Lighter Wine Bottles Save Energy

Lichtere wijnflessen van O-IO-I, the world leader in glass packaging, introduces new ultra-light wine bottles that save a lot of energy during the production process. The ECO O2 wine bottle weighs 345 grams and is intended for the mass market. O-I saves each year 87,000 watts during production or the equivalent of 1,5 million light bulbs of 60 watts that burn a whole year. The uppermarket Reference O2 bottle weighs 460 grams. This saves 600,000 liters of fuel during production. O-I was founded in 1903 and has 80 factories in 22 countries. It employs more than 23,000 staff. In 2008 net turnover amounted to 7.9 billion dollars.