<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-17-018953.txt : 20171220
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-17-018953.hdr.sgml : 20171220
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20171220150826
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-17-018953
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171213
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171220

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUJOUANNET ARNAUD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001725497

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09576
		FILM NUMBER:		171266586

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		STREET 2:		PLAZA ONE
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000812074
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GLASS CONTAINERS [3221]
		IRS NUMBER:				222781933
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551-2999
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5673365000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551-2999

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS-ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100601

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS ILLINOIS HOLDINGS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870512
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2017-12-13</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000812074</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001725497</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AUJOUANNET ARNAUD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PERRYSBURG</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>43551</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>SVP &amp; Chief Sales &amp; Marketing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock (Direct)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3015.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option 03/07/2016 $15.05</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>15.0500</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2017-03-07</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-03-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock (Direct)</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2510.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>See Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Mary Beth Wilkinson, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-12-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes*
and appoints each of Mary Beth Wilkinson and Darrow Abrahams signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's*
capacity as an officer and-or director of Owens-Illinois, Inc.*
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)*
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned*
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form*
3, 4 and 5 and timely file such form with the United Sates Securities and*
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing*
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in*
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being*
understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact on*
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in*
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions*
as each such attorney-in-fact may approve in each such attorney-in-fact's*
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power*
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever*
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the*
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as*
the undersigned might or could do*
if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,*
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact,*
or each such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully*
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the*
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the*
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request*
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of*
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the*
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the*
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect*
to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities*
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a*
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WEREOF the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney*
to be executed
as of this 13th day of December, 2017.

/s/ Arnaud Aujouannet

Print Name:  Arnaud Aujouannet
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</SEC-DOCUMENT>
