O-I Glass controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Oregon emissions violations
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality fined an O-I plant after a pattern of repeat emissions violations. The referenced account characterized the penalty as the facility's tenth fine.
2023
Illegal non-compete restrictions
The Federal Trade Commission penalized O-I Glass over the use of unlawful non-compete provisions imposed on former employees.
2020
Paddock Enterprises asbestos bankruptcy
Paddock Enterprises, an O-I subsidiary, entered bankruptcy after numerous asbestos lawsuits. The restructuring isolated asbestos-related claims from O-I's glass-manufacturing operations. The litigation relates to KAYLO asbestos-containing thermal pipe insulation made and distributed from 1948 to 1958.