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1039 - Disclosure - Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000004281 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
 
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges

Restructuring and other charges for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016 were comprised of the following:

 

      2016     2015     2014  

Asset impairments

    $ 80     $ -     $ 65  

Layoff costs

      70       97       105  

Net loss on divestitures of businesses (F)

      3       136       111  

Other

      27       (11 )      43  

Reversals of previously recorded layoff costs

      (25 )      (8 )      (10 ) 

Restructuring and other charges

    $ 155     $ 214     $ 314  

 

  
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax

The pretax impact of allocating such charges to segment results would have been as follows:

 

      2016      2015      2014  

Global Rolled Products

    $ 40      $ 121      $ 267  

Engineered Products and Solutions

      78        46        13  

Transportation and Construction Solutions

      14        8        10  

Segment total

      132        175        290  

Corporate

      23        39        24  

Total restructuring and other charges

    $ 155      $ 214      $ 314  

 

 

  
Activity and Reserve Balances for Restructuring Charges

Activity and reserve balances for restructuring charges were as follows:

 

      Layoff
costs		     Other
exit costs		     Total  

Reserve balances at December 31, 2013

    $ 37     $ 29     $ 66  

2014:

       

Cash payments

      (75 )      (16 )      (91 ) 

Restructuring charges

      105       43       148  

Other*

      (19 )      (36 )      (55 ) 

Reserve balances at December 31, 2014

      48       20       68  

2015:

       

Cash payments

      (45 )      (12 )      (57 ) 

Restructuring charges

      97       7       104  

Other*

      (16 )      (6 )      (22 ) 

Reserve balances at December 31, 2015

      84       9       93  

2016:

       

Cash payments

      (73 )      (13 )      (86 ) 

Restructuring charges

      70       27       97  

Other*

      (31 )      (14 )      (45 ) 

Reserve balances at December 31, 2016

    $ 50     $ 9       59  
* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2016 and 2014, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of $8 and $8, respectively, in asset retirement and $2 and $18, respectively, in environmental obligations, as these liabilities were included in Arconic’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation. In 2015, Other for other exit costs included a reclassification of $5 for certain obligations included in Arconic’s separate reserves for warranties, lease terminations and tax indemnities. In 2016, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of $4 in legal obligations, as these liabilities were included in Arconic’s separate reserves for legal costs.