Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets described below (in years). During the first quarter of 2024, the Company completed a review of the useful lives of its beverage machinery and equipment and buildings based on the Company’s experience with the duration over which equipment and buildings of its aluminum beverage can business can be utilized. The Company engaged a third-party appraiser to assist in this review and, as a result, effective January 1, 2024, the Company revised the estimated useful lives of its buildings up to 50 years, and machinery and equipment up to 23 years. The change in useful lives resulted in a net reduction in depreciation expense of approximately $64 or $0.40 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2024, respectively, as compared to the amount of depreciation expense that would have been recorded by utilizing the prior depreciable lives.
Land improvements25
Buildings and building improvements
25 – 50
Machinery and equipment
3– 23
20252024
Buildings and improvements$1,997 $1,898 
Machinery and equipment6,257 5,940 
Land and improvements267 265 
Construction in progress627 469 
9,148 8,572 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization(3,961)(3,645)
$5,187 $4,927 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 27, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 3, 2025
2023Feb 27, 2024
2022Feb 27, 2023
2021Feb 28, 2022
2020Feb 26, 2021
2019Feb 28, 2020
2018Feb 28, 2019
2017Feb 26, 2018
2016Feb 24, 2017
2015Feb 29, 2016

About PP&E Disclosures

The PP&E disclosure details a company's physical asset base — land, buildings, machinery, and equipment — along with the depreciation methods and useful life assumptions that determine how these costs flow through the income statement. Capitalization policy thresholds reveal management's judgment on the boundary between expense and asset, directly affecting both reported earnings and asset values.

Key signals: changes in estimated useful lives or depreciation methods can materially shift reported earnings without any operational change. Compare capital expenditures against depreciation expense — when capex consistently trails depreciation, the asset base may be aging and underinvested. Watch for large asset impairments or write-downs that signal overvalued carrying amounts. Asset retirement obligations reveal future environmental or decommissioning costs that are often underappreciated. Compare PP&E intensity (PP&E-to-revenue) against industry peers to assess capital efficiency and competitive positioning.