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EXHIBIT 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

Owens-Illinois, Inc. had the following subsidiaries at December 31, 2003 (subsidiaries are indented following their respective parent companies):

Name					State/Country of Incorporation or Organization
Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.					Delaware
	OI Health Care Holding Corp				Delaware
	OI General Finance Inc.				Delaware
	OI Plastic Products FTS Inc.				Delaware
		Specialty Packaging Licensing Company			Delaware
		Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.			Delaware
			Product Design & Engineering, Inc.		Minnesota
			OI Brazil Closure Inc.		Delaware
			Specialty Packaging Products de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.		Mexico
		Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc.			Delaware
			OI Medical Inc.		Delaware
		Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.			Delaware
			Owens-Illinois Specialty Products Puerto Rico, Inc.		New Jersey
			OI Regioplast STS Inc.		Delaware
			OI Australia Inc.		Delaware
				Continental PET Holdings Pty, Ltd.	Australia
				ACI America Holdings Inc.	Delaware
				Continental PET Technologies, Inc.	Delaware
				Continental PET Technologies             de Mexico, S.A. de C. V.	Mexico
				Owens-Illinois Plastic Products de                 de Mexico Srl de CV	Mexico
				Continental PET Technologies         Magyaoroszag Kft.	Hungary
				Continental PET do Brasil Ltda.	Brazil
		OI Venezuela Plastic Products Inc.			Delaware
			OI Plasticos de Venezuela C.A.		Venezuela
	OI General FTS Inc.				Delaware
		OI Castalia STS Inc.			Delaware
		OI Levis Park STS Inc.			Delaware
		OI AID STS Inc.			Delaware
		Owens-Illinois General Inc.			Delaware
			Owens Insurance, Ltd.		Bermuda
			OI Holding Company, Inc.		Ohio
			Universal Materials, Inc.		Ohio
			OI Advisors, Inc.		Delaware
				OI Securities Inc.	Delaware
				OI Transfer Inc.	Delaware
			Maumee Air Associates Inc.		Delaware
	Owens-Brockway Packaging, Inc.				Delaware
		Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.			Delaware
			Brockway Realty Corp.		Pennsylvania

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Brockway Research, Inc.		Delaware
NHW Auburn, LLC		Delaware
OI Auburn Inc.		Delaware
SeaGate, Inc.		Ohio
SeaGate II Inc.		Delaware
SeaGate III Inc.		Delaware
OIB Produvisa Inc.		Delaware
OI Consol STS Inc.		Delaware
OI California Containers Inc.		Delaware
OI Puerto Rico STS Inc.		Delaware
OI Europe & Asia Inc.		Delaware
OI Ecuador STS Inc.		Delaware
	Cristaleria del Ecuador, S. A.	Ecuador
OI Peru STS Inc.		Delaware
	Owens-Illinois Peru S. A.	Peru
	Compania Manufactura De Vidrio Del Peru	Peru
OI Poland Inc.		Delaware
	Owens-Illinois Polska S. A.	Poland
OI Hungary Inc.		Delaware
	United Hungarian Glass Containers Kft.	Hungary
OI Thailand Inc.		Delaware
	OI Pacific (Machinery and Distribution) Limited	Thailand
OI International Holdings Inc.		Delaware
	OI Global C.V.	Netherlands
	Owens-Illinois (Australia) Pty. Ltd.	Australia
	ACI Packaging Services Pty. Ltd.	Australia
	ACI Operations Pty. Ltd.	Australia
	ACI Plastics Packaging (Thailand) Ltd.	Thailand
	ACI International ltd.	Australia
	OI Andover Group Inc.	Delaware
	The Andover Group Inc.	Delaware
	Breadalbane Shipping PTE Ltd.	Singapore
	PT Kangar Consolidated Industries	Indonesia
	ACI India LLC	Delaware
	Owens-Illinois (NZ) Ltd.	New Zealand
	ACI Operations NZ Ltd.	New Zealand
	OI China LLC	Delaware
	Wuhan Owens Glass                     Container Company Ltd.	China
	Owens-Illinois (HK) Ltd.	Hong Kong
	ACI Guangdong Ltd.	Hong Kong
	ACI Guangdong Glass Company Ltd.	China
	ACI Shanghai Ltd.	Hong King
	ACI Shanghai Glass Company Ltd.	China
	ACI Tianjin Ltd.	Hong Kong
	ACI Tianjin Mould Company Ltd.	China
	ACI Beijing Ltd.	Hong Kong
	ACI Finance Pty. Ltd.	Australia
	OI European Group B.V.	Netherlands

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OI Europe (Machinery and Distribution) Limited				United Kingdom
Closure & Packaging Services, Ltd.				Guernsey
Closure & Packaging Services (U.K.) Ltd.				United Kingdom
Closure & Packaging Services (Antilles) N.V.				Netherlands Antilles
Closure & Packaging Services (Netherlands) B.V.				Netherlands
UGG Holdings Ltd.				United Kingdom
OI Overseas Management Company LLC				Delaware
United Glass Group Ltd.				United Kingdom
United Glass, Limited				United Kingdom
OI Glass Holdings B. V.				Netherlands
Owens-Illinois International Management & Trading Kft.				Hungary
OI Italia S.r.l.				Italy
AVIR S.p.A.				Italy
Avirunion, a.s.				Czech Republic
Sonator Investments B.V.				Netherlands
Vidrieria Rovira, S. A.				Spain
Vetrerie Medid.				Italy
San Domenico Vetraria S.r.l.				Italy
Nord Vetri S.p.A.				Italy
Sicilvetro S.p.A.				Italy
Owens-Illinois International B. V.				Netherlands
Owens-Illinois Plastics Limited				United Kingdom
OI Canada Holdings B.V.				Netherlands
O-I Canada Corp.				Canada
Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C. A.				Venezuela
Fabrica de Vidrio Los Andes, C. A.				Venezuela
Cristaleria Peldar, S.A.				Colombia
Cristar S.A.				Colombia
Vidrieria Fenicia				Colombia
Industria de Materias Primas Limitiada				Colombia
Centro de Mecanizados del Causa SA				Columbia
Sao Raimundo Administracao, Participacoes e Representacoes, Limitada				Brazil
	Companhia Industrial Sao Paulo e Rio			Brazil
		OI Plasticos De Ecuador		Ecuador
		OI Finnish Holdings Oy		Finland
			Owens-Illinois Plastics Oy	Finland
			Karhulan Lasi Oy	Finland
			A/S Jarvakandi Klaas	Estonia
PET Technologies B. V.				Netherlands

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