Owens-Illinois to Explore Options for Parts Manufacturing Plant in Godfrey
January 06 2005 - 11:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
Owens-Illinois to Explore Options for Parts Manufacturing Plant in
Godfrey TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE:OI) today announced that the Company
intends to explore various options for its machine parts supply
facility in Godfrey, Ill., including a possible joint venture
arrangement or outright sale of the facility. Since its opening in
1958, the Godfrey facility has manufactured, assembled and
distributed machine parts used in glass container forming machines
for O-I subsidiaries, affiliates and licensees around the world.
Godfrey currently supplies parts to O-I machine assembly facilities
in Colombia, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Brockway,
Pennsylvania. "Market conditions and a changing corporate focus
have prompted this review. Given our global position, our
increasing need for asset, capital and cost optimization combined
with our desire to maintain jobs, we feel this is the wisest course
of action," said Steve McCracken, O-I Chairman & CEO. "Our goal
is to find the best option for more productive use of the
underutilized assets at Godfrey. Whether the outcome is joint
venture or outright sale, we intend to continue using the Godfrey
facility as an important supplier for our parts and equipment needs
in the future," continued McCracken. The approximately
300,000-square-foot plant currently employs about 308 people. About
O-I Owens-Illinois is the largest manufacturer of glass containers
in the world, with leading positions in Europe, North America, Asia
Pacific and Latin America. O-I is also a leading manufacturer of
health care packaging and specialty closure systems. DATASOURCE:
Owens-Illinois, Inc. CONTACT: Sara Theis of Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
+1-419-247-1297 Web site: http://www.o-i.com/
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