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The Toledo-based company was incorporated in Ohio in 1907 as The Owens Bottle Machine Corporation, the successor to a New Jersey firm of the same name founded in 1903.

The Owens Bottle Co. (1911-1929) grew from a series of companies that began with the Toledo Glass Co. (1896-1903). The Toledo company was succeeded by both the Owens Bottle Machine Co. (1903-1911) that made and sold the Owens Automatic Bottle Machines and the Northwestern Ohio Bottle Co. (1904-1908), a company created to make bottles.

The company's headquarters were previously located at One SeaGate, Toledo, Ohio. The headquarters were moved in late 2006 to the Levis Commons complex in Perrysburg, Ohio. The company is the successor to the Owens Bottle Company founded in 1903 by Michael Joseph Owens, who made the first automated bottle-making machine, and Edward Drummond Libbey.

Oct 22, 2024 · PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Owens-Illinois plans to close its innovation center in Perrysburg, according to an internal memo obtained by WTOL 11.

Feb 3, 2005 · If Owens-Illinois Inc. decides to move its headquarters when its lease at One SeaGate expires in September, 2006, the 102-year-old glassmaker would be settling in to its sixth location. The first...

Owens-Illinois, Inc. One Sea Gate Toledo, Ohio 43666 U.S.A. (419) 247-5000. Wholly-owned subsidiary of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Company Incorporated: December 16, 1907 as The Owens Bottle Machine Corporation Employees: 44,048 Sales: $3.5 billion

Jan 15, 2025 · Explore the groundbreaking 1936 Owens-Illinois Glass Building in Toledo, Ohio, the world's first fully glass-covered structure, revolutionizing architectural design.

While Edward Drummond Libbey brought the glass industry to Toledo in 1888, it was Michael J. Owens, hired by Libbey at the age of 29, who made the industry in the city successful. This exhibit showcases Owens's invention, and the development of his company.

The company's headquarters and main factories were located in Toledo, Ohio, with large float glass plants in Rossford, Ohio, Laurinburg, North Carolina, Ottawa, Illinois, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Lathrop, California.