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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.94

[STAMP]

                       CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER
                                     MERGING
                          MAUMEE VALLEY COMMUNITY URBAN
                            REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
                                      INTO
                           OWENS-ILLINOIS GENERAL INC.

      (Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware)

     OWENS-ILLINOIS GENERAL INC., a corporation incorporated on the 9th day of
March, 1987, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware;

     DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that this Corporation owns 100% of the capital stock of
MAUMEE VALLEY COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a corporation
incorporated on the 15th day of September, 1977, pursuant to the provisions of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Ohio, and that this Corporation, by
a resolution of its Board of Directors duly adopted by unanimous written consent
in lieu of a meeting as of the 10th day of May, 1996, determined to and did
merge into itself said MAUMEE VALLEY COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
which resolution is in the following words, to wit:

          WHEREAS this Corporation lawfully owns 100% of the outstanding stock
     of Maumee Valley Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, a corporation
     organized and existing under the laws of Ohio; and

          WHEREAS this Corporation desires to merge into itself the said Maumee
     Valley Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, and to be possessed of as
     the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of said
     corporation;

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          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Corporation merges into
     itself said Maumee Valley Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation and
     assumes all of its liabilities and obligations; and

          FURTHER RESOLVED, that the president or a vice-president, and the
     secretary or an assistant secretary of this Corporation be and they hereby
     are directed to make and execute, under the corporate seal of this
     Corporation, a certificate of ownership and merger setting forth a copy of
     the resolution to merge said Maumee Valley Community Urban Redevelopment
     Corporation into this Corporation and assume its liabilities and
     obligations, and the date of adoption thereof, and to file the same in the
     office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and a certified
     copy thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of New Castle County;
     and

          FURTHER RESOLVED, that this merger shall be effective May 31, 1996 at
     11:59 p.m.

          FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of this Corporation be and they
     hereby are authorized and directed to do all acts are things whatsoever,
     whether within or without the State of Delaware which may be in any way
     necessary or proper to effect said merger.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said OWENS-ILLINOIS GENERAL INC. has caused this
certificate to be signed by David G. Van Hooser, its Vice President and attested
by James W. Baehren, its Secretary, this 10th day of May, 1996.

                                             BY: /s/ David G. Van Hooser
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                                                 David G. Van Hooser
                                                 Vice President

                                             ATTEST: /s/ James W. Baehren
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                                                     James W. Baehren
                                                     Secretary
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