Glass Plant

[03hemified]

This was my plant and they shut us down. A lot of people with out jobs.

[sheba0005]

I was a mould maker for Metro glass and Industial glass for 34 plus years and both of these's plants closed down in part thanks to NAFTA and Pepsi.

[volgabest]

best! Go my video-is6 bottero

[camoonski95]

Screw O-I! I dont understand why the hell we were shut down? They said the equipment was too old? Then why the hell am I putting it on trucks to go to other plants and to be refurbished? Thanks for investing the money to redo that crap now! JACKASSES! Good luck to everyone else employed by them in th USA. Pay everything off you can now.

[Dierwolf2000]

dayum look at those gobs go. say what ya want, industrialization speaks to the boy who loves tools in me.

[47927411D]

Too bad the company is shutting this plant down too. Bunch of GREEDY bastards moving all our jobs overseas. BUY IN CANS ! Screw O-I !

[yad405]

i ran that machine im on the one next to it now till we close down in july

[HotChowder123]

OI Michigan baby!!!!!!

[CrazyAlvis]

I worked in the hot end at the Lavington plant from 1996 to 2008.

[alejoarias23]

yo trabajo en la planta de zipaquira del grupo O-I, si he escuchado de esa planta por nuestra red interna, que belleza de maquinas.

[Kawadrive]

I work to the OI Group Rinteln Germany

[hamins]

I work in the O-I muskogee plant and they have two of our shops down hoping to start them back up in sept.

[EdmDude]

I have got the good luck to see on how the Lavington plant worked, and I was really amazed on the whole operation of the place. I got to see from stem to stern, lol. I heard alot of good stories out of that place, sorry to see it it shut down.

Man, is it ever HOT in there!!

[jeepin99999]

Thanks alot O-I for closing the Lavington B.C. plant. To anyone else working for them watch your backs. We were a profitable plant and they shut us down.

[gonzojournalists]

To hell with O-I and to hell with Stroucken. The Toronto plant was still turning a profit for that company as well when they shut it down in September - 440 good jobs gone. They shut down Lavington, Toronto and Scoudoc all in the same year. I bet Brampton and Montreal don't have much longer to go either.

[Drakunia]

I work for a O-I Italy Factory, they closed one here too, not mine one thou.

[gragor11a]

So this is why all the recycled glass on vancouver island is being diverted into the dump. Because the glass plants are closed.

This is what happens when companies are allowed to conglomerate.

I lived in bramalea before that glass plant was built. Is that the plant you are talking about?

[wafferty]

Theres a Lynch 10 machine in action on the related videos..look for ALLOA GLASSWORKS 1950

GREAT BIT OF NOSTALGIA. Awsome, dangerous looking machine. I was thrilled to find one after all this time..Have a look. Let me know what you think.

[kpriest1]

pretty cool I work for O-I Winston Salem plant 6 what to you think about the CEO?

[HotChowder123]

i hear hes an ass

[leouezo]

verry goood

[candida2222]

yo trabajo en OI sevilla (españa) tenemos una triple gota de 12 secciones

[carlosbalili]

HotChowder123, I'm also working with O-I here in New Zealand.

[guitarcynic]

Thanks for posting this. I've worked as a supplier of refractory materials to the glass industry for over 30 years. Spent quite a bit of time around the forehearths, feeders, and IS machines. Nice!!

[HotChowder123]

i work for O-I in Michigan we run a couple of 10 section triple gobs @ 720 bpm fun stuff

[barcelonafc1899]

find that hard to believe 720 bpm on a 10 section triple??? cavity rate wud have to be 24 bpm ?? ive worked on a 10 sect quad and thats only doin around 580 bpm ?? think ur talking bullshit man ..

[HotChowder123]

baby food...... MAN

[barcelonafc1899]

nah hotchowder...still not having it no way 720 bpm on a 10 sec triple ...prove it show me the proof..

[wafferty]

memories. I used to operate this type of machine in the late 60s/early 7os at Dale Brown ltd in Swinton,Rotherham, South Yorkshire UK. It was called the 'IS' machine. There were only single gob and double gob at that time..and I think a little slower. Before that I operated a LYNCH 10 (anyone remember those beasts?)

[CrazyAlvis]

Never worked on a LYNCH 10 but I sure know what one is! I am not quite old enough to have seen a LYNCH in action.

I work for O-I Canada Corp. at Lavington BC plant 37.

[hermancm]

I worked at Brockway plant 8 in Rosemount, MN. They shut er down xmas break 1984. It was a good job and good people to work for and with. I doubt I could take the heat any more as I work on and am in air conditioning all summer long now. I still miss old plant 8 though! PS a good operator made around $17 an hour back in 84 with a 90 pack. What are they paying them now?