O-I Announces New President of European Region
March 26 2009 - 5:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company appoints proven strategist and marketer, Jose Lorente, to
lead company's largest region PERRYSBURG, Ohio, March 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE:O-I) has
selected Jose Lorente, a tested leader known for his strengths as a
strategic visionary, team builder and effective marketer, to be the
new president O-I Europe. He succeeds Jean-Marc Arrambourg, whose
departure was previously announced. Mr. Lorente has most recently
served as president of O-I's Latin American region. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050412/CLTU028LOGO ) Under
Mr. Lorente's leadership as regional president, the Latin American
team improved margins, enhanced operational efficiency, brought
hundreds of new products to the marketplace and increased its
regional market share. Mr. Lorente also led the team in cultivating
deeper and more synergistic relationships with customers, guiding
the conversion of key customer product lines to glass packaging. As
president of O-I Europe, Mr. Lorente will drive regional
profitability and growth; strengthen marketing and other core
competencies within the organization; promote innovation through
customer collaboration and leverage best practices to drive
organizational excellence. Mr. Lorente will report to O-I President
of Global Glass Operations Rich Crawford. "Jose's expertise and
international experience will be an asset to the European team,"
said Rich Crawford. "Under his leadership, the Latin American
region has become an increasingly strong team, focused on
profitable growth and operational excellence. We are confident that
Jose's leadership will guide the European team to new levels of
performance and success." Prior to assuming the role of president
of O-I Latin America in 2006, Mr. Lorente held positions in sales,
marketing and manufacturing. He served as vice president of sales
and marketing for Venezuela and general manager of O-I Brazil. He
began his career at O-I in 1979 as an engineer. O-I will announce
its selection for the new president of the Latin American region in
the near future. About O-I Millions of times a day, O-I glass
containers deliver many of the world's best-known consumer products
to people all around the world. With the leading position in
Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America, O-I
manufactures consumer-preferred, 100 percent recyclable glass
containers that enable superior taste, purity, visual appeal and
value benefits for our customers' products. Established in 1903,
the company employs more than 23,000 people with 80 manufacturing
facilities in 22 countries. In 2008, net sales were $7.9 billion.
For more information, visit http://www.o-i.com/.
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