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Equity Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity Investments  
Equity Investments

6. Equity Investments

At December 31, 2025, the Company’s ownership percentage in affiliates includes:

O-I Ownership

 

Affiliates

  ​ ​

Percentage

  ​ ​

Business Type

  ​ ​

Empresas Comegua S.A.

49.7

%  

Glass container manufacturer

BJC O-I Glass Pte. Ltd.

50

%

Glass container manufacturer

CO Vidriera SARL ("COV")

50

%  

Glass container manufacturer

Rocky Mountain Bottle Company

50

%  

Glass container manufacturer

Vetrerie Meridionali SpA ("VeMe")

50

%  

Glass container manufacturer

Vetri Speciali SpA

50

%

Specialty glass manufacturer

Summarized information pertaining to the Company’s equity affiliates follows:

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

  ​ ​ ​

2023

 

Equity in earnings:

Non-U.S.

$

102

$

75

$

121

U.S.

 

17

 

4

 

6

Total

$

119

$

79

$

127

Dividends received

$

103

$

101

$

116

In 2024, the Company determined that the current fair value of one of its non-U.S. equity investments (a small glass container manufacturer reported in the non-reportable Retained corporate costs and other category) was less than its carrying value and that it was other-than-temporarily impaired. As such, the Company recorded an impairment charge of approximately $25 million to the equity earnings line in its Consolidated Results of Operations to reduce its carrying value down to its estimated fair value. Subsequent to the impairment charge, the remaining carrying value of this equity investment was approximately $5 million. The Company classified the significant assumptions that were utilized in a third-party market quote to determine the fair value of the impaired assets as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as set forth in the general accounting principles for fair value measurements.

Summarized combined financial information for equity affiliates is as follows (unaudited):

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

 

At end of year:

Current assets

$

683

$

698

Non-current assets

 

1,634

 

1,405

Total assets

 

2,317

 

2,103

Current liabilities

 

536

 

502

Other liabilities and deferred items

 

267

 

230

Total liabilities and deferred items

 

803

 

732

Net assets

$

1,514

$

1,371

For the year:

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

  ​ ​ ​

2023

 

Net sales

$

1,271

$

1,207

$

1,274

Gross profit

$

345

$

344

$

351

Net earnings

$

234

$

213

$

236

Based on an evaluation of each of the Company’s equity investments for the three years ending December 31, 2025, no investments exceeded the significant subsidiary thresholds per Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X. As such, separate financial statements for the Company’s equity investments are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company made purchases of approximately $136 million and $121 million from equity affiliates in 2025 and 2024, respectively, and owed approximately $88 million and $77 million to equity affiliates as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.