Avery Dennison Promotes Three Senior Executives.Business Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 Avery Dennison Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) produces pressure-sensitive materials (such as self-adhesive labels), office products, and various paper products. R. Stanton Avery founded Avery in 1935. Avery Dennison Corporation was created in 1990 by merger of Avery and Dennison. Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVY)(PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. :AVY) today announced the promotions of three members of the Company's senior management team, effective December 7, 2000. Robert G. van Schoonenberg, 54, was appointed executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Diane B. Dixon, 49, was promoted to senior vice president, worldwide communications and advertising. J. Terry Schuler, 52, was named senior vice president, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . "These three key executives have made outstanding contributions to the success of this Company," said Philip M. Neal, chairman and chief executive officer of Avery Dennison. "The board of directors joins me in congratulating them on their well-deserved promotions." Robert van Schoonenberg was previously senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Avery Dennison. He joined the Company in 1981 as vice president and general counsel. During his 20 years at Avery Dennison, van Schoonenberg has played a leadership role in the completion of numerous mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other significant business transactions which contributed to the growth of the Company. He chairs the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and heads up a number of corporate functions including business development, law and corporate secretary, intellectual property, risk management, corporate compliance, and environmental, health and safety. Diane Dixon Diane Lynn Dixon (born September 23, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with was previously vice president, worldwide communications and advertising. She joined the Company in 1982 as director of corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . During her 19 years at Avery Dennison, Dixon has created and implemented strategic communications programs to support and advance the global growth of the Company. She is responsible for leading internal and external communications activities as well as corporate and brand identity programs and charitable contributions. Terry Schuler was previously vice president, human resources. He originally joined the Company in 1978 as manager, human resources, serving in increasingly responsible human resources positions over the next 17 years. In 1996, Schuler left the Company to co-found a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a specializing in organizational development and management training. He rejoined Avery Dennison in 1998 as vice president, human resources, with responsibility for all corporate human resources functions, including organization planning and global leadership development, labor relations, benefits compensation planning and practices, diversity and affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. programs and strategic staffing operations. Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company had 1999 sales of $3.8 billion. Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way. The best-known stamps:
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