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R. Stanton Avery (January 13, 1907 – December 12, 1997) was an American inventor, [1] most known for creating self-adhesive labels (modern stickers).Using a $100 loan from his then-fiancé Dorothy Durfee, and combining used machine parts with a saber saw, he created and patented the world's first self-adhesive (also called pressure sensitive) die-cut labeling machine.
An important development in prizes is credited to American inventor R. Stanton (Stan) Avery. In 1935, Avery invented a machine to create self-adhesive labels. He started a company called Kum Klean Products to produce them. Self-adhesive labels with pre-printed designs on the front became commonly known as stickers.
Stanton Avery was born in 1808. In 1846, he graduated from Harvard Divinity School, and soon after turned his attention to mathematics and physical sciences.He taught math in schools in the South, until he was drafted into the United States Coast Survey, during which he became the Chief of the Tidal Division.
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In 1946, the company was incorporated as Avery Adhesive Label Corp., and the name was subsequently changed to Avery Adhesive Products, Inc. in 1958, and to Avery Products Corporation in 1964. [4] The name was changed again to Avery International Corporation in 1976, and it became Avery Dennison after the company merged with the Dennison ...
Veteran talent agent Joey Stanton is exiting ICM Partners to become a manager and producer, sources told Variety. Known as a shepherd to top young Hollywood talent, insiders familiar with his ...
Paul O. Wennberg is the R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). [1] Until 2023, he was the director of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science. [ 2 ]
R. Stanton Avery is credited with creating the first self-adhesive sticker in 1935, with commercial sale in 1940 under the name "Kum Kleen Price Stickers", under the former "Avery Adhesives" company in Downtown Los Angeles, where its original use was for labeling on various goods and products.