Dean A. Scarborough Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Avery Dennison Corporation.Business Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 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 that its board of directors has elected Dean A. Scarborough as president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , effective May 1, 2000. Scarborough, 44, is Avery Dennison's senior executive for its global pressure-sensitive materials business. Serving as group vice president, Fasson Roll Worldwide, Scarborough is based in Concord, Ohio, and leads operations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . He is responsible for strategic long-term planning and growth initiatives of the Company's worldwide roll materials businesses, coordinating major customer, supplier and technology platforms. "Dean's proven leadership skills and expertise in the pressure-sensitive materials industry will be extremely valuable in implementing our aggressive growth strategies," said Philip M. Neal, president and chief executive officer of Avery Dennison. "His outstanding management of our global Fasson Roll Division has contributed greatly to our excellent growth in sales and profitability, and has further strengthened our market leadership position in that business." Scarborough has implemented a number of successful, new initiatives in the worldwide materials businesses that have led to improved productivity and growth in sales and profitability. He launched the Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. productivity improvement program in the Fasson Roll organization, generating significant results which include increased manufacturing efficiencies and production capacity. Scarborough also accelerated the growth of Avery Dennison's materials businesses with programs to target specific customers and markets, enhancing customer service, and introducing electronic commerce capabilities to the pressure-sensitive industry. The Fasson Roll materials operation expanded its global reach under Dean's leadership, including substantial investment in Europe. Scarborough has served in a variety of management, marketing and business development roles during his career at Avery Dennison. He joined the Company in 1984 in Philadelphia as marketing manager at the label and tag converting business formerly known as Soabar, and in 1987 became plant manager of the Soabar operation in Charlotte, N.C. Scarborough joined the Fasson Roll Division in 1988, and was named General Manager of the Year in 1992. In 1995, he was promoted to vice president and general manager of Fasson Roll Europe and moved to the Netherlands to manage that operation. Scarborough returned to the U.S. in 1997 when he was appointed group vice president, Fasson Roll North America and Europe. He was promoted to his current position in 1999. Scarborough earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from Hiram College Hiram College is a liberal arts college located in Hiram, Ohio. Founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, the school was rechartered under the current name in 1867. in Hiram, Ohio Hiram is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 1,242 at the 2000 census. It is the location of Hiram College. , and received an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degree in 1979 from the University of Chicago. As previously planned, Charles D. Miller, chairman of Avery Dennison, will retire from that role on May 1. He will remain an active member of the board of directors. Also on May 1, Philip M. Neal, currently president and chief executive officer, will become chairman and chief executive officer of Avery Dennison when Scarborough assumes the position of president and chief operating officer. 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, battery labels, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems, and specialty tapes and chemicals. |
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