History

1964

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces the first Swiftach tag attaching system that revolutionizes the retail and apparel industry by replacing string and pins to attach tags to garments.

1965

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces Secur-A-Tach^® and Secur-A-Tie^® fasteners to replace string and wire to attach tags to hard goods.

1972

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces Buttoneer^® to secure sections of weatherstripping in automobiles.

1973

Cable Ties & Accessories: Avery Dennison introduces Ladder style as the most flexible and cost effective cable ties for securing wire harnesses in the automotive industry.

1982

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces System 1000^®.It's the largest capacity hand tool tagging system available at that time.

1989

Plastic Staple^®: Avery Dennison introduces the Fine Fabric Plastic Staple Fastener and Ticket Tacker. It’s designed to replace metal staples and threaded bartacks used to attach waistband tickets and pocket flashers to pants.

1993

Plastic Staple^®: Avery Dennison introduces the ST9000^®attacher to increase productivity attaching waistband tickets and pocket flashers to jeans and slacks.

1993

Engineered Automotive Fasteners: Avery Dennison scales up custom automotive fastener business by developing the Locator Tie for a leading OEM.

1999

Engineered Automotive Fasteners: Avery Dennison introduces the Weld Stud Mount Tie. It's designed to secure wire harnesses to weld studs throughout automobiles.

2000

Elastic Staple^®: Avery Dennison introduces Elastic Staple Variable Needle System (VNS) for toy fashion doll packaging.

2002

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces MicroTach^®. The system is designed to secure items closely together, while allowing easy and damage-free removal.

2003

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces MicroPin^® to replace push pins in packaged shirts.

2005

Engineered Automotive Fasteners: Avery Dennison introduces Low Insertion Fir Tree (LIFT^TM) Ties to secure wire harnesses to mounting holes throughout an automobile.

2005

Plastic Staple^®: Avery Dennison introduces the Fine Fabric Plastic Staple ST9500^® System as a faster and more flexible way to attach waistband tickets and pocket flashers to jeans and slacks. Factories producing jeans and slack gain flexibility and efficiency in tag attaching.

2005

Swiftach^®: Avery Dennison introduces the Mattress Fastening System to replace glue and hot melt adhesive to join foam layers in mattress production.

2013

Elastic Staple^®: Avery Dennison introduces IndES^® Elastic Staple^® System. It offers superior performance and application flexibility for consumer goods packaging.

2016

Engineered Automotive Fasteners: Avery Dennison introduces PA66 High Heat resin to offer increased operating range for Nylon engineered fasteners (up to 150 degrees Celsius).

For historical information about Dennison Manufacturing visit these pages:

Worcester Business Journal April 7, 2013

framingham.com

Framingham Patch

Framingham History Center

Dennison Manufacturing Company Timeline 1844-1990