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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):     August 8, 1996







                                   LIBBEY INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Delaware                     1-12084                      34-1559357
(State of incorporation)    (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer 
                                                             identification No.)

    420 Madison Avenue
        Toledo, Ohio                                                43604
(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (419) 727-2100

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ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

         Libbey desires to take advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the
         Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is filing this
         form 8-K in order to do so.

         Libbey wishes to caution readers that the following important factors,
         among others, could affect Libbey's actual results and could cause
         Libbey's actual consolidated results to differ materially from those
         expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of,
         Libbey.

         Important factors potentially affecting performance include
         devaluations and other major currency fluctuations relative to the U.S.
         dollar, the inability to achieve re-engineering related savings and
         profit improvements at targeted levels, or within the intended time
         periods, inability to achieve target efficiencies at Syracuse China,
         significant increases in interest rates and the per unit costs of
         natural gas, corrugated packaging, and other purchased materials, major
         slowdowns in the retail, travel or entertainment industries, whether
         the Company completes any significant acquisition, and whether such
         acquisitions can operate profitably.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
         the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf 
         by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                         LIBBEY INC.
                                         Registrant





Date:    August 9, 1996                  By:   /s/ Kenneth G. Wilkes
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                                               Kenneth G. Wilkes
                                               Vice President, Chief Financial 
                                               Officer and Treasurer
                                               (Principal Accounting Officer)

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