Avery Dennison Retail Information Services Names Philip Calderbank Director of Marketing - RFID & Security


WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Avery Dennison Retail Information Services (RIS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Calderbank as director of marketing - RFID & Security.

In his new role, Calderbank will be responsible for Avery Dennison RIS' worldwide strategy for RFID and security products.

Calderbank has spent the past 12 years in RFID-related businesses. He comes to Avery Dennison RIS from software integrator SEEBURGER, Inc., where he served as vice president, RFID. He earlier served as managing director & founding partner of Spectra Consulting, Ltd., where he was contracted to identify opportunities and develop an RFID consulting business throughout Europe for Deloitte. He has also held the position of director of global corporate marketing for Sensormatic Electronics Corp, Florida. Calderbank is past chair of the British Institute of Logistics RFID Forum, a body of more than 450 members associated with logistics and supply chain activities, and past chair of the British Standards Institute for Radio Frequency Identification WG4 ISO 18000 - 6.

Calderbank replaces Mischa Reis, who has been promoted to lead Avery Dennison's strategy team in Pasadena, Calif., as director, corporate strategy and business development.

Visit: www.ris.averydennison.com

Avery Dennison's Retail Information Services Division brings to industry a powerful, global offering of information management, brand identification and solution-enabling products. Brand identification products include fashion-inspired woven and printed fabric labels, heat transfers and embellishments for tag-free labeling, graphic tags, integrated bar code tags, leather and leather-like patches, sock bands, size stickers . . . and more. Among the company's Information management products are RFID and bar code price tickets, and carton and pallet labels; web-enabled order entry systems; and the InfoChain Express(TM) supply chain management solution, which tracks purchase orders and assists users in meeting the US Customs' 24-hour Manifest Mandate. Solution enabling products include RFID printers and print/apply systems, bar-code printers, heat-transfer bonders, molded plastic fastening and application devices, anti-counterfeiting and diversion tools. The organization operates product ID ticketing centers and service bureaus in 35 countries and maintains mature, highly reliable global distribution processes throughout Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa. Major markets include retail, apparel, softlines and hardgoods.

Contacts: Dan Bruck
Daniel.Bruck@averydennison.com
818-735-6043

Bob Giuliano
BobPubRel@aol.com
610-328-1051

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