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H. Russell Smith, 1914-2014: Played Key Role in Creation of Avery Dennison

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Russell Smith, the former chairman of Avery Dennison Corporation, who played an essential role in the development of the company into a Fortune 500 enterprise, died on Sept. 7 at the age of 100, the company announced today. For nearly 40 years, Smith was company founder R. Stanton Avery’s partner in entrepreneurship, translating Avery’s inventions – the first self-adhesive labels and label-making machinery – into a fully organized enterprise capable of keeping up with the rapid growth in dema...

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