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Goodwill
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets  
Goodwill

11.     Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($ in millions)

    


Beverage
Packaging,
North & Central
America

    


Beverage
Packaging,
South America

    


Beverage
Packaging,
Europe

    


Aerospace

    

Other

    

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

1,275

 

$

1,299

 

$

1,531

 

$

40

 

$

788

 

$

4,933

Business dispositions

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(354)

 

 

(354)

Effects of currency exchange

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(75)

 

 

 —

 

 

(7)

 

 

(82)

Balance at September 30, 2018

 

$

1,275

 

$

1,299

 

$

1,456

 

$

40

 

$

427

 

$

4,497

 

The company’s annual goodwill impairment test completed in the fourth quarter of 2017 indicated the fair value of the beverage packaging, Asia (Beverage Asia), reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount by approximately 24 percent. The current supply of metal beverage packaging exceeds demand in China, resulting in pricing pressure and negative impacts on the profitability of our Beverage Asia reporting unit, which is included in Other in the above table. If it becomes an expectation that this oversupply situation will continue for an extended period of time, the company may be required to record a noncash impairment charge for some or all of the goodwill associated with the Beverage Asia reporting unit, the total balance of which was $78 million at September 30, 2018.