O-I Announces New Managing Director of China
July 13 2009 - 5:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens-Illinois,
Inc., (NYSE:OI) has selected Paul Wang to serve as the company's
managing director in China. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050412/CLTU028LOGO ) Wang
joins O-I from International Paper, where he held a number of
senior level positions in sales and marketing, business
development, government relations and general management, including
managing the large In his new role at O-I, Wang will be located in
Shanghai and will assume responsibility for all of the company's
operations in China. As part of his role, Wang will also support
global operations through low cost strategic sourcing from China
through O-I's China Trading Company and Tianjin Mould Company. A
top priority will be accelerating O-I's growth strategy in China,
including organic growth and merger and acquisition activity. "Paul
brings a unique set of capabilities to this role including proven
leadership and general management skills, experience with both
packaging and glass companies, deep knowledge of the Chinese
business environment and expertise in business development, all of
which will be of great value as O-I grows its business in China,"
said Greg Ridder, president of O-I Asia Pacific. 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/. The company routinely posts all important
information on its Web site - http://www.o-i.com/.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050412/CLTU028LOGODATASOURCE:
Owens-Illinois, Inc. CONTACT: Sasha Sekpeh, Investor Relations,
+1-567-336-2355, , or Lauren Dubilzig, Corporate Communications,
+1-567-336-1312, , both of O-I Web Site: http://www.o-i.com/
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