<PAGE>   1
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November __, 2000

                                                   Registration No. 333-_______
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                ----------------
                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               -------------------
                                   LIBBEY INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                ________________

DELAWARE                                                         34-1559357
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                               300 MADISON AVENUE
                               TOLEDO, OHIO 43611
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                 ---------------

                THE 1999 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN OF LIBBEY INC.

                            (full title of the plan)
                                 ---------------
                                                 Copy to:
        ARTHUR H. SMITH                          CHRIS LUEKING
        Vice President, General Counsel          Latham & Watkins
        and Secretary                            Sears Tower, Suite 5800
        Libbey Inc.                              Chicago, Illinois 60606
        300 Madison Avenue                       (312) 876-7700
        Toledo, Ohio 43611                       Counsel to Registrant
        (419) 325-2100
                               -------------------
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                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================
Title of Each Class of                  Amount to be       Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum      Amount of
Securities to be Registered             Registered (1)     Offering Price       Aggregate             Registration
                                                           Per Share (2)        Offering Price(2)     Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                  <C>                   <C>
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share  1,000,000 shares   $26.63               $26,630,000           $7030.32
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(1)      The 1999 Equity Participation Plan of Libbey Inc. (the "Plan")
         authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 1,000,000 shares of common
         stock of Libbey Inc. (the "Company") plus substitutions or adjustments
         to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such
         as a stock split, any merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other
         distribution of stock or property.

(2)      Estimated solely for purposes of computing the registration fee for the
         1,000,000 shares registered hereunder. Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the
         proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based on the high and low
         trading prices of the Company's common stock on the New York Stock
         Exchange on October 27, 2000.


<PAGE>   2


                                     PART I
ITEM 1.           PLAN INFORMATION

         Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 2.           REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION

         Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

                                     PART II

ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The documents listed below have been filed by Libbey Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") and are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

                  a.       Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
         ended December 31, 1999 (the "1999 10-K");

                  b. The Company's Proxy Statement, dated March 30, 2000 for the
         Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 4, 2000 and our 1999 Annual
         Report to Stockholders that has been incorporated by reference into the
         1999 10-K;

                  c.       Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2000;

                  d.       The Company's Quarterly Report on Forms 10-Q for the
         quarterly period ended June 30, 2000;

                  e.       All other reports filed by us pursuant to Sections
         13(c), or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of
         our fiscal year ended December 31, 1999; and

                  f. The description of our Common Stock contained in our
         Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on July 16, 1993 pursuant to
         Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.

         Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.


<PAGE>   3

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation law (the "DGCL"), which enables a corporation in its original
certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the
personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary
duty, except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for
unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or
(iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit.

         Reference also is made to Section 145 of the DGCL which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who
are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director,
employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation's best interests and, for criminal proceedings, had no
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware
corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right
of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be
liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the
merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the
corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or
director actually and reasonably incurred.

         The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company provide
for indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law.

         The Company may enter into contracts with its officers and directors
requiring the Company to indemnify such persons and to advance litigation
expenses to such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Delaware law presently permits a Delaware corporation (i) to indemnify any
officer or director in any third-party or governmental actions against them for
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and, in derivative
actions, for expenses, if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in the manner
he or she believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of such
corporation, and (ii) to advance expenses in any action, provided that such


<PAGE>   4

officer or director agrees to reimburse the corporation if it is ultimately
determined that he or she was not entitled to indemnification. Such contracts
may require the Company to (i) indemnify such officers and directors upon
receipt of an opinion of counsel in certain cases, (ii) pay indemnity demands
pending a determination of entitlement thereto, and (iii) demonstrate, in any
action brought thereunder, that such officer or director was not entitled to
indemnification under applicable law.


ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS

         See EXHIBIT INDEX.

ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS

                  a.       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                           (1)      To file, during any period in which offers
                  or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                  Registration Statement;

                                    (i)  To include any prospectus required by
                           Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                                    (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts
                           or events arising after the effective date of the
                           Registration Statement (or the most recent
                           post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
                           or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
                           in the information set forth in the Registration
                           Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
                           increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
                           (if the total dollar value of securities offered
                           would not exceed that which was registered) and any
                           deviation from the low or high and of the estimated
                           maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
                           of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
                           Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                           volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
                           change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
                           forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
                           in the effective registration statement;

                                    (iii) To include any material information
                           with respect to the plan of distribution not
                           previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
                           any material change to such information in the
                           Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii)
                  shall not apply to information contained in periodic reports
                  filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
                  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
                  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

                           (2) That, for the purpose of determining any
                  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new

<PAGE>   5

                  registration statement relating to the securities offered
                  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
                  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                           (3) To remove from registration by means of a
                  post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                  registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
                  offering.

                  b. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
         purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
         each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
         or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
         incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  c. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
         the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
         controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
         provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
         opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
         is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
         and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>   6


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Toledo, Ohio, on November 1, 2000.




                               LIBBEY INC.


                               By:  /s/ Arthur H. Smith
                                  --------------------------------,
                               Arthur H. Smith
                               Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Arthur H. Smith and Kenneth G.
Wilkes, and each acting alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or
supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement
or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



<PAGE>   7


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their
respective capacities with Libbey Inc. and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURES                     TITLES                          DATE
----------                     ------                          ----

/s/ John F. Meier              Chairman of the Board of        November 1, 2000
------------------------       Directors and Chief Executive
   John F. Meier               Officer (Principal Executive
                               Officer)

/s/ Richard I. Reynolds        Executive Vice President,       November 1, 2000
------------------------       Chief Operating Officer and
   Richard I. Reynolds         Director

/s/ Kenneth G. Wilkes          Vice President and Chief        November 1, 2000
------------------------       Financial Officer (Principal
   Kenneth G. Wilkes           Financial Officer and
                               Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ William A. Foley           Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   William A. Foley

/s/ Peter C. McC. Howell       Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Peter C. McC. Howell

/s/ Carol B. Moerdyk           Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Carol B. Moerdyk

/s/ Gary L. Moreau             Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Gary L. Moreau

/s/ Terence P. Stewart         Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Terence P. Stewart


<PAGE>   8


LIBBEY INC.
EXHIBIT INDEX



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EXHIBIT                                                                               SEQUENTIALLY
NUMBER     DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT                                                     NUMBERED PAGE
------     ----------------------                                                     -------------
<S>        <C>                                                                             <C>
4(a)       Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit
           3.1 to the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-1 (No.
           33-61508) and incorporated herein by reference).

4(b)       Restated By-laws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
           Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-1 (No. 33-61508) and
           incorporated herein by reference).

4(c)       The 1999 Equity Participation Plan of Libbey Inc.

4(e)       Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under The 1999 Equity
           Participation Plan of Libbey Inc.

5          Opinion of Latham & Watkins.

23(a)      Consent of Independent Auditors.

23(b)      Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5).

24         Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the Registration
           Statement).
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November __, 2000

                                                   Registration No. 333-_______
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                ----------------
                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               -------------------
                                   LIBBEY INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                ________________

DELAWARE                                                         34-1559357
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                               300 MADISON AVENUE
                               TOLEDO, OHIO 43611
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                 ---------------

                THE 1999 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN OF LIBBEY INC.

                            (full title of the plan)
                                 ---------------
                                                 Copy to:
        ARTHUR H. SMITH                          CHRIS LUEKING
        Vice President, General Counsel          Latham & Watkins
        and Secretary                            Sears Tower, Suite 5800
        Libbey Inc.                              Chicago, Illinois 60606
        300 Madison Avenue                       (312) 876-7700
        Toledo, Ohio 43611                       Counsel to Registrant
        (419) 325-2100
                               -------------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================
Title of Each Class of                  Amount to be       Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum      Amount of
Securities to be Registered             Registered (1)     Offering Price       Aggregate             Registration
                                                           Per Share (2)        Offering Price(2)     Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share  1,000,000 shares   $26.63               $26,630,000           $7030.32
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)      The 1999 Equity Participation Plan of Libbey Inc. (the "Plan")
         authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 1,000,000 shares of common
         stock of Libbey Inc. (the "Company") plus substitutions or adjustments
         to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such
         as a stock split, any merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other
         distribution of stock or property.

(2)      Estimated solely for purposes of computing the registration fee for the
         1,000,000 shares registered hereunder. Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the
         proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based on the high and low
         trading prices of the Company's common stock on the New York Stock
         Exchange on October 27, 2000.
2

                                     PART I
ITEM 1.           PLAN INFORMATION

         Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 2.           REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION

         Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

                                     PART II

ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The documents listed below have been filed by Libbey Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") and are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

                  a.       Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
         ended December 31, 1999 (the "1999 10-K");

                  b. The Company's Proxy Statement, dated March 30, 2000 for the
         Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 4, 2000 and our 1999 Annual
         Report to Stockholders that has been incorporated by reference into the
         1999 10-K;

                  c.       Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2000;

                  d.       The Company's Quarterly Report on Forms 10-Q for the
         quarterly period ended June 30, 2000;

                  e.       All other reports filed by us pursuant to Sections
         13(c), or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of
         our fiscal year ended December 31, 1999; and

                  f. The description of our Common Stock contained in our
         Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on July 16, 1993 pursuant to
         Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.

         Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation law (the "DGCL"), which enables a corporation in its original
certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the
personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary
duty, except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for
unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or
(iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit.

         Reference also is made to Section 145 of the DGCL which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who
are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director,
employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation's best interests and, for criminal proceedings, had no
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware
corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right
of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be
liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the
merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the
corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or
director actually and reasonably incurred.

         The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company provide
for indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law.

         The Company may enter into contracts with its officers and directors
requiring the Company to indemnify such persons and to advance litigation
expenses to such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Delaware law presently permits a Delaware corporation (i) to indemnify any
officer or director in any third-party or governmental actions against them for
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and, in derivative
actions, for expenses, if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in the manner
he or she believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of such
corporation, and (ii) to advance expenses in any action, provided that such
4

officer or director agrees to reimburse the corporation if it is ultimately
determined that he or she was not entitled to indemnification. Such contracts
may require the Company to (i) indemnify such officers and directors upon
receipt of an opinion of counsel in certain cases, (ii) pay indemnity demands
pending a determination of entitlement thereto, and (iii) demonstrate, in any
action brought thereunder, that such officer or director was not entitled to
indemnification under applicable law.

ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS

         See EXHIBIT INDEX.

ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS

                  a.       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                           (1)      To file, during any period in which offers
                  or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                  Registration Statement;

                                    (i)  To include any prospectus required by
                           Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                                    (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts
                           or events arising after the effective date of the
                           Registration Statement (or the most recent
                           post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
                           or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
                           in the information set forth in the Registration
                           Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
                           increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
                           (if the total dollar value of securities offered
                           would not exceed that which was registered) and any
                           deviation from the low or high and of the estimated
                           maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
                           of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
                           Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                           volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
                           change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
                           forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
                           in the effective registration statement;

                                    (iii) To include any material information
                           with respect to the plan of distribution not
                           previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
                           any material change to such information in the
                           Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii)
                  shall not apply to information contained in periodic reports
                  filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
                  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
                  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

                           (2) That, for the purpose of determining any
                  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
5

                  registration statement relating to the securities offered
                  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
                  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                           (3) To remove from registration by means of a
                  post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                  registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
                  offering.

                  b. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
         purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
         each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
         or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
         incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  c. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
         the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
         controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
         provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
         opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
         is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
         and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
6

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Toledo, Ohio, on November 1, 2000.

                               LIBBEY INC.

                               By:  /s/ Arthur H. Smith
                                  --------------------------------,
                               Arthur H. Smith
                               Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Arthur H. Smith and Kenneth G.
Wilkes, and each acting alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or
supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement
or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
7

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their
respective capacities with Libbey Inc. and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURES                     TITLES                          DATE
----------                     ------                          ----

/s/ John F. Meier              Chairman of the Board of        November 1, 2000
------------------------       Directors and Chief Executive
   John F. Meier               Officer (Principal Executive
                               Officer)

/s/ Richard I. Reynolds        Executive Vice President,       November 1, 2000
------------------------       Chief Operating Officer and
   Richard I. Reynolds         Director

/s/ Kenneth G. Wilkes          Vice President and Chief        November 1, 2000
------------------------       Financial Officer (Principal
   Kenneth G. Wilkes           Financial Officer and
                               Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ William A. Foley           Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   William A. Foley

/s/ Peter C. McC. Howell       Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Peter C. McC. Howell

/s/ Carol B. Moerdyk           Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Carol B. Moerdyk

/s/ Gary L. Moreau             Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Gary L. Moreau

/s/ Terence P. Stewart         Director                        November 1, 2000
------------------------
   Terence P. Stewart
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LIBBEY INC.
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT                                                                               SEQUENTIALLY
NUMBER     DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT                                                     NUMBERED PAGE
------     ----------------------                                                     -------------
4(a)       Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit
           3.1 to the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-1 (No.
           33-61508) and incorporated herein by reference).

4(b)       Restated By-laws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
           Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-1 (No. 33-61508) and
           incorporated herein by reference).

4(c)       The 1999 Equity Participation Plan of Libbey Inc.

4(e)       Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under The 1999 Equity
           Participation Plan of Libbey Inc.

5          Opinion of Latham & Watkins.

23(a)      Consent of Independent Auditors.

23(b)      Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5).

24         Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the Registration
           Statement).