O-I Glass, Inc. Appoints Gordon J. Hardie as Chief Executive Officer, Effective May 15, 2024
April 04, 2024 at 08:30 am EDT
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O-I Glass, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Gordon J. Hardie, current O-I Board member, as the Company?s next Chief Executive Officer, effective the later of May 15, 2024 or the date Gordon is issued his work-authorized U.S. visa. Gordon will also continue as a member of O-I?s Board, where he has served since 2015. He succeeds Andres Lopez, who previously announced his intention to retire.
Gordon is a seasoned executive who brings over 35 years of leadership and operational expertise, including overseeing transformations at global companies to achieve positions. Most recently, he served as President, Food & Ingredients at Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, where he was responsible for leading the strategic development and global performance of the business.
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.