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Restructuring and Other
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
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The Company recorded restructuring and other items as follows:
202320222021
Asset impairments and sales$72 $(106)$(20)
Restructuring23 35 29 
Other costs / (income)19 14 (42)
Asbestos— 5 5 
$114 $(52)$(28)

2023 Activity

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company made the decision to close various production facilities across various segments. Asset impairments and sales primarily includes, $19 for the planned closure of the Batesville, Mississippi beverage can plant, $8 related to a shift in capacity from beverage can plants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Singapore to Vung Tau, Vietnam and $5 for the planned closure of the Decatur, Illinois aerosol plant. Plant closures are expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2024. The Company expects to record an additional $4 of costs to prepare the Batesville building for sale. Asset impairments and sales also includes $19 related to line consolidation and modernization at the Dong Nai, Vietnam beverage can plant.

Restructuring included termination benefits and other exit costs of $11 related to the actions described above. In addition, termination and other exit costs of $9 and $3 were recorded in the European Beverage and Other segments, respectively, related to line consolidation and business reorganization activities, including headcount reductions in the beverage can making equipment business.

Other costs includes $11 related to disputes, including a fine from the French Competition Authority, and $4 of tax indemnity charges related to the European Tinplate business sold in 2021. See Note P for more information on the French Competition Authority matter.

See Note O for more information on the Company's provision for asbestos.

2022 Activity

Asset sales and impairments primarily relates to the $113 gain on sale of the Kiwiplan business. See Note B for more information on the sale.

Restructuring included charges of $29 related to an overhead cost reduction program initiated by the Company's Transit Packaging segment that reduced headcount by approximately 600 employees.
2021 Activity

Other costs / (income) included gains of $30 arising from a favorable court ruling in a lawsuit brought by certain of the Company's Brazilian subsidiaries asserting they were overcharged by local tax authorities for indirect taxes paid in prior years.

Asset sales and impairments included gains on various asset sales.

Restructuring primarily includes charges related to relocation of the Transit Packaging headquarters and headcount reductions across segments.

Restructuring charges by segment were as follows:
 202320222021
Americas Beverage4 $— $— 
European Beverage9 $— $3 
Asia Pacific7 — 1 
Transit Packaging(1)35 19 
Other4 — 3 
Corporate— — 3 
$23 $35 $29 
Restructuring charges by type were as follows:
 202320222021
Termination benefits$15 $29 $10 
Other exit costs8 6 19 
$23 $35 $29 

At December 31, 2022, the Company had a restructuring accrual of $20, primarily related to the headcount reductions and other internal reorganizations within the Transit Packaging segment.
During 2023, the Company made severance payments of $19 and had a restructuring accrual of $22 related to the actions referenced above. These amounts include payments of $11 and a restructuring accrual of $7 related to the overhead cost reduction program initiated in the prior year in the Transit Packaging segment. The Company expects to pay the remaining accrual amounts over the next twelve months.