Michael Joseph Owens
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Michael Joseph Owens was an inventor of machines to automate the production of glass bottles.
Owens Michael J
A ten-arm owens automatic bottle machine, c. 1913, photo by Lewis Hine
O-I Glass
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O-I Glass, Inc. is an American company that specializes in container glass products. It is the largest manufacturer of glass containers in North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Michael Joseph Owens
…a partnership and the company was renamed the Owens Bottle Company in 1919. In 1929 the company merged with the Illinois Glass Company to become the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Owens married Mary E. McKelvey in 1890. They had two children…
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O-I Location in Holzminden, Germany