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O-I Glass, Inc.
Annual Report 2010

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Facts & Figures

YeAR enD 2010

$6.6 billion in net sales

81 plants in 21 countries

Joint ventures* in China, Italy, 

Malaysia, the United States  

and Vietnam 

24,000+ employees worldwide

1,900+ worldwide patents

49,000+ customers in 86 countries

10,000 products

600+ new products launched  

in 2010

Worldwide headquarters in  

Perrysburg, Ohio, USA

*Reflects operations in which O-I holds  

 50-percent ownership.

Bo He, Ph.D., a research scientist in O-I’s Glass 

& Materials Science Lab, is part of a team 

testing and refining manufacturing and product 

concepts before they are deployed globally. 

Technology and Manufacturing  
Capabilities Set O-I Apart

Already the unmatched leader in glass container manu-

facturing, O-I is expanding its capabilities and further 

building its competitive advantage through unparalleled 

investment in glass packaging research and development.  

These investments hold the promise of yielding new 

technologies to fuel O-I’s product innovation engine.

O-I’s proprietary know-how inspires the development of 

breakthrough manufacturing processes and equipment 

that will redefine glassmaking, changing the way glass is 

melted, formed and decorated. future evolutions could 

lead to manufacturing plants with more flexible footprints 

and new ways to reduce emissions and energy use. 

O-I technology — the heart of the company’s manu- 

facturing capabilities — is key to advancing such  

innovations and transforming new product ideas into 

glass packaging solutions.

Top: The Lean+Green® wine bottles  
manufactured at O-I’s Adelaide, Australia, 

plant have won five national awards, including 

the prestigious Australian International  

Design Award.

Middle: Rich Crawford, O-I senior vice  

president and chief technology and opera-

tions officer (right), describes how a unique 

metallic coating helped to differentiate a 

customer’s spirits bottle on store shelves. 

Bottom: Carol Click, Ph.D., leads glass melting  

research at O-I’s research and development 

center in Perrysburg, Ohio, USA. 

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Global  
Headquarters

Perrysburg, Ohio, USA

900 employees

North America

19 plants

Headquarters in  
Perrysburg, Ohio, USA

Operations in:
•  Canada
•  United States

5,200 employees

Largest customers:

•  Anheuser-Busch InBev
•  Brown-forman
•  Diageo
•  Heinz
•  MillerCoors
•  PepsiCo

ReGIOnAL HeADqUARTeRS

Latin America

13 plants

Headquarters in  
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Operations in:
•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Colombia
•  ecuador
•  Peru

4,600 employees

Largest customers:

•  Aje Group
•  Coca-Cola
•  Diageo
•  nestlé
•  SABMiller

Unmatched Global Footprint

As the world’s leading glass container manufacturer, O-I’s global footprint spans  

21 countries. The preferred partner for many of the world’s leading food and  

beverage brands, O-I holds market leadership positions in each of its four operating 

regions: Asia Pacific, europe, Latin America and north America.

Europe

36 plants

Headquarters in  
Bussigny, Switzerland

Operations in: 

•  Czech Republic
•  estonia
•  france
•  Germany
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  The netherlands
•  Poland
•  Spain
•  United Kingdom

8,100 employees

Largest customers:

•  Carlsberg
•  Diageo
•  Heineken
•  nestlé Waters
•  Pernod Ricard
•  SABMiller
•  Unilever

Asia Pacific

13 plants

Headquarters in  
Melbourne, Australia

Operations in: 
•  Australia
•  China
•  Indonesia
•  new Zealand

5,600 employees

Largest customers:

•  Anheuser-Busch InBev
•  Asia Pacific Breweries
•  foster’s Group
•  Lion nathan
•  Pernod Ricard Pacific

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Top: new Zealand Prime Minister John Key and 

O-I CeO Al Stroucken commemorate the open-

ing of a new furnace at the company’s Auckland, 

new Zealand, plant in December 2010.

Middle: emilio Llosa, O-I’s sales and marketing 

director for Peru, leads a tour of the company’s 

Lurin, Peru, plant.

Bottom: In Studio 2600 – a new collaboration  

space for O-I’s product innovation teams –  

engineers, designers and marketers brain-

storm new product ideas. The name of the 

space is derived from the temperature at 

which glass melts.

addIng VaLuE WIth glass smart

TM

A streamlined, global business- 

development approach, glass smart  

is the centerpiece of O-I’s organic 

growth strategy. Driven by the 

desire to provide superior results 

for customers’ brands, glass smart 

combines deep customer engage-

ment with rigorous research to pro-

duce an intricate understanding of 

customer, channel and consumer 

needs, trends and economic drivers.

Based on that knowledge, O-I  

supplies existing and potential  

customers with insights and product  

ideas designed to invigorate existing  

categories or create entirely new 

business opportunities. glass smart 

aligns O-I business development 

processes worldwide, providing 

the company and its customers 

with unique advantages that deliver 

sustainable, profitable growth.

Growing Opportunities

The time is right for glass to shine. In both mature and emerging markets, 

multiple dynamics are converging to expand the glass packaging industry. 

O-I is well positioned to leverage these trends.

Population growth and a burgeoning middle class with increased buying 

power in the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia are boosting 

demand for packaging materials. As that demand surges, glass enjoys a 

particular advantage tied, in part, to the popularity of returnable, refillable 

bottles. In the mature european and north American markets, there is  

renewed interest in the unique, brand-building attributes that glass delivers.

O-I is responding to favorable conditions with investments in product  

innovation, sustainability and marketing. Initiatives in these areas, combined 

with the company’s commitment to organic and acquisition-based growth in  

emerging markets, position O-I to deliver sustainable growth year over year. 

Acquisitions Drive Profitability

O-I is committed to profitable growth through strategic acquisitions in fast-

growing emerging markets, including Argentina, Brazil, China and Mexico, 

where glass already is a preferred packaging material. Acquiring existing 

plants also enables the company to quickly penetrate new markets, further 

expand its customer base and leverage its global footprint to enhance  

services for current customers.

Acquisitions complement organic growth strategies as key growth drivers 

for the company.

In 2010, O-I:

•	 Implemented a robust acquisition process. 

•	 Made more acquisitions than in any other year in the past decade. 

•	 Acquired and integrated 10 new plants across Latin America and  

Asia Pacific.

•	 Cemented O-I’s position as Brazil’s largest glass container  

manufacturer, while becoming China’s second-largest producer. 

employees at O-I’s Tianjin, China, mould shop 

show their team spirit. In 2010, O-I became the  

second-largest glass container maker in China.

O-I EmErgEs as a LEadEr  

In Fast-grOWIng ChIna

As the newly minted second-largest 

glass container manufacturer in 

China, O-I is poised to take advan-

tage of growth opportunities in the 

world’s largest emerging market. 

China’s glass packaging industry 

comprises about 14 million tonnes 

and is growing annually at double-

digit rates. 

In 2010, O-I acquired three plants 

in China, more than doubling its 

capacity in this key market from 

440,000 tonnes to nearly 1 million  

tonnes. The company further 

expanded its reach in the country 

through a new joint venture. The 

China acquisitions support the 

company’s strategy of expanding 

in markets with strong growth and 

long-term earnings potential.

The newly acquired plants also 

strengthen O-I’s ability to move  

beyond premium products and 

expand into fast-growing mass 

markets, including the Chinese beer 

segment. By 2015, China’s domes-

tic beer segment – the largest in the 

world – is expected to reach more 

than twice the size of the U.S. beer 

market, the world’s second-largest.

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Left: Independent research indicates more than 90 percent of consumers across the globe prefer 

food products packaged in glass.

Right: Andrew Sauber recycles used glass containers at a company-sponsored recycling center. 

O-I’s LCA showed that the impact of transporting finished glass containers is less than 5 percent of 

their total carbon footprint and is more than offset by the use of recycled glass during production.

Glass is LifeTM

for more than 3,000 years, people have used glass to hold food and drink –  

life’s very fundamentals. Yet, for some time, glass has lacked a champion 

to voice its strengths. As the global industry leader, O-I is speaking up 

with a new “Glass is Life™” campaign, designed to emphasize that glass 

is integral to an authentic brand experience. Six pillars, identified through 

consumer research, provide the campaign platform: 

TAsTE  

Glass protects flavor and preserves the taste the  

  maker intended.

 susTAiNAbiLiTy  

Glass is endlessly recyclable and has one of the  

lowest carbon footprints of any packaging material.

QuALiTy  

Glass communicates a premium quality that gives  

brands a sense of beauty and differentiation on  

the store shelf.

HEALTH  

Glass is naturally safe and does not alter the flavor  

and quality of food and drinks.

LIFE CyCLE assEssmEnt:  

gLass Is grEEnEr

In 2010, O-I released the results 

of a cradle-to-cradle study that 

measured the carbon emissions 

generated by every aspect of 

the glass life cycle. O-I’s Life 

Cycle Assessment (LCA), one 

of the packaging industry’s first 

complete analyses, showed 

returnable, refillable glass con-

tainers have a smaller carbon 

footprint than aluminum and 

PeT plastic. In addition, single-

use glass containers produce 

lower carbon emissions than 

other packaging materials  

in north America, Western  

europe and Asia Pacific, and 

are equivalent to aluminum in 

Latin America.

These findings disprove long-

held assertions that heavier 

packaging materials – like glass 

containers – have overall larger 

carbon footprints because they 

require more fuel to transport.

VErsATiLiTy  

Glass extends brand life into the  

home by providing utility long after  

its contents are consumed.

 TrANsPArENcy   Glass lets consumers clearly see  

what’s inside.

Those benefits get noticed. Research shows consumers 

worldwide prefer glass packaging – especially for non- 

alcoholic beverages, beer, condiments, preserved foods and  

wine – and consider it a premium option. Glass is a supe-

rior brand differentiator – just what you’d expect from one 

of the world’s most naturally desirable packaging materials.

for more information or a copy of O-I’s Life Cycle Assessment for glass 

packaging, visit www.o-i.com.

Carbon Footprint of Glass vs. Other Packaging Materials

NORTH 
AMERICA

LATIN 
AMERICA*

WESTERN 
EUROPE*

ASIA 
PACIFIC

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*Carbon footprint of a returnable, refillable bottle is 0.006 KgCO2e.

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Clearly Superior

Besides their natural beauty, glass containers preserve product freshness and protect 

flavor better than any other type of packaging. And glass, made from readily available, 

natural resources, is one of the world’s most sustainable packaging materials. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sustainability is Good Business

O-i Goals

Building on the knowledge gained by its complete Life Cycle Assessment 

of glass packaging, O-I launched aggressive 10-year goals that move the 

company toward becoming the world’s most sustainable glass packaging 

manufacturer. Using 2007 as its baseline, O-I seeks to:

•	 eliminate workplace accidents.

•	 Lower energy consumption by 50 percent.

•	 Reduce carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) emissions by 65 percent.

•	 Increase the amount of post-consumer recycled glass used to make 

new glass from an average of approximately 34 percent to 60 percent.

Effecting change

O-I recognizes that success on the path to achieving its four sustainability 

goals by 2017 hinges on technological advancements, whether the com-

pany acquires them or develops new methodologies in-house through 

research and development. 

A steering committee led by CeO Al Stroucken shepherds the company’s 

sustainability efforts, which are executed by interdisciplinary teams. In  

addition, the company designated energy managers in each plant to  

emphasize the importance of sustainability on the production floor.

To gain fresh thinking, O-I is partnering with outside experts, including  

research firms, academia and non-governmental organizations. The company  

will replicate viable initiatives to further reduce its carbon footprint and  

operating expenses.

Environmental, Economic and Human benefits

In striking a balance between the interconnected “triple bottom line”  

principles of people, planet and profits, O-I’s focus on sustainability will 

create benefits for its stakeholders. The company will maximize shareholder 

value through better use of financial and natural capital, more marketable 

products and considerable cost savings.

Customers will benefit from greener glass packaging and a pass-along  

carbon footprint reduction. employees can expect a continuing focus  

on workplace safety. And, consumers can enjoy the purity and taste  

sustainable glass packaging delivers.

Top: Deborah Hockman, Ph.D., O-I’s vice  

president of global environment, health and 

safety, leads the company’s efforts to achieve 

the goal of an accident-free workplace.

Bottom: Researchers elizabeth Lashaway  

and Brett Hixson discuss glass coatings 

research work in the company’s research  

and development center.

O-I’s Beziers, france, plant – already 

an O-I sustainability leader – will play  

a role in the larger green energy 

movement. In 2010, solar panels were 

installed on the roofs of the plant’s 

warehouses. O-I expects the panels, 

which cover four buildings and a total 

surface area of 10,000 square meters, 

to produce 1.7 gigawatt-hours of elec-

tricity annually for area businesses –  

enough energy to power a 2,300- 

resident community for a full year.

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Recycled glass plays a 

vital role in reducing the 

carbon footprint of glass 

containers. Using recycled 

glass lowers production 

costs, emissions and  

energy usage. O-I is work-

ing to increase the amount 

of post-consumer recycled  

material in its bottles and 

jars from an average of  

34 percent to at least  

60 percent by 2017. 

Top: Bernice Lovata scrutinizes beer bottles 

made at the company’s Windsor, Colorado, 

USA, plant. O-I uses both human and auto-

mated processes to inspect the millions of 

bottles produced each day. 

Middle: Consumers rate glass as superior 

to other materials on five key factors: purity, 

safety, quality, versatility and recyclability.

Bottom: Designer Colin Murach uses a state-

of-the-art electronic sketch pad to develop 

new glass container designs. Murach is part of 

a team of designers across the globe helping 

customers enhance their brands through glass.

PrEFErrEd PartnEr

Some of the world’s most  

recognizable food and beverage  

brands choose O-I as their  

preferred packaging partner. 

The company provides superior  

glass packaging through  

unparalleled manufacturing 

capabilities, a focus on  

quality, customer collaboration 

and market knowledge. 

Customers look to O-I for  

impactful packaging solutions 

that differentiate their brands on  

retail shelves, elevate the stature  

of their products and enhance 

consumer experiences – and 

O-I delivers.

O-I’s success is intertwined with 

its customers’ success. To that 

end, O-I works to engage and 

delight customers on the shared 

journey toward ongoing growth. 

Building Customers’ Brands

Quality Equals credibility at O-i

Customers expect quality when they buy from O-I and, for more than  

100 years, the company has maintained a commitment to consistently deliver  

high-quality glass containers. To strengthen this competitive advantage, 

the company is intensifying its focus on quality and investing in additional 

proprietary technologies. O-I is refining broad-based inspection processes 

and expanding employee training initiatives to prevent conditions that could 

compromise quality. 

Because quality is synonymous with credibility at O-I, it will continue to be a 

focus for the company. 

Glass is Hot in Latin America

Driven by O-I marketing that positions glass as the preferred packaging mate-

rial, and by eco-friendly consumers who request it, Latin American food and 

beverage producers increasingly choose glass over alternative packaging.

In 2010:

•  Peruvian companies Gandules, one of the country’s most important 

agribusiness firms, and DanPer Trujillo, a major preserved-food  

producer, reintroduced jalapenos and red peppers in O-I glass.

•  ecuador’s largest processed dairy foods company, Toni, moved  

its flavored coffees from Tetra Pak into O-I glass. 

•  Brazil’s third-largest preserved-food  

producer, fugini, began using O-I glass  

packaging for corn and peas. Glass now 

holds a nearly 13 percent share in Brazil’s 

preserved-food industry.

The Vortex® bottle is one of the first 
products to emerge from a reinvigorated 

innovation pipeline at O-I that marries the 

company’s longstanding expertise in engi-

neering with growing capabilities in glass 

science research and package design.

O-I InnOVatIOn Pays  

OFF FOr mILLEr LItE

As U.S. beer sales slumped in 

2010, O-I delivered a solution 

to help MillerCoors differentiate 

its Miller Lite brand and  

drive sales. 

In a twist on the cliché, O-I 

thought outside the box by 

looking inside the bottle for  

an opportunity to further  

distinguish the original light 

beer. The breakthrough result 

was Vortex®, a 12-ounce beer 

bottle with spiraling grooves on 

the interior of the bottle’s neck.

The long-neck Vortex bottle, 

created with O-I’s proprietary 

internal embossing technology, 

is achieving what MillerCoors 

and O-I intended: brand  

differentiation on the shelf  

and an enhanced customer 

experience. The brewer  

credits the Vortex bottle with  

a significant improvement in 

Miller Lite’s bottle sales.

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O-I’s 24,000 employees are a key competitive  

advantage for the company. O-I is investing signifi-

cantly in leadership and organizational development 

programs that help create dynamic leaders and 

engaged employees.

Pictured, left to right: Chris Martinez, Heriberto  

Cardona, Chen Xi, Sandi Ball, Sandra Wesolowski, 

Brian Crouse, Kim Ridder, Curt Jeffan, Sherita Gary.

2010 Financial Highlights

Company Leadership

front Cover: The moment when glass is transformed into a bottle at 

O-I’s Windsor, Colorado, USA, plant.

Back Cover: An optical scanner uses laser technology to inspect a beer 

bottle. each glass container made at O-I’s 81 plants undergoes rigorous 

automated and human inspection.

O-I’s leadership team is 

committed to achieving the 

company’s strategic priorities 

and strengthening its position 

as the world’s leading glass 

container company.

(left to right)

Ed snyder 
Senior Vice President  

Chief Process Improvement Officer

Jim Baehren 
Senior Vice President  

andres Lopez 
President 

O-I Latin America

steve malia 
Senior Vice President 

Strategic Planning and General Counsel

Chief Human Resources Officer

rich Crawford 
Senior Vice President  

Erasmo schutzer 
Vice President 

Chief Technology and Operations Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

Jose Lorente 
President  

O-I europe

al stroucken 
Chairman and Chief executive Officer

Ed White 
Senior Vice President 

Chief financial Officer

greg ridder 
President 

O-I Asia Pacific

miguel Escobar 
President 

O-I north America

U.S. dollars in millions, except per-share amounts. 

2010 

2009 

2008

net sales 

 6,633  

 6,652  

 7,540 

Segment operating profit 

 964  

 891  

 1,047 

earnings from continuing operations  

attributable to the company1 

 258  

 110  

 175 

net earnings (loss) attributable to the company 

 (47) 

 162  

 258 

Diluted earnings per share2 

earnings from continuing operations1 

1.55  

0.65 

net earnings (loss)  

(0.28) 

0.95 

1.03

1.52

free cash flow3 

net debt4 

Gross profit % 

100  

 322  

 320 

3,638  

 2,853  

 3,109 

20.4% 

20.1% 

20.5%

1 Continuing operations excludes Venezuelan operations. 

2 The net effect of asbestos-related charges and other items management considered not representative of ongo-
ing operations was a decrease of $1.05 per share in 2010, $1.96 per share in 2009 and $2.32 per share in 2008.

3 free cash flow is defined as cash provided by continuing operating activities less capital expenditures for  
continuing operations.

4 net debt is defined as total debt less cash. 

O-I VEnEzuELa OPEratIOns

In October 2010, O-I’s two plants in Venezuela were expropriated by the 

Venezuelan government. This action was sudden and unexpected. O-I has 

reclassified the Venezuelan operations as discontinued for all periods pre-

sented and has written off the assets. The type or amount of compensation 

O-I may receive from the Venezuelan government is uncertain and will be 

recorded as a gain from discontinued operations when it is received.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Our Legacy

Innovation has characterized O-I since the company’s inception. Glass pioneer Michael J. Owens  

founded the company in 1903, when he invented the automatic bottle-making machine. In 1929,  

Owens Bottle Company merged with Illinois Glass Company to form Owens-Illinois, Inc.

As the industry leader for more than 100 years, O-I has formed glass into effective and distinctive  

containers for some of the world’s best-known consumer brands. Today, building on Michael Owens’ 

heritage, O-I is redefining the future of glassmaking through a continued commitment to innovation, 

technology and sound environmental practices. 

www.o-i.com

March 2011