Ohio-based glass bottle and jar producer O-I Glass and Germany’s Krones signed a strategic collaboration agreement that aims to elevate glass by innovating together and to create solutions for the growing glass market jointly.
“For O-I, glass is the preferred packaging solution in a world that increasingly values health, premium products and the environment. Not only does it maintain the integrity of the products and protects the environment, as customers and consumers intend, but it also offers magnificent opportunities for establishing brands and implementing sustainable solutions,” explains Andres Lopez, president, and chief executive officer at O-I. “This agreement is the first step that O-I and Krones are taking together in order to offer clients completely integrated, end-to-end solutions in the future.”
Focus areas include improvements in glass filling and packaging line speed and efficiency, enhanced agility and flexibility of responding to market trends; development of innovative and sustainable glass systems; and digital solutions such as direct-to-glass digital printing technology.
“In production facilities all over the world, the products of O-I and Krones are already encountering each other. So it was absolutely logical to improve still further the compatibility of Krones’ complete lines and the glass containers from O-I,” adds Christoph Klenk, chief executive officer of Krones.
With this agreement, the two companies combine O-I’s specialized knowledge of glass with Krones’ leading competence in manufacturing machines and filling lines for the food and beverage industries.
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Naresh Khanna – 10 February 2025
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