O-I Glass
O-I Glass
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) is the world's largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world's leading food and beverage brands. The Company had revenues of $6.7 billion in 2016 and employs more than 27,000 people at 79 plants in 23 countries. With global headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio, O-I delivers safe, sustainable, pure, iconic, brand-building glass packaging to a growing global marketplace. O-I has plants in Harlow, Essex and Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Address:
O-I Glass
PO Box 6068
Edinburgh Way
Harlow
Essex
CM20 2DB
United Kingdom
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British Glass will once again sponsor two awards at this year’s Packaging Awards while a number of members have also been shortlisted for the prestigious event in London.
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Representatives of British Glass were delighted to join our Apprentice of the year, Gareth Owen of O-I Glass UK, as he was honoured at The Worshi
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At this year’s Glass Focus Awards, hosted by British Glass, O-I’s Gareth Owen received the Apprentice of the Year award just two years into his four year apprenticeship at the company’s Alloa plant.
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A bright future is ahead for glass, thanks to a serious focus on innovation, the environment, and sustainability, at the industry’s annual prestige awards ceremony at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. (Thurs 22 November).
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Glass Futures plans to construct two hub centres employing dozens of highly skilled staff, creating 100’s of related jobs across the supply-chain. While the sites have not been finalised, one of the hubs is planned in the Liverpool City Region and the other in Yorkshire, between Sheffield and Leeds.
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British Glass has just taken glass manufacturing health and safety leads to the Health and Safety Laboratory for a training session – but the subject matter might be surprising.
Case Study
Whilst every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of workers in a glass plant, sometimes even more care is needed when working with glass heated to temperatures over 1,000oC.
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Prevention is better than cure when it comes to health and safety. O-I UK has been making this a central principle of its culture – going beyond the obvious production context to include every employee – and their families. It's won them a medal of excellence under the British Glass Health and Safety Forward scheme.