RELEASE LINER INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: Adrian Hulme, Avery Dennison, wins the AWA Award

The annual AWA Release Liner Industry Leadership Award was presented this year during the recent 2019 Global Release Liner Industry Conference & Exhibition in Charlotte.

6 April 2023

The annual AWA Release Liner Industry Leadership Award was presented this year during the recent 2019 Global Release Liner Industry Conference & Exhibition in Charlotte, North Carolina – and it went to Adrian Hulme, R & D Principal, Label & Graphics Materials North America, Avery Dennison Corporation.

Adrian Hulme, Avery Dennison(left), receives the AWA Release Liner Industry Leadership Award from Corey Reardon, AWA Alexander Watson Associates.

Presenting this special award for an outstanding contribution to release liners, AWA Alexander Watson Associates’ CEO Corey M Reardon, said: ‘Adrian’s work over the decades – he joined Avery Dennison in 1982 — has spanned the development of release papers, films, and silicone coatings. He has been involved in many collaborative efforts, across the value chain, working with suppliers and customers alike – and it has benefitted the entire release liner industry. He is a worthy successor to the previous winners – Dean Scarborough of Avery Dennison, Calvin Frost of Channeled Resources, and Wilhelm Munninger, of Mondi.’