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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


  STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
   OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Joseph H. Lemieux, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Owens-Illinois,
Inc., state and attest that:

         (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
         reports of Owens-Illinois, Inc., and, except as corrected or
         supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

                  o        no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact as of the end of the period covered by
                           such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K
                           or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
                           which it was filed); and

                  o        no covered report omitted to state a material fact
                           necessary to make the statements in the covered
                           report, in light of the circumstances under which
                           they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
                           period covered by such report (or in the case of a
                           report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
                           of the date on which it was filed).

         (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Audit
         Committee of the Board of Directors of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

         (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
         before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

                  o        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                           December 31, 2001 of Owens-Illinois, Inc.;

                  o        all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
                           all definitive proxy materials of Owens-Illinois,
                           Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the
                           filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

                  o        any amendments to any of the foregoing.


                                                Subscribed and sworn to
                                                before me this 9th day of
/s/ JOSEPH H. LEMIEUX                           August 2002.
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Joseph H. Lemieux                               /s/ JAMES W. BAEHREN
Chairman and                                    --------------------
Chief Executive Officer                         Notary Public
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
August 9, 2002                                  My Commission has no expiration