Libbey Inc. to Hold Follow-Up Third Quarter Call for Questions and Answers

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Libbey Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LYBI) announced that it will hold a conference call and webcast to allow for questions on its third quarter earnings release and its debt exchange release. Due to technical difficulties, participants were unable to ask questions during Libbey's regularly scheduled conference call held this morning.

Webcast Information

Libbey will hold a conference call for investors on Friday, October 30, 2009, at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The conference call will be simulcast live on the Internet and is accessible from the Investor Relations section of www.libbey.com. In addition accompanying slides related to our debt exchange announced yesterday can be found on our Investor Relations page at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=64169&p=irol-irhome. To listen to the call, please go to the website at least 10 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary software. A replay will be available for 30 days after the conclusion of the call.

Libbey Inc.:

• is the largest manufacturer of glass tableware in the western hemisphere and one of the largest glass tableware manufacturers in the world;
• is expanding its international presence with facilities in China, Mexico, the Netherlands and Portugal;
• is the leading manufacturer of tabletop products for the U.S. foodservice industry; and
• supplies products to foodservice, retail, industrial and business-to-business customers in over 100 countries.
  

Based in Toledo, Ohio, since 1888, Libbey operates glass tableware manufacturing plants in the United States in Louisiana and Ohio, as well as in Mexico, China, Portugal and the Netherlands. Its Crisa subsidiary, located in Monterrey, Mexico, is the leading producer of glass tableware in Mexico and Latin America. Its Royal Leerdam subsidiary, located in Leerdam, Netherlands, is among the world leaders in producing and selling glass stemware to retail, foodservice and industrial clients. Its Crisal subsidiary, located in Portugal, provides an expanded presence in Europe. Its Syracuse China subsidiary designs and distributes an extensive line of high-quality ceramic dinnerware, principally for foodservice establishments in the United States. Its World Tableware subsidiary imports and sells a full-line of metal flatware and holloware and an assortment of ceramic dinnerware and other tabletop items principally for foodservice establishments in the United States. Its Traex subsidiary, located in Wisconsin, designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive line of plastic items for the foodservice industry. In 2008, Libbey Inc.'s net sales totaled $810.2 million.