Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographical Area Information

Segment Information

The Company’s primary line of business is the production of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products, such as aluminum sheet and plate and extruded and drawn products, primarily used in aerospace/high strength, general engineering, automotive, and other industrial end market applications. The Company operates 11 focused production facilities in the United States and one in Canada. Consistent with the manner in which the Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews and evaluates the Company’s business, the Fabricated Products business is treated as a single operating segment.

In addition to the Fabricated Products segment, the Company has a business unit called All Other, which provides general and administrative support for the Company's operations. For purposes of segment reporting under GAAP, the Company treats the Fabricated Products segment as a reportable segment. All Other is not considered a reportable segment.

The accounting policies of the Fabricated Products segment are the same as those described in Note 1. Segment results are evaluated internally by management before any allocation of corporate overhead and without any charge for income taxes, interest expense, or other operating charges, net.

The following tables provide financial information by reporting segment for each period or as of each period-end, as applicable. For periods or period-ends prior to March 31, 2014, All Other also included activity relating to Anglesey Aluminum Limited (“Anglesey”). The Company sold its non-controlling interest in Anglesey during the quarter ended December 31, 2013.

	Quarter Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
Net sales:
Fabricated Products	$	335.1		$	337.4
Segment operating income (loss):
Fabricated Products 1,2	$	35.4		$	55.2
All Other3	(3.3		)	(5.2		)
Total operating income	$	32.1		$	50.0
Interest expense	(8.8		)	(9.3		)
Other income, net	1.9			1.0
Income before income taxes	$	25.2		$	41.7
Depreciation and amortization:
Fabricated Products	$	7.2		$	6.9
All Other	0.2			0.1
Total depreciation and amortization	$	7.4		$	7.0
Capital expenditures:
Fabricated Products	$	15.3		$	8.9
All Other	0.1			0.4
Total capital expenditures	$	15.4		$	9.3
Income taxes paid:
Fabricated Products —
United States	$	0.1		$	0.4
Canada	0.6			0.3
Total income taxes paid	$	0.7		$	0.7

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^1.  Operating results in the Fabricated Products segment for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 included a charge of $1.8 as a result of decrementing a prior year, higher cost LIFO layer.

^2.  Fabricated Products segment results include non-cash mark-to-market gains (losses) on primary aluminum, natural gas, electricity and foreign currency hedging activities totaling $2.0 and $(0.7) for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, respectively. For further discussion regarding mark-to-market matters, see Note 8.

^3.  Operating results in All Other include VEBA net periodic pension benefit income of $5.6 for both quarters ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, respectively.

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Assets:
Fabricated Products	$	853.7	$	852.5
All Other1	912.3		918.4
Total assets	$	1,766.0	$	1,770.9

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^1.  Assets in All Other represent primarily all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, financial derivative assets, net assets of VEBA(s) (see Note 5) and net deferred income tax assets.

Net sales by product categories, which are based on end market applications, for the Fabricated Products segment are as follows:

	Quarter Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
Net sales:
Aero/HS products	$	163.6	$	179.6
GE products	112.2		105.8
Automotive Extrusions	40.8		30.8
Other products	18.5		21.2
Total net sales	$	335.1	$	337.4