New Year’s Resolution Solution: Make Mindful Food Packaging Choices
Is honing a healthy lifestyle among your 2022 New Year’s resolutions, but you’re caught at a crossroads on where to begin? Finding the right balance between fitness, nutrition, positive sleep habits and mental wellness to cultivate a healthy lifestyle is time-consuming – and part of the reason so many people abandon health-related resolutions before the […]
Julia Vitrum Plant Produces Improved Cullet for O-I Italy
Glass is an ideal packaging material to support a low-waste circular economy. The Julia Vitrum Cullet Treatment plant in Italy is one of our creative, innovative and collaborative solutions to ensuring more glass stays in the manufacturing loop and out of landfills. The project is a joint partnership between O-I and Italian glass manufacturer Zignago […]
I Would Have Been a Better Brand Marketer If I’d Known This One Thing Sooner
Before I came to O-I to lead the global Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages Categories in 2019, I spent more than 20 years managing multibillion-dollar global brands across three continents. I have always considered myself an avid brand marketer – a brand marketer who also loves what glass can do for a brand. If I knew […]
Beginning New Jobs While Navigating a Global Pandemic
Starting a new job is always challenging, but starting a new job while navigating the first global pandemic in a century? That presents a new level of challenge. O-I Glass is among the leading global manufacturers of glass packaging for food and beverage brands. When the Covid-19 crisis unfolded, it deeply impacted our 25,000-plus employees […]
A Truly Glassy Holiday Gift Guide
You want the holidays to be perfect and the gifts you give to be exceptional and memorable. If you’re struggling to find the perfect gift for the person who has everything, this glassy holiday gift guide is sure to add sparkle to your shopping list. If you’re like us, you already have a vintage bottle […]
New Colombian Cullet Hub Will Increase O-I’s Cullet Supplies
O-I is opening a new recycling hub for cullet suppliers in Barranquilla, Colombia. A cullet hub is a material collection center where we buy cullet from suppliers in the local area, in this case, the Atlantic Coast, which is more than 550 miles from O-I’s plant. The opening of the facility, located on Colombia’s northern […]
O-I Poland Named to ‘Golden Hundred’
O-I Poland was recently named one of the “Golden Hundred,” an annual list of 100 companies that contribute heavily to the economy and employment in Poland’s Podkarpacie Region. The list acknowledges companies that showed resilience during the complex business and social environment of 2020 and the COVID-19 global pandemic. Named 14th out of 100 top […]
Prestigious Packaging Awards in Europe & U.S. Recognize Boomerang’s Innovative Glass Water Bottle
It’s been an exciting fall for the founders of Boomerang Water, an on-site, small batch bottling water company providing pure, premium bottled water for commercial venues like hotels and college campuses, as well as serving small business and family homes in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina, area, where they’re based. Boomerang’s innovative glass water bottle […]
Glass4Good Recycling Program Launches at O-I Danville
The idea behind Glass4GoodTM, a pilot glass recycling program rolling out at O-I Glass plants in the U.S., is that recycling glass is a win-win-win: a win for keeping glass packaging in the manufacturing stream, a win for helping communities recycle and reduce environmental impact, and a win for community support groups who are benefitting […]
O-I Glass Issues 2021 Sustainability Report
O-I Glass, Inc. has published its 2021 Sustainability Report examining the vision, innovation and transformation behind its vision to be the most innovative, sustainable and chosen supplier of brand-building packaging solutions. The report highlights the refresh of O-I’s business strategy, elevating sustainability within the company while achieving a number of sustainable firsts for the industry. […]
