O-I Glass, Inc. Announces Retirement of Andres Lopez as CEO, Effective May 15, 2024
March 06, 2024 at 08:30 am EST
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O-I Glass, Inc. announced that Andres Lopez will retire as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 15, 2024, following a nearly 40-year career with the Company. The Board has been working with an executive search firm to identify O-I?s next CEO as part of the Company?s long-term succession planning process. Andres is committed to supporting a seamless transition of responsibilities to his successor.
Andres joined O-I in 1986 and has held numerous leadership positions across the Company?s global operations before being named CEO in January 2016. Under his leadership, O-I has been significantly transformed into a more capable, resilient, agile and disciplined organization. Among other achievements, he successfully led the completion of a business portfolio optimization program, strengthened the balance sheet, delivered several inorganic and organic expansion projects and integrated sustainability into the business strategy.
During his tenure, the Company has focused on innovation, exemplified by initiatives such as the development of its MAGMA and ULTRA technologies. This transformational journey has enabled O-I to deliver strong financial results and lay the foundation for long-term profitable growth.
O-I Glass, Inc. is a manufacturer of glass container products. The Companyâs segments include the Americas and Europe. The Company produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits, and wine. The Company also produces glass packaging for a variety of food items, soft drinks, teas, juices, and pharmaceuticals. The Company manufactures glass containers in a range of sizes, shapes, and colors. Its customers consist of food and beverage manufacturers, including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Brown-Forman, Carlsberg, Coca-Cola, Constellation, Diageo, Heineken, Molson Coors, Nestle, PepsiCo and Pernod Ricard. It has glass container manufacturing plants in the Americas region located in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary and the United States. It has a distribution facility in the United States used to import glass containers from its business in Mexico. It has approximately 69 plants in 19 countries.