to be here and I am very excited to be joining Avery Dennison's
diverse and dynamic regional team. Our goal is to continue to lead
our industry by providing innovative solutions to our customers'
and end users' unmet needs and, thus, to accelerate growth in our
markets."
Gravanis Joins Avery Dennison Roll Materials Asia Pacific
Before joining Avery Dennison Roll Materials Europe in France in
2003, Mr. Gravanis was Director of the US$300 million global
polyurethane specialties at Bayer AG. Prior to that, he was
Commercial Director at Lyondell Chemical Company in numerous
locations throughout the United States and Europe.
About Avery Dennison:
Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) helps make brands more inspiring and the
world more intelligent. For 75 years the company has been a global
leader in pressure-sensitive technology and materials, retail
branding and information solutions, and organization and
identification products for offices and consumers. A FORTUNE 500
company with sales of US$6 billion in 2009, Avery Dennison is based
in Pasadena, California and has employees in over 60 countries. A
division of Avery Dennison, Roll Materials manufactures and markets
products under the well-known Fasson(R) brand name, including
pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive coated papers, films and foils.
Roll Material products are widely used in brand identity, barcode
labeling systems, product identification and other applications by
label converters and consumer product companies. For more
information, visit http://www.averydennison.com or
http://www.fasson.com .
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