O-I Melbourne and Two Birds Brewing Create Community, Sustainability Through Glass
As part of a rebranding campaign, Australia’s Two Birds Brewing is telling beer lovers about glass’s earth-friendly benefits. Two Birds Brewing in Spotswood, Victoria, a Melbourne suburb, cares about the environment. Co-founders Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen love that the results of their hard work are presented to beer lovers in a pure, natural, glass bottle. They also love that […]
Glass is One Way Kererū Brewing Co. Supports a Local, Sustainable Economy
Kererū Brewing Co. in New Zealand has built its brewery on two tenants: support the local economy and support the longevity of the earth. Selling its craft beers in glass bottles made by O-I Glass is one way the brewery makes progress on both of its goals. “My personal feeling about sustainability is that it’s a planet that we’re borrowing, and we really ought better to return […]
Cassels Brewing Builds Community Through Beer and Respect for Nature
Cassels Brewing Co. has a reputation for brewing one of the top stouts in the world. Like many craft breweries, this award-winning brewery takes its role in being a community centerpiece to heart. The Christchurch, New Zealand brewery started in 2009 with a homemade wood-fired brewing system. For the next two years, it grew and generated buzz throughout the beer world. Then the 2011 Christchurch earthquake jolted the city—and the […]
O-I Glass Second Quarter 2020 Business Update
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O-I Glass, Inc. (NYSE: OI) today provided a business update in advance of the company’s attendance at the Deutsche Bank 2020 Global Industrials and Materials Summit on June 9, 2020. “O-I continues to take actions to safely supply our customers while actively managing our business in response […]
On World Environment Day 2020, Good Recycling Habits are More Critical Than Ever
On World Environment Day 2020, amidst a worldwide pandemic, O-I wants you to know that good recycling habits are more critical than ever.
O-I CEO and CFO to Present at the Deutsche Bank 2020 Global Industrials and Materials Summit
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE O-I Glass, Inc. (NYSE: OI) today announced that the Company will participate in the Deutsche Bank 2020 Global Industrials and Materials Summit on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. O-I Chief Executive Officer Andres Lopez and Chief Financial Officer John Haudrich will present at 3:00 p.m. […]
COVID-19 Exposes Recycling Weaknesses that Leave U.S. Manufacturing Vulnerable
As lockdowns due to COVID-19 begin to ease, some glass recycling programs are springing back to life, attracting long lines of people eager to recycle glass bottles and jars. Workers say “folks lined up at the gates” when Springfield, Missouri, recycling centers reopened in early May. More than 1500 people filed in on Day 1 […]
Study Finds More Europeans Choosing Glass Packaging for its Earth-Friendly Benefits
Motivated by glass’s earth-friendly benefits, Europeans are choosing glass packaging more than ever according to a study commissioned by Friends of Glass and the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE). Glass is infinitely recyclable, and Europeans are hearing and acting on the message about glass packaging’s environmental benefits. The survey reached more than 10,000 people in 13 European countries. The results continue to show glass packaging has a […]
EU Campaign ‘Close the Glass Loop’ Sets Ambitious Glass Recycling Goals
The glass container manufacturing industry is rallying around “Close the Glass Loop,” an ambitious campaign to increase the quality and quantity of recycled glass collected across Europe. Recycled glass, called “cullet,” is one of four ingredients—sand, limestone, soda ash, cullet–used in the glass-making process. For example, glass containers made by O-I Glass have an average […]
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. Launches $500 Million Bond Offering
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O-I Glass, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (“OB Glass”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2027 in a private offering to eligible purchasers […]
