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Other (Charges) Gains, Net | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Other (Charges) Gains, Net | Other (Charges) Gains, Net
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
| (In $ millions)
Restructuring(1) | (5) |  |  | (27) |  |  | (56) |  |  | (84) |
Asset impairments(2) | (1,486) |  |  | (34) |  |  | (1,486) |  |  | (39) |
Total | (1,491) |  |  | (61) |  |  | (1,542) |  |  | (123) |
______________________________ (1)Includes employee termination benefits related to Company-wide business optimization projects during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and employee termination benefits related to the previously announced closures of the Company's facility in Mechelen, Belgium and its polymerization units in Uentrop, Germany during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. (2)Primarily related to non-cash impairment losses on goodwill and certain trade names, primarily Zytel® during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 (Note 5) and on certain trade names, primarily Zytel® during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. The changes in the restructuring liabilities by business segment are as follows:
| Engineered Materials |  |  |  | Acetyl Chain |  | Other |  | Total
| (In $ millions)
Employee Termination Benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of December 31, 2024 | 57 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 63 |
Additions | 35 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 56 |
Cash payments | (73) |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (93) |
Other changes | (4) |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |
Exchange rate changes | 2 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
As of September 30, 2025 | 17 |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 29 |

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