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Business Consolidation and Other Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Business Consolidation and Other Activities  
Business Consolidation and Other Activities

6. Business Consolidation and Other Activities

2024

During 2024, the company recorded charges of $420 million primarily related to a $233 million noncash charge to adjust the carrying value of the aluminum cups business to its estimated fair value less cost to sell, $161 million facility closure costs and $34 million of costs for employee severance, employee benefits and other related items resulting from the company restructuring its operating model. The charges were partially offset by income of $44 million from the insurance proceeds for replacement costs related to the 2023 fire at the company’s Verona, Virginia extruded aluminum slug manufacturing facility. See Note 4 for further details on the aluminum cups impairment.

2023

During 2023, the company recorded charges of $133 million primarily related to facility closure costs of $94 million, a $22 million foreign exchange loss associated with the company’s Argentina business and $21 million transaction costs related to the sale of the company’s aerospace business. Due to the sale of the aerospace business, the company reclassed $20 million of costs to sell incurred and paid in 2023 previously reported as business consolidation and other activities to discontinued operations, net of tax. See Note 4 for further details on the sale of the aerospace business. The facility closure costs during 2023 also include costs recorded to reflect the damage to assets, less insurance receipts, incurred as a result of the fire at the company’s Verona, Virginia extruded aluminum slug manufacturing facility.

2022

During 2022, the company recorded charges of $71 million primarily related to the impairment losses on Russia’s long-lived asset group net of gain on the sale of $213 million, facility closure costs of $55 million and a charge related to a donation of $30 million to The Ball Foundation, offset by a gain of $298 million for the sale of Ball’s remaining equity method investment in Ball Metalpack. See Note 4 for further details on the Russia and Ball Metalpack transactions.