UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-K

Commission file number 1-9576

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (567) 336-5000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

The aggregate market value (based on the consolidated tape closing price on June 30, 2007) of the voting and non-voting stock beneficially held by non-affiliates of Owens-Illinois, Inc. was approximately $3,135,882,000.  For the sole purpose of making this calculation, the term “non-affiliate” has been interpreted to exclude directors and executive officers of the Company.  Such interpretation is not intended to be, and should not be construed to be, an admission by Owens-Illinois, Inc. or such directors or executive officers of the Company that such directors and executive officers of the Company are “affiliates” of Owens-Illinois, Inc., as that term is defined under the Securities Act of 1934.

The number of shares of common stock, $.01 par value of Owens-Illinois, Inc. outstanding as of January 31, 2008 was 157,417,643.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of Owens-Illinois, Inc. Proxy Statement for The Annual Meeting of Share Owners To Be Held Friday, May 9, 2008 (“Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.

TABLE OF GUARANTORS

The address, including zip code, and telephone number, of each additional registrant’s principal executive office is One Michael Owens Way, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551; (567) 336-5000.  These companies are listed as guarantors of the debt securities of the registrant.  The consolidating condensed financial statements of the Company depicting separately its guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries are presented in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.  All of the equity securities of each of the guarantors set forth in the table above are owned, either directly or indirectly, by Owens-Illinois, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

General Development of Business

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (the “Company”), through its subsidiaries, is the successor to a business established in 1903.  The Company is the largest manufacturer of glass containers in the world, with leading positions in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and South America.

On July 31, 2007, the Company completed the sale of its plastics packaging business for approximately $1.825 billion.

Strategy and Competitive Strengths

The Company is pursuing a strategy aimed at leveraging its global capabilities, broadening its market base and focusing on modern management technologies and fundamentals including incentive compensation linked to cash flows and fact-based, data-driven decision making.

The Company’s current core competitive strengths are:

·      Global leadership in manufacturing glass containers

·      Long-standing relationships with a diverse group of leading consumer products companies

·      Technological leadership and worldwide licensee network

·      Low-cost production of glass containers

·      Experienced and motivated management team and work force

The Company has acquired 17 glass container businesses in 22 countries since 1990, including businesses in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and South America.  Through these acquisitions, the Company has enhanced its global presence in order to better serve the needs of its multinational customers. Through global leveraging, the Company also expects to achieve purchasing and cost reduction synergies.

The Company has 83 glass manufacturing plants in 22 countries.

Technology Leader

The Company believes it is a technological leader in the worldwide glass container segment of the rigid packaging market in which it competes.  During the five years ended December 31, 2007, on a continuing operations basis, the Company invested more than $1.4 billion in capital expenditures (excluding acquisitions) and more than $247 million in research, development and engineering to, among other things, improve labor and machine productivity, increase capacity in growing markets and commercialize technology into new products.

Worldwide Corporate Headquarters

The principal executive office of the Company is located at One Michael Owens Way, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551; the telephone number is (567) 336-5000.  The Company’s website is www.o-i.com.  The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K,

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and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 can be obtained from this site at no cost. The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the charters of the Compensation, Nominating/Corporate Governance and Audit Committees are also available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site.  Copies of these documents are available in print to share owners upon request, addressed to the Corporate Secretary at the address above.

Financial Information about Reportable Segments

Information as to sales, earnings from continuing operations before interest income, interest expense, provision for income taxes and minority share owners’ interests in earnings of subsidiaries and excluding amounts related to certain items that management considers not representative of ongoing operations (“Segment Operating Profit”), and total assets by reportable segment is included in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Narrative Description of Business

Below is a description of the business and information to the extent material to understanding the Company’s business taken as a whole.

Products and Services, Customers, Markets and Competitive Conditions, and Methods of Distribution

The Company is the largest manufacturer of glass containers in the world.  The Company is the leading glass container manufacturer in 18 of the 22 countries where it competes in the glass container segment of the rigid packaging market, including the U.S., and the sole manufacturer of glass containers in 8 of these countries.

Products and Services

The Company produces glass containers for beer and ready-to-drink low alcohol refreshers, spirits, wine, food, tea, juice and pharmaceuticals.  The Company also produces glass containers for soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages, principally outside the U.S.  The Company manufactures these products in a wide range of sizes, shapes and colors. The Company is active in new product development and glass container innovation.

Customers

In most of the countries where the Company competes, it has the leading position in the glass container segment of the rigid packaging market based on sales revenue.  The largest customers include many of the leading manufacturers and marketers of glass packaged products in the world.  In the U.S., the majority of customers for glass containers are brewers, wine vintners, distillers and food producers.  The Company also produces glass containers for soft drinks, principally outside the U.S.  The largest U.S. glass container customers include (in alphabetical order) Anheuser-Busch, Diageo, H.J. Heinz, Molson/Coors, Novartis, Pepsico, SABMiller, and Saxco-Demptos, Inc.  The largest glass container customers outside the U.S. include (in alphabetical order) Diageo, Foster’s, Heineken, InBev, Lion Nathan, Molson/Coors, SABMiller, and  Scottish & Newcastle.  The Company is a major glass container supplier to all of these customers.

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The Company sells most of its glass container products directly to customers under annual or multi-year supply agreements.  The Company also sells some of its products through distributors. Glass container production is typically scheduled to maintain reasonable levels of inventory.

Markets and Competitive Conditions

The principal markets for glass container products made by the Company are in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and South America.  The Company believes it is a low-cost producer in the glass container segment of the rigid packaging market in many of the countries in which it competes.  Much of this cost advantage is due to proprietary equipment and process technology used by the Company.  The Company’s machine development activities and systematic upgrading of production equipment in the 1990’s and early 2000’s have given it a low-cost leadership position in the glass container segment in many of the countries in which it competes, a key strength to competing successfully in the rigid packaging market.

The Company has the leading share of the glass container segment of the U.S. rigid packaging market based on sales revenue by domestic producers in the U.S.  The principal glass container competitors in the U.S. are Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, and Anchor Glass Container Corporation.  In addition, imports from Mexico and other countries increasingly compete in U.S. glass container segments.  Additionally, a few major consumer packaged goods companies also self-manufacture glass containers.

In supplying glass containers outside of the U.S., the Company competes directly with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in Europe and Brazil, Ardagh plc in the U.K., Germany, and Poland, Vetropak in the Czech Republic and Amcor Limited in Australia.  In other locations in Europe, the Company competes indirectly with a variety of glass container firms including Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, Vetropak and Ardagh plc.  Except as mentioned above, the Company does not compete with any large, multi-national glass container manufacturers in South America or the Asia Pacific region.

In addition to competing with other large, well-established manufacturers in the glass container segment, the Company competes with manufacturers of other forms of rigid packaging, principally aluminum cans and plastic containers, on the basis of quality, price, service and the marketing attributes of the container.  The principal competitors producing metal containers are Amcor, Ball Corporation, Crown Holdings, Inc., Rexam plc, and Silgan Holdings Inc.  The principal competitors producing plastic containers are Consolidated Container Holdings, LLC, Graham Packaging Company, Plastipak Packaging, Inc. and Silgan Holdings Inc.  The Company also competes with manufacturers of non-rigid packaging alternatives, including flexible pouches and aseptic cartons.

The Company’s unit shipments of glass containers in countries outside of the U.S. have grown substantially from levels in earlier years.  The Company has added to its international operations by acquiring glass container companies, many of which have leading positions in growing or established markets, increasing capacity at select foreign subsidiaries, and maintaining the global network of glass container companies that license its technology.  In many developing countries, the Company’s international glass operations have benefited in the last ten years from increased consumer spending power, a trend toward the privatization of industry, a favorable climate for foreign investment, lowering of trade barriers and global expansion programs by multi-national consumer companies.

North America.  In addition to the glass container operations in the U.S., the Company’s subsidiary in Canada is the sole manufacturer of glass containers in that country.

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South America.  The Company is the sole manufacturer of glass containers in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.  In both Brazil and Venezuela, the Company is the leading manufacturer of glass containers.  In South America, there is a large infrastructure for returnable/refillable glass containers.  However, with improving economic conditions in South America after the recessions of the late 1990’s, unit sales of non-returnable glass containers have grown in Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.

Europe.  The Company’s European glass container business, headquartered in Switzerland, has consolidated manufacturing operations in 11 countries and is the largest in Europe.  The Company is a leading producer of wine and champagne bottles in France and is the sole supplier of glass containers to Scottish & Newcastle, France’s leading brewer.  In Italy, the Company is the leading manufacturer of glass containers and operates 12 glass container plants.  In Germany, the Company’s key customers include Scottish & Newcastle and Nestle Europe.  In The Netherlands, the Company is one of the leading suppliers of glass containers to Heineken.  The Company is a leading manufacturer of glass containers for the U.K. spirits business.  In Spain, the Company serves the market for olives in the Sevilla area and the market for wine bottles in the Barcelona and southern France area.  In Poland, the Company is the leading glass container manufacturer and operates two plants.  The Company is the leading glass container manufacturer in the Czech Republic.  In Hungary, the Company is the sole glass container manufacturer and serves the Hungarian food industry.  In Finland and the Baltic country of Estonia, the Company is the only manufacturer of glass containers.  The Company coordinates production activities between Finland and Estonia in order to efficiently serve the Finnish, Baltic and Russian markets. In recent years, Western European brewers have been establishing beer production facilities in Central Europe and the Russian Republic.  Because these new beer plants use high-speed filling lines, they require high quality glass containers in order to operate properly. The Company believes it is well positioned to meet this growing demand.

Asia Pacific.  The Company has glass operations in four countries in the Asia Pacific region: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and China.  In the Asia Pacific region, the Company is the leading manufacturer of glass containers in most of the countries in which it competes.  In Australia, the Company’s subsidiary operates four glass container plants, including a plant focused on serving the needs of the growing Australian wine industry.  In New Zealand, the Company is the sole glass container manufacturer.  In Indonesia, the Company supplies the Indonesian market and exports glass containers for food and pharmaceutical products to Australian customers.  In China, the glass container segments of the packaging market are regional and highly fragmented with a number of local competitors.  The Company has four modern glass container plants in China manufacturing high-quality beer bottles to serve Foster’s as well as Anheuser-Busch, which is now producing Budweiser® in and for the Chinese market.

The Company continues to focus on serving the needs of leading multi-national consumer companies as they pursue international growth opportunities.  The Company believes that it is often the glass container partner of choice for such multi-national consumer companies due to its leadership in glass technology and its status as a high quality producer in most of the markets it serves.

Manufacturing

The Company believes it is a low-cost producer in the North American rigid packaging market, as well as a low-cost producer in many of the international glass segments in which it competes.  Much of this cost advantage is due to the Company’s proprietary equipment and process technology.  The Company believes its proprietary high volume glass forming machines, developed and refined by its engineering group, are significantly more efficient and productive than those used by competitors.  The Company’s machine development activities and systematic upgrading of production equipment have given it a low-cost leadership position in the glass container segment in most of the countries in which it competes, a key strength to competing successfully in the rigid packaging market.

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The Company operates several machine shops that assemble and repair high-productivity glass-forming machines and mold shops that manufacture molds and related equipment.

Methods of Distribution

Due to the significance of transportation costs and the importance of timely delivery, glass container manufacturing facilities are generally located close to customers.  In the U.S., most of the Company’s glass container products are shipped by common carrier to customers within a 250-mile radius of a given production site.  In addition, the Company’s glass container operations outside the U.S. export some products to customers beyond their national boundaries, which may include transportation by rail and ocean delivery in combination with common carriers.

Suppliers and Raw Materials

The primary raw materials used in the Company’s glass container operations are sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass.  Each of these materials, as well as the other raw materials used to manufacture glass containers, has historically been available in adequate supply from multiple sources.  One of the sources is a soda ash mining operation in Wyoming in which the Company has a 25% interest.  For certain raw materials, however, there may be temporary shortages due to weather or other factors, including disruptions in supply caused by raw material transportation or production delays.

Energy

The Company’s glass container operations require a continuous supply of significant amounts of energy, principally natural gas, fuel oil, and electrical power.  Adequate supplies of energy are generally available to the Company at all of its manufacturing locations.  Energy costs typically account for 15-25% of the Company’s total manufacturing costs, depending on the factory location and its particular energy requirements.  The percentage of total cost related to energy can vary significantly because of volatility in market prices, particularly for natural gas in particularly volatile markets such as North America.  In order to limit the effects of fluctuations in market prices for natural gas and fuel oil, the Company uses commodity futures contracts related to its forecasted requirements, principally in North America.  The objective of these futures contracts is to reduce the potential volatility in cash flows due to changing market prices.  The Company continually evaluates the energy markets with respect to its forecasted energy requirements in order to optimize its use of commodity futures contracts.  If energy costs increase substantially in the future, the Company could experience a corresponding increase in operating costs, which may not be fully recoverable through increased selling prices.

Glass Recycling

The Company is an important contributor to the recycling effort in the U.S. and abroad and continues to melt substantial recycled glass tonnage in its glass furnaces.  If sufficient high-quality recycled glass were available on a consistent basis, the Company has the technology to operate using up to 90% recycled glass.  Using recycled glass in the manufacturing process reduces energy costs and prolongs the operating life of the glass melting furnaces.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Technical Assistance License Agreements

The Company has agreements to license its proprietary glass container technology and provide technical assistance to 20 companies in 20 countries.  These agreements cover areas related to manufacturing and engineering assistance.  The worldwide licensee network provides a stream of revenue to support the Company’s development activities and gives it the opportunity to participate in the rigid packaging market in countries where it does not already have a direct presence.  In addition, the Company’s technical agreements enable it to apply “best practices” developed by its worldwide licensee network.  In the years 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company earned $19.7 million, $16.5 million and $16.2 million, respectively, in royalties and net technical assistance revenue on a continuing operations basis.

Research and Development

The Company believes it is a technological leader in the worldwide glass container segment of the rigid packaging market.  Research, development, and engineering constitute important parts of the Company’s technical activities.  On a continuing operations basis, research, development, and engineering expenditures were $65.8 million, $48.7 million, and $50.9 million for 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.  The Company’s research, development and engineering activities include new products, manufacturing process control, automatic inspection and further automation of manufacturing activities.

Environmental and Other Governmental Regulation

The Company’s worldwide operations, in common with those of the industry generally, are subject to extensive laws, ordinances, regulations and other legal requirements relating to environmental protection, including legal requirements governing investigation and clean-up of contaminated properties as well as water discharges, air emissions, waste management and workplace health and safety.  Capital expenditures for property, plant, and equipment in 2007 included amounts for environmental control activities that were not material in the aggregate.

In the U.S., Canada, Europe and elsewhere, a number of government authorities have adopted or are considering legal requirements that would mandate certain rates of recycling, the use of recycled materials, or limitations on or preferences for certain types of packaging.  The Company believes that governments worldwide will continue to develop and enact legal requirements seeking to, or having the effect of, guiding customer and end-consumer packaging choices.

In North America, sales of beverage containers are affected by governmental regulation of packaging, including deposit return laws. As of January 1, 2008, there were 11 U.S. states with bottle deposit laws in effect, requiring consumer deposits of between 4 and 15 cents, USD, depending on the size of the container. In Canada, there are 8 provinces with consumer deposits between 5 and 20 cents Canadian, depending on the size of the container. In Europe a number of countries have some form of consumer deposit law in effect, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The structure and enforcement of such laws and regulations can impact the sales of beverage containers in a given jurisdiction. Such laws and regulations also impact the availability of post-consumer recycled glass for the Company to use in container production.

A number of U.S. states and Canadian provinces have recently considered or are now considering laws and regulations to encourage curbside, deposit return, and on-premise recycling.   Although there is no clear trend in the direction of these state and provincial laws and regulations, the Company believes that U.S. states and Canadian provinces, as well as municipalities within those jurisdictions, will continue to adopt recycling laws which will affect supplies of post-consumer recycled glass.    As a large user of post-consumer recycled glass for bottle to bottle production, the Company has an interest in laws and regulations impacting supplies of such material in its markets.

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The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (“EUETS”) commenced January 1, 2005.  The EU has committed to Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction targets and the EUETS is intended to facilitate such reduction.  The Company’s manufacturing installations which operate in EU countries will need to restrict the volume of their CO2 emissions to the level of their individually allocated Emissions Allowances as set by country regulators.   If the actual level of emissions for any installation exceeds its allocated allowance, additional allowances can be bought on the market to cover deficits; conversely, if the actual level of emissions for such installation is less than its allocation, the excess allowances can be sold on the same market.  While no material effect is anticipated as a result of the EUETS, the Company has sold a limited quantity of excess CO2 emissions allowances in the open market during 2007.

The Company is unable to predict what environmental legal requirements may be adopted in the future.  However, the Company continually monitors its operations in relation to environmental impacts and invests in environmentally friendly and emissions reducing projects.  As such, the Company has made significant expenditures for environmental improvements at certain of its factories over the last several years; however, these expenditures did not have a material adverse affect on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows.  While not expected to be material, the compliance costs associated with legal environmental requirements are expected to continue.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Company has a large number of patents which relate to a wide variety of products and processes, has a substantial number of patent applications pending, and is licensed under several patents of others.  While in the aggregate the Company’s patents are of material importance to its businesses, the Company does not consider that any patent or group of patents relating to a particular product or process is of material importance when judged from the standpoint of any segment or its businesses as a whole.

The Company has a number of intellectual property rights, comprised of both patented and proprietary technology, that the Company believes makes its glass forming machines more efficient and productive than those used by its competitors.  In addition, the efficiency of the Company’s glass forming machines is enhanced by the Company’s overall approach to cost efficient manufacturing technology, which extends from the raw materials batch house to the finished goods warehouse.  This technology is proprietary to the Company through a combination of issued patents, pending applications, copyrights, trade secrets and proprietary know-how.

Upstream of the glass forming machines, there is technology to deliver molten glass to the forming machine at high rates of flow and fully conditioned to be homogeneous in consistency, viscosity and temperature for efficient forming into glass containers.  The Company has proprietary know-how in (a) the batch house, where raw materials are stored, measured and mixed, (b) the furnace control system and furnace combustion, and (c) the forehearth and feeding system to deliver such homogeneous glass to the forming machines.

In the Company’s glass container manufacturing processes, computer controls and electro-mechanical mechanisms are commonly used for a wide variety of applications in the forming machines and auxiliary processes. Various patents held by the Company are directed to the electro-mechanical mechanisms and related technologies used to control sections of the machines.  Additional U.S. patents held by the Company and various pending applications are directed to the technology used by the Company for the systems that control the operation of the forming machines and many of the component mechanisms that are embodied in the machine systems.

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Downstream of the glass forming machines, there is patented and unpatented technology for ware handling, annealing, coating and inspection, which further enhance the overall efficiency of the manufacturing process.

While the above patents and intellectual property rights are representative of the technology used in the Company’s glass manufacturing operations, there are numerous other pending patent applications, trade secrets and other proprietary know-how and technology, as supplemented by administrative and operational best practices, which contribute to the Company’s competitive advantage.  As noted above, however, the Company does not consider that any patent or group of patents relating to a particular product or process is of material importance when judged from the standpoint of any segment or its businesses as a whole.

Seasonality

Sales of particular glass container products such as beer are seasonal.  Shipments in the U.S. and Europe are typically greater in the second and third quarters of the year, while shipments in the Asia Pacific region are typically greater in the first and fourth quarters of the year, and shipments in South America are typically greater in the third and fourth quarters of the year.

Employees

The Company’s worldwide operations employed approximately 24,000 persons as of December 31, 2007.  Approximately 95% of North American employees are hourly workers covered by collective bargaining agreements.  The principal collective bargaining agreement, which at December 31, 2007, covered approximately 61% of the Company’s union-affiliated employees in North America will expire on March 31, 2008. Consistent with past practice, representatives of the Company and the union began discussions early in 2008 in connection with negotiating a new agreement.  Approximately 58% of employees in South America are covered by collective bargaining agreements with an average term of approximately 2-3 years.  In addition, a large number of the Company’s employees are employed in countries in which employment laws provide greater bargaining or other rights to employees than the laws of the U.S.  Such employment rights require the Company to work collaboratively with the legal representatives of the employees to effect any changes to labor arrangements. The Company considers its employee relations to be good and does not anticipate any material work stoppages in the near term.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

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Financial Information about Foreign and Domestic Operations

Information as to net sales, Segment Operating Profit, and assets of the Company’s reportable segments is included in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 1A.               RISK FACTORS

Asbestos-Related Contingent Liability – The Company has made, and will continue to make, substantial payments to resolve claims of persons alleging exposure to asbestos-containing products and may need to record additional charges in the future for estimated asbestos-related costs.  These substantial payments have affected and may continue to affect the Company’s cost of borrowing and the ability to pursue acquisitions.

The Company is one of a number of defendants in a substantial number of lawsuits filed in numerous state and federal courts by persons alleging bodily injury (including death) as a result of exposure to dust from asbestos fibers.  From 1948 to 1958, one of the Company’s former business units commercially produced and sold approximately $40 million of a high-temperature, calcium-silicate based pipe and block insulation material containing asbestos.  The Company exited the pipe and block insulation business in April 1958.  The traditional asbestos personal injury lawsuits and claims relating to such production and sale of asbestos material typically allege various theories of liability, including negligence, gross negligence and strict liability and seek compensatory and in some cases, punitive damages in various amounts (herein referred to as “asbestos claims”).

The Company believes that its ultimate asbestos-related liability (i.e., its indemnity payments or other claim disposition costs plus related legal fees) cannot be estimated with certainty. Beginning with the initial liability of $975 million established in 1993, the Company has accrued a total of approximately $3.22 billion through 2007, before insurance recoveries, for its asbestos-related liability.  The Company’s ability reasonably to estimate its liability has been significantly affected by the volatility of asbestos-related litigation in the United States, the expanding list of non-traditional defendants that have been sued in this litigation and found liable for substantial damage awards, the use of mass litigation screenings to generate new lawsuits, the large number of claims asserted or filed by parties who claim prior exposure to asbestos materials but have no present physical impairment as a result of such exposure, and the significant number of co-defendants that have filed for bankruptcy.

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The Company conducted a comprehensive review of its asbestos-related liabilities and costs in connection with finalizing and reporting its results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 and concluded that an increase in its reserve for future asbestos-related costs in the amount of $115.0 million was required.

The ultimate amount of distributions which may be required to be made by the Company to fund the Company’s asbestos-related payments cannot be estimated with certainty.  The Company’s reported results of operations for 2007 were materially affected by the $115.0 million fourth quarter charge and asbestos-related payments continue to be substantial.  Any future additional charge may likewise materially affect the Company’s results of operations for the period in which it is recorded. Also, the continued use of significant amounts of cash for asbestos-related costs has affected and may continue to affect the Company’s cost of borrowing and its ability to pursue global or domestic acquisitions.

Substantial Leverage – The Company’s substantial indebtedness could adversely affect the Company’s financial health.

The Company has a significant amount of debt.  As of December 31, 2007, the Company had approximately $3.7 billion of total debt outstanding, reduced from $5.5 billion at December 31, 2006.  While the debt level is lower, the Company’s remaining indebtedness could result in the following consequences:

·      Increased vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

·      Increased vulnerability to interest rate increases for the portion of the unhedged and fixed rate borrowing swapped into variable rates;

·      Require the Company to dedicate a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to payments on indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, development efforts and other general corporate purposes;

·      Limited flexibility in reacting to the Company’s competitors that have less debt; and

·      Limit, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants in the documents governing  indebtedness, among other things, the Company’s ability to borrow additional funds.

Ability to Service Debt—To service its indebtedness, the Company will require a significant amount of cash. The Company’s ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond its control.

The Company’s ability to make payments on and to refinance its indebtedness and to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, development efforts and other general corporate purposes depends on its ability to generate cash in the future.  The Company has no assurance that it will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or that future borrowings will be available under the secured credit agreement, in an amount sufficient to enable the Company to pay its indebtedness, or to fund other liquidity needs. If short term interest rates increase, the Company’s debt service cost will increase because some of its debt is subject to short term variable interest rates. At December 31, 2007, the Company’s debt subject to variable interest rates, including fixed rate debt swapped to variable rate, represented approximately 62% of total debt.

The Company may need to refinance all or a portion of its indebtedness on or before maturity. If the Company is unable to generate sufficient cash flow and is unable to refinance or extend outstanding borrowings on commercially reasonable terms or at all, it may have to:

·      Reduce or delay capital expenditures planned for replacements, improvements and expansions;

·      Sell assets;

·      Restructure debt; and/or

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·      Obtain additional debt or equity financing.

The Company can provide no assurance that it could effect or implement any of these alternatives on satisfactory terms, if at all.

Debt Restrictions—The Company may not be able to finance future needs or adapt its business plans to changes because of restrictions contained in the secured credit agreement and the indentures and instruments governing other indebtedness.

The secured credit agreement, the indentures governing secured and unsecured notes and debentures, and certain of the agreements governing other indebtedness contain affirmative and negative covenants that limit the ability of the Company to take certain actions. For example, some of these indentures restrict, among other things, the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to borrow money, pay dividends on, or redeem or repurchase its stock, make investments, create liens, enter into certain transactions with affiliates and sell certain assets or merge with or into other companies. These restrictions could adversely affect the Company’s ability to operate its businesses and may limit its ability to take advantage of potential business opportunities as they arise.

Failure to comply with these or other covenants and restrictions contained in the secured credit agreement, the indentures or agreements governing other indebtedness could result in a default under those agreements, and the debt under those agreements, together with accrued interest, could then be declared immediately due and payable. If a default occurs under the secured credit agreement, the lenders could cause all of the outstanding debt obligations under such secured credit agreement to become due and payable, which would result in a default under a number of other outstanding debt securities and could lead to an acceleration of obligations related to these debt securities. A default under the secured credit agreement, indentures or agreements governing other indebtedness could also lead to an acceleration of debt under other debt instruments that contain cross acceleration or cross-default provisions.

International Operations – The Company is subject to risks associated with operating in foreign countries.

The Company operates manufacturing and other facilities throughout the world.  Net sales from international operations totaled approximately $5.6 billion, representing approximately 75% of the Company’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2007.  As a result of its international operations, the Company is subject to risks associated with operating in foreign countries, including:

·      Political, social and economic instability;

·      War, civil disturbance or acts of terrorism;

·      Taking of property by nationalization or expropriation without fair compensation;

·      Changes in government policies and regulations;

·      Devaluations and fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

·      Imposition of limitations on conversions of foreign currencies into dollars or remittance of dividends and other payments by foreign subsidiaries;

·      Imposition or increase of withholding and other taxes on remittances and other payments by foreign subsidiaries;

·      Hyperinflation in certain foreign countries; and

·      Impositions or increase of investment and other restrictions or requirements by foreign governments.

The risks associated with operating in foreign countries may have a material adverse effect on operations.

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Competition – The Company faces intense competition from other glass container producers, as well as from makers of alternative forms of packaging.  Competitive pressures could adversely affect the Company’s financial health.

The Company is subject to significant competition from other glass container producers, as well as from makers of alternative forms of packaging, such as aluminum cans and plastic containers.  The Company competes with each rigid packaging competitor on the basis of price, quality, service and the marketing attributes of the container.  Advantages or disadvantages in any of these competitive factors may be sufficient to cause the customer to consider changing suppliers and/or using an alternative form of packaging.  The Company also competes with manufacturers of non-rigid packaging alternatives, including flexible pouches and aseptic cartons, in serving the packaging needs of juice customers.

Pressures from competitors and producers of alternative forms of packaging have resulted in excess capacity in certain countries in the past and have led to significant pricing pressures in the rigid packaging market.

High Energy Costs – Higher energy costs worldwide and interrupted power supplies may have a material adverse effect on operations.

Electrical power, natural gas, and fuel oil are vital to the Company’s operations as it relies on a continuous power supply to conduct its business.  Depending on the location and mix of energy sources, energy accounts for 15% to 25% of total production costs.  If energy costs substantially increase in the future, the Company could experience a significant increase in operating costs, which may have a material adverse effect on operations.

Business Integration Risks – The Company may not be able to effectively integrate additional businesses it acquires in the future.

The Company may consider strategic transactions, including acquisitions that will complement, strengthen and enhance growth in its worldwide glass operations.  The Company evaluates opportunities on a preliminary basis from time to time but  these transactions may not advance beyond the preliminary stages or be completed.  Such acquisitions are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including:

·      The inability to integrate effectively the operations, products, technologies and personnel of the acquired companies (some of which are located in diverse geographic regions) and achieve expected synergies;

·      The potential disruption of existing business and diversion of management’s attention from day-to-day operations;

·      The inability to maintain uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;

·      The need or obligation to divest portions of the acquired companies; and

·      The potential impairment of relationships with customers.

In addition, the Company cannot make assurances that the integration and consolidation of newly acquired businesses will achieve any anticipated cost savings and operating synergies.

Customer Consolidation – The continuing consolidation of the Company’s customer base may intensify pricing pressures and have a material adverse effect on operations.

Since the early 1990s, many of the Company’s largest customers have acquired companies with similar or complementary product lines.  This consolidation has increased the concentration of the Company’s business with its largest customers.  In many cases, such consolidation has been accompanied by pressure from customers for lower prices, reflecting the increase in the total volume of products purchased or the

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elimination of a price differential between the acquiring customer and the company acquired.  Increased pricing pressures from the Company’s customers may have a material adverse effect on operations.

Seasonality and Raw Materials – Profitability could be affected by varied seasonal demands and the availability of raw materials.

Due principally to the seasonal nature of the brewing, iced tea and other beverage industries, in which demand is stronger during the summer months, sales of the Company’s products have varied and are expected to vary by quarter.  Shipments in the U.S. and Europe are typically greater in the second and third quarters of the year, while shipments in the Asia Pacific region are typically greater in the first and fourth quarters of the year, and shipments in South America are typically greater in the third and fourth quarters of the year.  Unseasonably cool weather during peak demand periods can reduce demand for certain beverages packaged in the Company’s containers.

The raw materials that the Company uses have historically been available in adequate supply from multiple sources.  For certain raw materials, however, there may be temporary shortages due to weather or other factors, including disruptions in supply caused by raw material transportation or production delays.  These shortages, as well as material increases in the cost of any of the principal raw materials that the Company uses, may have a material adverse effect on operations.

Environmental Risks – The Company is subject to various environmental legal requirements and may be subject to new legal requirements in the future.  These requirements may have a material adverse effect on operations.

The Company’s operations and properties, both in the U.S. and abroad, are subject to extensive laws, ordinances, regulations and other legal requirements relating to environmental protection, including legal requirements governing investigation and clean-up of contaminated properties as well as water discharges, air emissions, waste management and workplace health and safety.  Such legal requirements frequently change and vary among jurisdictions.  The Company’s operations and properties, both in the U.S. and abroad, must comply with these legal requirements.  These requirements may have a material adverse effect on operations.

The Company has incurred, and expects to incur, costs for its operations to comply with environmental legal requirements, and these costs could increase in the future.  Many environmental legal requirements provide for substantial fines, orders (including orders to cease operations), and criminal sanctions for violations.  These legal requirements may apply to conditions at properties that the Company presently or formerly owned or operated, as well as at other properties for which the Company may be responsible, including those at which wastes attributable to the Company were disposed.  A significant order or judgment against the Company, the loss of a significant permit or license or the imposition of a significant fine may have a material adverse effect on operations.

A number of governmental authorities both in the U.S. and abroad have enacted, or are considering, legal requirements that would mandate certain rates of recycling, the use of recycled materials and/or limitations on certain kinds of packaging materials.  In addition, some companies with packaging needs have responded to such developments and/or perceived environmental concerns of consumers by using containers made in whole or in part of recycled materials.  Such developments may reduce the demand for some of the Company’s products and/or increase the Company’s costs, which may have a material adverse effect on operations.

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Labor Relations – Some of the Company’s employees are unionized or represented by workers’ councils.

The Company is party to a number of collective bargaining agreements with labor unions which at December 31, 2007, covered approximately 95% of the Company’s hourly employees in North America and approximately 58% of the employees in South America.  The agreement covering substantially all of the Company’s union-affiliated employees in its U.S. glass container operations expires on March 31, 2008.  Agreements in South America typically have an average term of approximately 2-3 years.  Upon the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement, if the Company is unable to negotiate acceptable contracts with labor unions, it could result in strikes by the affected workers and increased operating costs as a result of higher wages or benefits paid to union members. In addition, a large number of the Company’s employees are employed in countries in which employment laws provide greater bargaining or other rights to employees than the laws of the U.S.  Such employment rights require the Company to work collaboratively with the legal representatives of the employees to effect any changes to labor arrangements.  For example, most of the Company’s employees in Europe are represented by workers’ councils that must approve any changes in conditions of employment, including salaries and benefits and staff changes, and may impede efforts to restructure the Company’s workforce.  Although the Company believes that it has a good working relationship with its employees, if the Company’s employees were to engage in a strike or other work stoppage, the Company could experience a significant disruption of operations and/or higher ongoing labor costs, which may have a material adverse effect on operations.

Accounting – The Company’s financial results are based upon estimates and assumptions that may differ from actual results.

In preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, several estimates and assumptions are made that affect the accounting for and recognition of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.  These estimates and assumptions must be made because certain information that is used in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements is dependent on future events, cannot be calculated with a high degree of precision from data available or is not capable of being readily calculated based on generally accepted methodologies.  In some cases, these estimates are particularly difficult to determine and the Company must exercise significant judgment.  The Company believes that accounting for long-lived assets, pension benefit plans, contingencies and litigation, and income taxes involves the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.  Actual results for all estimates could differ materially from the estimates and assumptions that the Company uses, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Accounting Standards – The adoption of new accounting standards or interpretations could adversely impact the Company’s financial results.

The Company’s implementation of and compliance with changes in accounting rules and interpretations could adversely affect its operating results or cause unanticipated fluctuations in its results in future periods.  The accounting rules and regulations that the Company must comply with are complex and continually changing.  Recent actions and public comments from the SEC have focused on the integrity of financial reporting generally.  The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, has recently introduced several new or proposed accounting standards, or is developing new proposed standards, which would represent a significant change from current industry practices.  For example, in February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, “Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“FAS No. 159”).  FAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, therefore the Company will adopt its provisions effective as of January 1, 2008.  Adoption of FAS No. 159 is not presently expected to have a material impact on the

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Company’s results of operations or financial position.  In addition, many companies’ accounting policies are being subjected to heightened scrutiny by regulators and the public.  While the Company believes that its financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the Company cannot predict the impact of future changes to accounting principles or its accounting policies on its financial statements going forward.

Goodwill – A significant write down of goodwill would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s reported results of operations and net worth.

As required by FAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles,” the Company evaluates goodwill annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise) for impairment using the required business valuation methods.  Goodwill at December 31, 2007 totaled $2,428.1 million.  These methods include the use of a weighted average cost of capital to calculate the present value of the expected future cash flows of the Company’s reporting units.  Future changes in the cost of capital, expected cash flows, or other factors may cause the Company’s goodwill to be impaired, resulting in a non-cash charge against results of operations to write down goodwill for the amount of the impairment.  If a significant write down is required, the charge would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s reported results of operations and net worth.

ITEM 1B.               UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2.                  PROPERTIES

The principal manufacturing facilities and other material important physical properties of the continuing operations of the Company at December 31, 2007 are listed below.  All properties shown are owned in fee except where otherwise noted.

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(1)  This facility is leased in whole or in part.

The Company believes that its facilities are well maintained and currently adequate for its planned production requirements over the next three to five years.

ITEM 3.                  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For further information on legal proceedings, see Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the section entitled “Environmental and Other Governmental Regulation” in Item 1.

ITEM 4.                  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders during the last quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

PART II

ITEM 5.                                                     MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED SHARE OWNER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The price range for the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by National Association of Securities Dealers, was as follows:

The number of share owners of record on January 31, 2008 was 1,207.  Approximately 94% of the outstanding shares were registered in the name of Depository Trust Company, or CEDE, which held such

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shares on behalf of a number of brokerage firms, banks, and other financial institutions.  The shares attributed to these financial institutions, in turn, represented the interests of more than 25,000 unidentified beneficial owners.  No dividends have been declared or paid since the Company’s initial public offering in December 1991 and the Company does not anticipate paying any dividends in the near future.  For restrictions on payment of dividends on common stock, see Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Capital Resources and Liquidity – Current and Long Term Debt and Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Information with respect to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is included herein under Item 12.

PERFORMANCE GRAPH
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG OWENS-ILLINOIS, S&P 500, AND PACKAGING GROUP

The above graph compares the performance of the Company’s Common Stock with that of a broad market index (the S&P 500 Composite Index) and a packaging group consisting of companies with lines

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of business or product end uses comparable to those of the Company for which market quotations are available.

The packaging group consists of: AptarGroup, Inc., Ball Corp., Bemis Company, Inc., Constar International Inc., Crown Holdings, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Sealed Air Corp., Silgan Holdings Inc., Sonoco Products Co., and Vitro Sociedad Anonima (ADSs).

Chesapeake Corp. was removed from the index because its principal product lines are not comparable to those of the Company following the Company’s divestiture of its remaining plastics businesses in 2007.  Its removal did not have a significant effect on the performance of the group.

The comparison of total return on investment for each period is based on the investment of $100 on December 31, 2002 and the change in market value of the stock, including additional shares assumed purchased through reinvestment of dividends, if any.

ITEM 6.                  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected consolidated financial data presented below relates to each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2007.  The financial data for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2007 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company.  For more information, see the “Consolidated Financial Statements” included elsewhere in this document.

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The Company’s convertible preferred stock was included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for 2007 on an “if converted” basis since the result was dilutive.  The Company’s convertible preferred stock was not included in the computation of 2003-2006 diluted earnings per share since the result would have been antidilutive.  Options to purchase 862,906 and 5,067,104 weighted average shares of common stock which were outstanding during 2007 and 2004 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2003, diluted earnings per share of common stock are equal to basic earnings per share of common stock due to the net losses.

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(a)          Amounts related to the Company’s plastic packaging business have been reclassified to discontinued operations for 2003-2007 as a result of the sale of that business in 2007. Amounts related to the Company’s plastic blow-molded container business have been reclassified to discontinued operations for 2003-2004 as a result of the sale of that business in 2004.  Amounts for the year ended December 31, 2004, and all subsequent periods, include the results of BSN from the date of acquisition on June 21, 2004.

(b)         Other revenue in 2006 includes a gain of $15.9 million ($11.2 million after tax) for the curtailment of postretirement benefits in The Netherlands.

Other revenue in 2005 includes $28.1 million (pretax and after tax) from the sale of the Company’s glass container facility in Corsico, Italy.

Other revenue in 2004 includes: (1) a gain of $20.6 million ($14.5 million after tax) for the sale of certain real property, and (2) a gain of $31.0 million ($13.1 million after tax) for a restructuring in the Italian Specialty Glass business.

(c)          Amount for 2006 includes a loss of $8.7 million ($8.4 million after tax) from the mark to market effect of natural gas hedge contracts.

Amount for 2005 includes a gain of $3.8 million ($2.3 million after tax) from the mark to market effect of natural gas hedge contracts.

Amount for 2004 includes a gain of $4.9 million ($3.2 million after tax) from the mark to market effect of natural gas hedge contracts.

(d)         Amount for 2007 includes charges of $115.0 million (pretax and after tax) to increase the accrual for estimated future asbestos-related costs and $100.3 million ($84.1 million after tax) for restructuring and asset impairments.

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Amount for 2006 includes charges of $120.0 million (pretax and after tax) to increase the accrual for estimated future asbestos-related costs, a charge of $20.8 million ($20.7 million after tax) for CEO transition costs, and a charge of $29.7 million ($27.7 million after tax) for the closing of the Godfrey, Illinois machine parts manufacturing operation.

Amount for 2005 includes a charge of $135.0 million ($86.0 million after tax) to increase the accrual for estimated future asbestos-related costs and a charge of $494.0 million (pretax and after tax) to write down goodwill in the Asia-Pacific Glass unit.

Amount for 2004 includes charges totaling $159.0 million ($90.3 million after tax) for the following: (1) $152.6 million ($84.9 million after tax) to increase the accrual for estimated future asbestos-related costs; and (2) $6.4 million ($5.4 million after tax) for restructuring a life insurance program in order to comply with recent statutory and tax regulation changes.

Amount for 2003 includes charges totaling $694.2 million ($490.5 million after tax) for the following: (1) $450.0 million ($292.5 million after tax) to increase the accrual for estimated future asbestos-related costs; (2) $50.0 million (pretax and after tax) write-down of an equity investment in a soda ash mining operation; (3) $37.4 million ($37.4 million after tax) for the loss on the sale of long-term notes receivable; (4) $28.5 million ($17.8 million after tax) for the permanent closure of the Hayward, California glass container factory; (5) $23.9 million ($17.4 million after tax) for the shutdown of the Perth, Australia glass container factory; and (6) $20.1 million ($19.5 million after tax) for the shutdown of the Milton, Ontario glass container factory.

(e)          Amount for 2007 includes charges of $7.9 million ($7.3 million after tax) for note repurchase premiums.

Amount for 2006 includes charges of $6.2 million (pretax and after tax) for note repurchase premiums.

Amount for 2004 includes charges of $28.0 million ($18.3 million after tax) for note repurchase premiums.

Amount for 2003 includes a charge of $13.2 million ($8.2 million after tax) for note repurchase premiums.

Includes additional interest charges for the write off of unamortized deferred financing fees related to the early extinguishment of debt as follows:  $1.6 million ($1.5 million after tax) for 2007; $11.3 million ($10.9 million after tax) for 2006; $2.8 million ($1.8 million after tax) for 2004; and $1.3 million ($0.9 million after tax) for 2003.

(f)            Amount for 2007 includes a benefit of $13.5 million for the recognition of tax credits related to restructuring of investments in certain European operations.

Amount for 2006 includes a benefit of $5.7 million from the reversal of a non-U.S. deferred tax asset valuation allowance partially offset by charges related to international tax restructuring.

Amount for 2005 includes a charge of $300.0 million to record a valuation allowance related to accumulated deferred tax assets in the U.S. and a benefit of $5.3 million for the reversal of an accrual for potential tax liabilities related to a previous divestiture.  The accrual is no longer required based on the Company’s reassessment of potential liabilities.

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Amount for 2004 includes a benefit of $33.1 million for a tax consolidation in the Australian glass business.

(g)         Amount for 2005 consists principally of a third quarter benefit from the reversal of an accrual for potential tax liabilities related to a previous divestiture.  The accrual is no longer required based on the Company’s reassessment of the potential liabilities.

Executive Overview – Years ended December 2007 and 2006

Net sales from continuing operations were $916.3 million higher than the prior year principally resulting from improved pricing, increased unit shipments, and favorable foreign currency exchange rates.

Segment Operating Profit for reportable segments was $372.2 million higher than the prior year.  The benefits of higher selling prices, improved productivity, increased unit shipments, and favorable exchange rates were partially offset by inflationary cost increases.

Interest expense from continuing operations for 2007 was $348.6 million compared to $349.0 million for 2006.  Included in the 2007 interest expense was $9.5 million for both note repurchase premiums and the write-off of unamortized finance fees related to the November 2007 repurchase of the $625.0 million 8.75% Senior Secured Notes.  Included in the 2006 interest expense was $17.5 million for both note repurchase premiums and the write-off of unamortized finance fees related to the June 2006 refinancing of the Company’s previous credit agreement and the July 2006 repurchase of approximately $150 million principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2009.  Exclusive of these items, interest expense increased approximately $7.6 million.  A significant portion of the increase is interest on debt that was repaid during the fourth quarter of 2007 with the proceeds from the plastics sale.  This interest was previously allocated to discontinued operations until the date of the sale.

Interest income for continuing operations for 2007 was $42.3 million compared to $19.2 million for 2006.  The increase of $23.1 million is primarily due to interest earned as a result of investing a portion of the proceeds from the plastics July 31, 2007 sale until the funds were used to repay senior secured debt in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Net earnings from continuing operations for 2007 were $299.3 million, or $1.78 per share (diluted), compared to a loss of $3.8 million, or $0.17 per share (diluted) for 2006.  Earnings in both periods included items that management considered not representative of ongoing operations.  These items decreased net earnings in 2007 by $194.4 million, or $1.16 per share, and decreased net earnings in 2006 by $177.0 million, or $1.15 per share.

Cash payments for asbestos-related costs were $347.1 million for 2007 compared to $162.5 million for 2006.  Cash payments increased in part to fund, on an accelerated basis, settlements of certain claims on terms favorable to the Company.  Cash payments were also used, in part, to reduce the deferred amounts payable for previously settled claims to approximately $34 million as of December 31, 2007, from approximately $82 million as of December 31, 2006.

Capital spending for property, plant and equipment for continuing operations was $292.5 million for 2007 compared to $285.0 million for 2006.

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Results of Operations - Comparison of 2007 with 2006

Net Sales

The Company’s net sales by segment for 2007 and 2006 are presented in the following table.  For further information, see Segment Information included in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company’s net sales increased $916.3 million, or 13.8%, over 2006.

The change in net sales can be summarized as follows (dollars in millions):

The increase in reported sales from the effects of changing foreign currency exchange rates resulted principally from the stronger Euro and Australian dollar.

Segment Operating Profit

Operating Profit for the reportable segments in the table below includes an allocation of some corporate expenses based on both a percentage of sales and direct billings based on the costs of specific services provided.  Unallocated corporate expenses and certain other expenses not directly related to the reportable segments’ operations are included in Retained Corporate Costs and Other.  For further information, see Segment Information included in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Segment Operating Profit for reportable segments for 2007 increased $372.2 million, or 50.7%, to $1,107.0 million, compared with Segment Operating Profit of $734.8 million for 2006.

The change in Segment Operating Profit for reportable segments can be summarized as follows (dollars in millions):

Retained corporate costs and other for 2007 were $78.8 million compared with $76.6 million for 2006.

Interest Expense

Interest expense from continuing operations for 2007 was $348.6 million compared to $349.0 million for 2006.  Included in the 2007 interest expense was $9.5 million for both note repurchase premiums and the write-off of unamortized finance fees related to the November 2007 repurchase of the $625.0 million 8.75% Senior Secured Notes.  Included in the 2006 interest expense was $17.5 million for both note repurchase premiums and the write-off of unamortized finance fees related to the June 2006 refinancing of the Company’s previous credit agreement and the July 2006 repurchase of approximately $150 million principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2009.  Exclusive of these items, interest expense increased approximately $7.6 million.  A significant portion of the increase is interest on debt that was repaid during the fourth quarter of 2007 with the proceeds from the plastics sale.  This interest was previously allocated to discontinued operations until the date of the sale.

Interest income for continuing operations for 2007 was $42.3 million compared to $19.2 million for 2006.  The increase of $23.1 million is primarily due to interest earned as a result of investing a portion of the proceeds from the July 31, 2007 plastics sale until the funds were used to repay senior secured debt in the fourth quarter of 2007.

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Provision for Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for 2007 was 29.2%, compared with 75.9% for 2006. Excluding the effects of separately taxed items in both periods, the Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for 2007 was 24.4% compared with 40.3% for 2006. The reduction is principally due to:  (1) a change in mix of earnings to jurisdictions where the Company is subject to lower effective rates, and (2) the effect of higher earnings and lower interest costs in the U.S., where the Company has recognized a valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets.  The Company expects that the effective tax rate will not change significantly in 2008.

Minority Share Owners’ Interest in Earnings of Subsidiaries

Minority share owners’ interest in earnings of subsidiaries for 2007 was $59.5 million compared to $43.6 million for 2006.  The increase is primarily attributed to higher earnings from the Company’s operations in South America.

Earnings from Continuing Operations

For 2007, the Company recorded earnings from continuing operations of $299.3 million compared to a loss from continuing operations of $3.8 million for 2006.  The after tax effects of the items excluded from Segment Operating Profit, the 2007 and 2006 international net tax benefits, and the additional interest charges, increased or decreased earnings in 2007 and 2006 as set forth in the following table (dollars in millions).

Executive Overview – Years ended December 2006 and 2005

Net sales from continuing operations were $383.5 million higher than the prior year principally resulting from increased unit shipments, improved pricing, and favorable foreign currency exchange rates.

Segment Operating Profit for reportable segments was $41.6 million lower than the prior year.  The benefits of higher selling prices, improved productivity, fixed cost savings and increased unit shipments were more than offset by inflationary cost increases.

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Interest expense from continuing operations for 2006 was $349.0 million compared to $325.4 million in 2005.  Included in the 2006 interest expense was $17.5 million for note repurchase premiums and the write-off of unamortized finance fees related to the June 2006 refinancing of the Company’s previous credit agreement and the July 2006 repurchase of approximately $150 million principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2009. Also contributing to the increase were higher average debt balances, partially offset by lower average interest rates.

Net loss from continuing operations in 2006 was $3.8 million, or $0.17 per share (diluted), compared to a loss from continuing operations of $622.9 million, or $4.27 per share (diluted) in 2005.  Earnings in both periods included items that management considers not representative of ongoing operations.  These items decreased net earnings in 2006 by $177.0 million, or $1.15 per share, and decreased net earnings in 2005 by $844.3 million, or $5.58 per share.

Cash payments for asbestos-related costs were $162.5 million for 2006 compared with $171.1 million for 2005.

Capital spending for property, plant and equipment for continuing operations was $285.0 million for 2006 compared with $373.0 million for 2005.

Results of Operations - Comparison of 2006 with 2005

Net Sales

The Company’s net sales by segment for 2006 and 2005 are presented in the following table.  For further information, see Segment Information included in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Net sales for 2006 increased $383.5 million, or 6.1%, over 2005.

The changes in net sales can be summarized as follows (dollars in millions):

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Segment Operating Profit

Operating Profit for the reportable segments in the table below includes an allocation of some corporate expenses based on both a percentage of sales and direct billings based on the costs of specific services provided.  Unallocated corporate expenses and certain other expenses not directly related to the reportable segments’ operations are included in Retained Corporate Costs and Other.  For further information, see Segment Information included in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Segment Operating Profit for reportable segments for 2006 decreased $41.6 million, or 5.0%, to $734.8 million, compared with Segment Operating Profit of $776.4 million in 2005.

The change in Segment Operating Profit for reportable segments can be summarized as follows (dollars in millions):