Owens-Illinois announces first quarter earnings conference call

The company will hold a conference call on Wednesday, April 24, at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss these financial results.A live webcast and a replay of the conference call will be available on the Internet at the Owens-Illinois web site ( http://www.o-i.com ).The conference call also may be accessed by dialing 888-733-1701 (U.S. and Canada) or 706-634-4943 (International) by 8:20 a.m. (Eastern Time) on
April 30. Ask for the Owens-Illinois conference call.

A replay of the call will be available from approximately 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on April 24 through May 3. In addition to the Owens-Illinois web site, the replay also may be accessed by dialing 800-642-1687 (U.S. and Canada) or 706-645-9291 (International). The conference ID number to access
the replay is 3840847. Owens-Illinois is the largest manufacturer of glass containers in North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand, and one of the largest in Europe. O-I also is a worldwide manufacturer of plastics packaging with operations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Plastics packaging products manufactured by O-I include consumer products (blow molded containers, injection molded closures and dispensing systems) and
prescription containers.