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A Double Celebration
- Published: Friday, 01 December 2006 06:00, Written by By Edward Boyle Contributing Editor
ST. LOUIS, MO — October was a month of celebration for Mark Andy. As winner of the 2006 FlexoTech Innovation Award for RFID-enabled label technologies, the company accepted the global honor in London October 18.
That same month Mark Andy held a Diamond Jubilee in honor of its 60th anniversary as a leader in the narrow web industry. Mark Andrews Jr., son of the company's founder and head of Mark Andy from the 1970s until 1995, joined current president Paul Brauss and more than 500 attendees at the event. Chesterfield, MO, Mayor John Nations was there as well, to honor the company with a proclamation.