O-I Announces President of North America
October 08 2007 - 5:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens-Illinois,
Inc. (NYSE:OI) today announced that J. Scott Murchison has been
named president, North America Glass Containers. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050412/CLTU028LOGO ) In this
role, Mr. Murchison will focus on increasing the North American
region's profitability and growth, as well as improving operational
performance. "Scott brings broad management experience with
substantial background in both the commercial and operation areas
from a business environment similar to O-I," said Rich Crawford,
president, Global Glass Operations. "He has a proven track record
of improving the profitability of his former business and of
building high performing teams. We look forward to Scott joining
the North American team as we continue to build on our current
momentum." Mr. Murchison joins O-I from the International Paper
Company where he began in 1986. He served in various management
assignments, including sales & marketing manager for the
bleached board and the folding carton divisions, as well as general
manager of beverage packaging, North America. In 2001, Mr.
Murchison was named vice president and general manager of the
beverage packaging business and in 2002 his assignment was expanded
to include the foodservice division. He holds a degree in civil
engineering and management from McMaster University in Hamilton,
Ontario. About O-I Millions of times a day, O-I delivers 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 provides 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 25,000
people with 83 manufacturing facilities in 22 countries. In 2006,
net sales from continuing glass operations were $6.65 billion. For
more information, visit http://www.o-i.com/.
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CONTACT: Media, Lauren Dubilzig, +1-567-336-1312, or Investors,
Sasha Sekpeh, +1-567-336-2355, both of O-I Web site:
http://www.o-i.com/
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