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A new campaign will next month urge pubs, clubs and restaurants in northern England to start recycling their glass bottles.
The sprawling tan building that rises from the snowy plains houses technology its owners prefer to keep under wraps. "There are certain things you can't take pictures of," plant manager Dwayne Wendler advises minutes before leading a…
Britvic has given its juices and mixer ranges a complete makeover in conjunction with Rockware Glass. The result is a new contemporary one-trip glass bottle satisfying the needs of on-premise consumers and the trade with a design that closely…
Come learn and explore the age-old art of glass lampworking. Using a torch, you’ll melt and form glass into shapes that can become pendants, beads, marbles, paperweights, stir-sticks or anything you, as an artist, want to create.
Somerset County Council is backing a new television advertising campaign which encourages people to recycle more glass bottles and jars.
Two weeks into the new year, and the recycling industry is working overtime. The festive season created 750m extra glass bottles, most of which seemed to be lined up in my kitchen ready for the council to pick up.
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world's leading beverage can maker, is issuing this trading statement for the year ending 31 December 2006 ahead of the scheduled announcement of its preliminary results on 20 February 2007.
Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, laid the foundation stone for RAK Gani Glass plant, a pharmaceutical container glass plant to be set up with an investment of $20 million (Dh71 million) at the RAK…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has directed all soft drinks manufacturers to phase out glass bottles and adopt the use of plastic bottles on or before January 2, 2008.
Glass container manufacturer Rockware Glass has produced what it is calling the UK's first-ever 70cl spirit bottle made with less than 300g of glass.
Mminingweekly.co.za reported that one of South Africa’s largest glass packaging manufacturers, Consol Glass, has invested some R320-million in a facility at its Clayville plant In Midrand, which will extend the factory’s production capacity by…
Owens-Illinois, Inc.(NYSE: OI) on 2, October announced that it will participate in the Deutsche Bank 2006 High Yield Conference to be held October 3-5 in Scottsdale, Arizona.O-I senior vice president and CFO, Ed White, will give a formal…
Owens-Illinois, Inc.(NYSE: OI) 2, October 2006 announced it is building a new glass container manufacturing facility in Lurin, Peru, based on existing and growing demand in the local glass container market and region.
Owens-Illinois, Inc.(NYSE: OI) today announced that James F. Weber, vice president of investor relations, has elected to retire after nearly 39 years of service. Mr.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 1 - Owens-Illinois, Inc. today announced that the Company will close its Godfrey, Ill., machine parts manufacturing operation as part of a broad initiative to reduce working capital and improve system costs.
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer for up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8-7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2009.
A landmark was reached yesterday, with Namibia's first ever glass-manufacturing project from waste bottles getting underway in Windhoek.
Owens-Illinois, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of glass containers, has developed a global 'Glass University' which offers customers, purchasers, marketing and sales managers and designers an opportunity to learn more about…
Owens-Illinois, Inc. reported its fourth quarter and full year 2005 financialresults."We are delighted with our ability to generate significant cash flow and reduce debt in the fourth quarter and full year. However, continued inflationary…
On January 4, 2006, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) announced that it acquired the business and assets of Tianjin New World Glass Containers Co.
As RFID tags' use become more prevalent, with source tagging of individual packs on the horizon, trade federation British Glass is advocating more work to tackle the potentially serious problem of recycling glass bottles that may still contain…
The Big Recycle campaign has been launched across the UK in a bid to tackle the landfill crisis. The government is trying to induce more people to adopt recycling as a way of life as it seeks to control the ever-growing waste mountain.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending $32.5 million to a local subsidiary of Turkey’s Anadolu Cam group to build a bottling plant near the city of Ufa in central Russia.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc., has completed its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") (1) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of…
Derrick Ketchum, an employee of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey, filed a 12-count, $600,000 suit against his employer and Castrol Inc. claiming he was sickened from exposure to Syntilo 9918 and other “metal working fluids.