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Ample Industries: Mastering Sticky Business

Natalie Spradlin says members of her family have always loved innovative gadgets. So it was no surprise that her father, David Menzies, was smitten by a new-fangled, press-to-print peel and stick label while attending a trade show back in 1968.

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