EXHIBIT 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.

Owens-Illinois Group, Inc. had the following subsidiaries at December 31, 2002 (subsidiaries are indented following their respective parent companies):

|Name |                                    | State/Country of Incorporation
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|     | OI Health Care Holding Corp        |                                               
|     | OI General Finance Inc.            |                                               
|     | OI Plastic Products FTS Inc.       |                                               
|     |                                    | Specialty Packaging Licensing Company         
|     |                                    | Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.                   
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|     |                                    | Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc.     
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|     |                                    | Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.          
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|     | OI Venezuela Plastic Products Inc. |                                               
|     |                                    | OI Plasticos de Venezuela C.A.                
|     | OI General FTS Inc.                |                                               
|     |                                    | OI Castalia STS Inc.                          
|     |                                    | OI Levis Park STS Inc.                        
|     |                                    | OI AID STS Inc.                               
|     |                                    | Owens-Illinois General Inc.                   
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|     | Owens-Brockway Packaging, Inc.     |                                               
|     |                                    | Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.           
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| |  |  | OI Puerto Rico STS Inc.        |                                                 | Delaware                               
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| |  |  | OI Ecuador STS Inc.            |                                                 | Delaware                               
| |  |  |                                | Cristaleria del Ecuador, S. A.                  |                                        
| |  |  | OI Peru STS Inc.               |                                                 | Delaware                               
| |  |  |                                | Vidrios Industriales S. A.                      |                                        
| |  |  |                                |                                                 | Compania Manufactura De Vidrio Del Peru
| |  |  | OI Poland Inc.                 |                                                 | Delaware                               
| |  |  |                                | Owens-Illinois Polska S. A.                     |                                        
| |  |  | OI Hungary Inc.                |                                                 | Delaware                               
| |  |  |                                | United Hungarian Glass Containers Kft.          |                                        
| |  |  | OI Thailand Inc.               |                                                 | Delaware                               
| |  |  |                                | OI Pacific (Machinery and Distribution) Limited |                                        
| |  |  | OI International Holdings Inc. |                                                 | Delaware                               
| |  |  |                                | OI Global C.V.                                  |                                        
| |  |  |                                |                                                 | Owens-Illinois (Australia) Pty. Ltd.   
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| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | OI Italia S.r.l.                                                     |                                      | Italy                             
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| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      | AVIR S.p.A.                          |                                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      |                                      | Avirunion, a.s.                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      |                                      | Sonator Investments B.V.          
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      |                                      | Vetrerie Medid.                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      |                                      | San Domenico Vetraria S.r.l.      
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| |  |  |  |  |  | Owens-Illinois International B. V. |                                                                      | Netherlands                         
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Owens-Illinois Plastics Limited                                      |                                      | United Kingdom                    
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | OI Canada Holdings B.V.                                              |                                      | Netherlands                       
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      | O-I Canada Corp.                     |                                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Centro Vidriero de Venezuela, C.A.                                   |                                      | Venezuela                         
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | OIV Holding, C.A.                                                    |                                      | Venezuela                         
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      | Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C. A.   |                                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      |                                      | Fabrica de Vidrio Los Andes, C. A.
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Cristaleria Peldar, S.A.                                             |                                      | Colombia                          
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Compania Nacional De Vidrios S.A.                                    |                                      | Colombia                          
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Cristar S.A.                                                         |                                      | Colombia                          
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      | Vidrieria Fenicia                    |                                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Industria de Materias Primas Limitiada                               |                                      | Colombia                          
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | Sao Raimundo Administracao, Participacoes e Representacoes, Limitada |                                      | Brazil                            
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| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | OI Plasticos De Ecuador                                              |                                      | Ecuador                           
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | OI Finnish Holdings Oy                                               |                                      | Finland                           
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      | Owens-Illinois Plastics Oy           |                                   
| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    |                                                                      | Karhulan Lasi Oy                     |                                   
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| |  |  |  |  |  |                                    | PET Technologies B. V.                                               |                                      | Netherlands                       

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