VIDEO: A Beautiful Spiced Rum Bottle — for the Eye and the Earth
Jacobite Spirits is a small craft spiced rum distillery in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by a group of friends, Jacobite is as passionate about sustainability as it is about the rum it produces. They call themselves “quite picky” about sourcing everything sustainably, from ingredients to packaging. As Jacobite prepared to launch Charlie’s Chopper […]
O-I Villotta is a Model of Energy-Efficient Glass Manufacturing
O-I Glass is reinventing the future of glass manufacturing through innovation. Our mission is to be the most sustainable producer of the most sustainable rigid packaging. O-I recently completed a series of multi-year investments at its plant in Villotta, Italy, transforming it into a world-class example of energy-efficient glass packaging manufacturing. O-I Villotta has embraced […]
Boomerang’s Durable, Refillable Glass Water Bottle Breaks Convention
Boomerang Water is an on-site, small batch bottling water company providing water for commercial venues like hotels and college campuses, as well as serving families for their homes. The North Carolina based company is on a mission to rid the world of single-use plastic bottles and reshape bottled water through innovation. While serving in the […]
O-I Joins Center for Glass Innovation, New York’s Collaborative Initiative
O-I is announcing its industry partnership with the Center for Glass Innovation, a new collaborative initiative by the State of New York aimed at developing innovation around glass packaging and end markets for curbside recycling. The New York State College of Ceramics at SUNY Alfred will lead the three-year research and collaboration initiative. The first-of-its-kind […]
Oregon Craft Brewery Loves Refillable Glass Beer Bottles
If you love beer, you probably think a lot about which beer to buy based on flavor profile. You might not put a ton of thought into the package that protects the beer. A passionate new video about refillable glass beer bottles from an Oregon craft brewery is full of reasons to do just that. […]
Owens-Illinois, Inc. Eyes Holzminden Plant for Major Innovation
Highly flexible production line as next step towards commercialization of revolutionary glass-making technology Mex / Holzminden, September 10, 2019 – Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), the world’s largest provider of glass packaging, announced today it is earmarking its plant in Holzminden, Germany, for installation of a new furnace with all-new glassmaking technology. The Company first announced […]
O-I Designs Lightest Beer Bottle in the UK for Adnams
When UK brewery Adnams wanted to create a beer bottle that would be better for the earth in 2015, they came to O-I Glass because they knew O-I shared its environmental values. Adnams is a brand built on earth-friendly practices and led the UK beer industry in adopting lighter glass packaging, but they wanted to do more. “Constant environmental improvement is part […]