Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

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:

	First quarter ended
	March 31,
	2017		2016
Engineered Products and Solutions	$	6	$	8
Global Rolled Products		57		2
Transportation and Construction Solutions		3		—
Segment Total		66		10
Corporate		7		6
Total Restructuring and other charges	$	73	$	16

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, 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
2017:
Cash payments		(18	)		(4	)		(22	)
Restructuring charges		20			—			20
Other*		(2	)		(1	)		(3	)
Reserve balances at March 31, 2017	$	50		$	4		$	54

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2016, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of $8 in asset retirement, $2 in environmental obligations and $4 in legal obligations as these liabilities were included in Arconic’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations, environmental remediation and legal costs.