# CCL INDUSTRIES - CL A

Summary updated: 2026-10-02T10:35:05.162434Z
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## Overview

CCL Industries Inc. is a global specialty packaging and materials company serving consumer, healthcare, industrial and retail markets. Its four businesses make pressure-sensitive labels and specialty films; office and consumer labels and converted media; retail inventory, loss-prevention and RFID solutions; and specialty films used in labels, packaging and security products. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193163) [2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138220795) [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138220796) [4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138220797)

The company operates internationally, with 214 production facilities in 42 countries and approximately 26,000 employees. It was established in 1951. [5](https://www.cclind.com/our-company/profile-and-quick-facts/)

CCL’s stated strategic orientation includes investing in global growth and seeking market-leading positions as a value-added producer in the sectors and regions it serves. Sales were C$7.664 billion in 2025. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193175) [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791143)
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## Products & services

CCL’s products include pressure-sensitive labels, extruded films, plastic tubes, aluminum aerosol containers, specialty bottles, multilayer labels, folded instructional leaflets and specialty cartons. Its CCL Design business supplies long-life labels and engineered parts for automotive, electronics and durable goods; CCL Secure produces polymer banknote substrate, stamps, passport components, ID cards and other security documents. [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193401)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138223696)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138223697)

Avery offers printable media such as address and product-identification labels, name badges and cards, as well as binders, indexes, sheet protectors, writing instruments, pressure-sensitive tapes, and horticultural labels and tags. Its digitally imaged products include labels, badges, RFID-enabled key cards and wristbands, planners and children’s ID labels; related offerings include customized software and web-enabled e-commerce support. Checkpoint supplies electronic article surveillance hardware and software, RFID-capable labels and tags, apparel labels, hand-held pricing tools, and promotional in-store displays. Its CheckLINQ solution supports Digital Product Passport applications. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138223698)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138223699)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193467)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193470)

Innovia makes specialty multilayer and surface-engineered films for pressure-sensitive materials, flexible packaging, consumer packaged goods and graphics, using capabilities that include coatings and multilayer co-extrusion. Its EcoFloat hybrid polyolefin shrink film is designed to separate from primary packaging to support bottle-to-bottle recycling. CCL’s EcoShear labels are designed for virtually residue-free removal from one-way glass bottles. [15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193077)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193470)

In 2025, sales were CAD $4,882.7 million for CCL (63.7% of total sales), $1,062.2 million for Avery (13.9%), $1,012.1 million for Checkpoint (13.2%) and $706.8 million for Innovia (9.2%). These are segment shares; no product-level sales percentages are provided. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791077)
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## Geographic presence

CCL Industries’ FY2025 sales were concentrated in the United States (36.5%) and Europe (31.5%). Business units in Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Middle East together accounted for 30.0% of sales. Approximately 98% of sales were to customers outside Canada; the report does not specify country-level sales beyond the United States or break down the combined regional share further. [17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193565)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791053)

The company reported 214 production facilities in 42 countries and approximately 26,000 employees, operating across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Africa and Asia. Its corporate offices are in Toronto, Ontario, and Framingham, Massachusetts, with an Asia-Pacific regional centre in Singapore. The cited disclosure does not provide employee counts by geography. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193162)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193565) Innovia, a CCL business, has major facilities in Australia, Germany, Mexico, Poland and the United Kingdom, as well as a smaller legacy facility in the United States. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193465)

The geographic sales breakdown is from FY2025, the latest annual report identified; CCL released Q2 2026 results on August 12, 2026. [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193123)[22](https://www.cclind.com/q2-2026/)
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## Business segments

CCL Industries reports four business segments. Approximate shares below are based on each segment’s 2025 sales as a proportion of total sales of C$7,663.8 million. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791077)

CCL — C$4,882.7 million, or approximately 63.7% of sales. Its activities include specialty labels and packaging, tubes, aerosols and bottles, design products for automotive, electronics and durable goods, and security products such as polymer banknote substrate and passport components. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138194091)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193401)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791077)

Avery — C$1,062.2 million, or approximately 13.9%. It supplies labels, specialty converted media and software for short-run digital printing, alongside organization products, direct-to-consumer offerings, tapes and horticultural labels. [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138194092)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193175)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791077)

Checkpoint — C$1,012.1 million, or approximately 13.2%. Its focus is technology-based retail and apparel loss prevention, inventory management and labeling, including electronic article surveillance and RFID hardware, software, labels and tags. [25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138194096)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193175)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791077)

Innovia — C$706.8 million, or approximately 9.2%. It makes specialty high-performance multilayer films for pressure-sensitive materials, flexible packaging, consumer packaged goods and graphics; some film is used internally by CCL Secure and CCL Label. [26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138194097)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193175)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15791077)
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## Company history

CCL’s operations began in Toronto in 1951 as Connecticut Chemicals (Canada) Limited; Gordon S. Lang is identified as its founder. Conn Chem Limited acquired the business in 1972, and CCL’s 2013 annual report records that it had been publicly listed under the CCL Industries name since 1980. [27](https://www.cclind.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/default-source/financial-reports/2017/aif696c63ad7954641e8149ff0000c039f7.pdf)[28](https://www.uoguelph.ca/lang/gordon-s-lang)[29](https://www.cclind.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/default-source/financial-reports/2013/2013annualreportv1.pdf)

The company expanded substantially through acquisitions. In 2013 it completed the purchase of Avery Dennison’s Office & Consumer Products and Designed & Engineered Solutions businesses, a transaction CCL described at the time as the largest in its history. In 2016 it completed its acquisition of Checkpoint Systems, extending its operations into retail inventory management and loss prevention. [30](https://www.cclind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/pr_07012013.pdf)[31](https://www.cclind.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/ccl-industries-completes-checkpoint-systems-acquisition.pdf)

In 2017 CCL completed its acquisition of Innovia, adding specialty films and polymer banknote substrate capabilities. In 2023 it acquired Creaprint, an in-mould-label producer, and Pouch Partners, a flexible-pouch specialist; in June 2024 it acquired the remaining 50% of its Pacman-CCL Middle East label joint venture. [32](https://www.cclind.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/ccl-completes-innovia-acquisition.pdf)[33](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138193047)[34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P138194141)
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