Avery Dennison celebrates 20 years in India

Pankaj Bhardwaj, senior director and general manager for Label & Graphic Materials in South Asia, Avery Dennison, said: ‘We are thankful to our customers, supply partners and all the ecosystem stake holders for extending their support in making us the most preferred label and graphic materials manufacturers in the region. We have strong conviction in long term potential of the industry and hence have always invested ahead of time.

‘We remain committed to expanding the market, developing fit for market solutions and rendering excellence in servicing, in the years to come.’

Avery Dennison opened its first plant in Gurgaon in 1997 with a hot melt coating line, with the second site opened in 1998. The company has since then been consistent in spearheading and leading the way in transforming the Indian label industry.

To fuel rising market demand, Avery Dennison set-up its new manufacturing facility in Pune to increase the production of pressure-sensitive materials in 2008. It further increased hot melt coating capacity with another line in 2012 followed by the third in 2015. The company also opened its distribution center in Bengaluru in 2010 to better serve its customers in the region.

Avery Dennison has focused on adding value to industry professionals by imparting knowledge and nurturing their skills through its Knowledge Centre based in Bengaluru. The center, inaugurated in 2012, showcases equipment and processes across the entire label converting and application process that helps expand the skills and knowledge base in the pressure sensitive label Industry.

Avery Dennison further addresses the changing needs of the industry in India through developments at its new research facility in Pune, which was inaugurated in 2014. The Innovation Research Centre provides research and innovation development services for Indian converters and equipment manufacturers.

Bhardwaj said: ‘As an organization, Avery Dennison works with an outlook of being both inwardly and outwardly progressive. Inwardly, by giving its employees an environment which is more conducive to learning and career development, and outwardly, focusing on customer value addition as well as working towards skill development through various initiatives in the market.

‘We are committed to making the industry more progressive in the future. To make this vision a reality, we regularly partner with customers to make their processes more efficient, minimize their wastage and address other similar issues,’ concluded Bhardwaj.