O-I names new President of North America

Owens-Illinois (O-I) has named Arnaud de Weert as the company’s new President of O-I North America.

Mr de Weert succeeds Miguel Escobar, who is leaving the company effective 1st August 2012 and will lead the business in the USA and Canada, which includes 19 production facilities and approximately 5200 employees.

North American business segment sales in 2011 were more than $1.9 billion, a little more than one-quarter of O-I’s global sales. Mr de Weert intends to focus on improving productivity and driving down costs, while building strong customer relationships and developing new markets.