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Deon Stander

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Avery Dennison

Search every verified Deon Stander interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Deon Stander, president, chief executive officer, and director of Avery Dennison, spoke at the company’s 2026 high-value category investor showcase, held at its headquarters in Mentor. During the event, he described Avery Dennison as a global leader at the intersection of material science and digital identification, operating in over 50 countries with 35,000 employees. He stated that the company’s solutions address industry challenges such as optimizing supply chains, reducing waste, mitigating loss, advancing circularity, and connecting brands with consumers, and noted that the company generated $9 billion in revenue in 2025. Stander also discussed the growth drivers for the company’s high-value categories, attributing their momentum to three secular trends: digitization, sustainability, and personalization. He highlighted the launch of Custom Studio, a turnkey system for in-venue, fan-driven personalization, as part of the company’s fan identity go-to-market strategy. He noted that consumer research validated demand for personalized merchandise and that the company is expanding into areas such as music merchandise, entertainment, and venue popups.

Recent appearances

  • Avery Dennison Details Strategic Importance and Growth Initiatives in High-Value Categories

    Avery Dennison Details Strategic Importance and Growth Initiatives in High-Value Categories | Sep 23, 2026. Twitter - https://x.com/i101yt If you find our work useful, please support us by purchasing a Super Thanks— it truly helps us a lot. #earningscall #StockMarketNews #conferenceCall Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | quarterly results | Stock News | Full Year results | Fiscal Year results | investment news | stock latest news | Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Annual Meeting of Unitholders | Special and Annual Meeting of Shareholders | AGM | Annual…

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  • Avery Dennison CEO on tackling the world’s urgent business challenges through their innovations

    Deon Stander, President and CEO of Avery Dennison, discusses the company’s sustainability initiatives, strategic priorities for 2025 and how they’re tackling some of the world’s most urgent business challenges through their latest innovations on #NYSEFloorTalk with Judy Shaw.

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  • Avery Dennison opens RFID factory in Brazil

    Deon Stander, president and chief operating officer (COO) of Avery Dennison, was in Vinhedo for an exclusive interview with IoP Journal (click the video to watch). Stander began by stating Avery Dennison's core beliefs about the implications of digital technology for its business and its clients. “We believe in a future in which every physical item will have a unique digital identity and a digital life, enabling opportunities across the supply chain and between brands and consumers. As the world's largest UHF RFID player, our role is to make this vision a real possibility for all industries.”…

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  • Avery Dennison's Deon Stander on the future and benefits of enabling traceability

    Avery Dennison started off at the world's first self-adhesive label 80 years ago. While it has continued to provide analog labeling solutions, the company has also transformed into provide digital solutions. "We're thinking about solutions and ideas that will allow us to enable a digital future for all companies and supply chains as well," says Deon Stander, vice president and general manager of retail branding and information solutions at Avery Dennison. Stander continued to explain that in the future, every item will have a digital identity. "That has enormous implications for the way we'…

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  • Deon Stander and Kate Daly on the interplay of traceability, sustainability and circularity

    Is traceability the key to unlocking circular supply chains and a more sustainable future? There are no silver bullets in sustainability, but the ability to more effectively and intelligently track materials and products is emerging as a promising driver of circularity. From decreasing overproduction to prolonging the use of items to ensuring appropriate end of life strategies, connected goods with digital identities unlock bold possibilities across sectors. This session discusses the ways in which traceability and tracking can forge more circular supply chains, exploring real world applicati…

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