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2007-04-23 News Release

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O-I Announces Packaging Ventures in Mexico

Owens-Illinois announces that its plastics packaging business has finalized two joint ventures in Mexico.

O-I HealthCare Packaging de Mexico has entered a 50/50 joint venture, O-I Pavisa S.A. de C.V., with Pavisa Industries, a leading Mexican plastics packaging company, to manufacture and sell plastic healthcare containers in Mexico and certain other Latin markets.

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"This is an attractive opportunity for O-I to enter the healthcare market in Mexico with a knowledgeable partner and at a new, best-in-class facility," said Mike Castillo, Latin America business development manager for Owens- Illinois HealthCare Packaging Inc.

Additionally, O-I de Mexico has entered a 50/50 joint venture, O-I Mega S.A. de C.V., with Bepensa Industries, a leading Mexican soft drink producer, to manufacture and sell compression-molded, plastic carbonated soft drink (CSD) closures to Bepensa and other customers in Mexico.

Grupo Pavisa designs, manufactures and sells glass and plastics packaging through three of its divisions, as well as crystal glassware products. Latino Americana de Vidrio, Pavisa's glass container division, is a leading manufacturer of high value added specialty glass containers in Mexico. Pavisa Industries, Pavisa's plastic container and closures division, has been a leading Mexican manufacturer of plastics packaging for over 30 years. Nouvel Studio, Pavisa's glass tableware division, designs and produces innovative crystal glass products sold around the world.

"The O-I Mega JV will benefit from O-I's advanced compression molding technology for manufacturing CSD closures which should help to expand our presence in the growing Mexican market," said David Beckmann, vice president, global commercial operations for Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.

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