Ardagh Metal Packaging layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Ardagh Metal Packaging reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from approximately 6,400 to approximately 6,500.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 20-F for 2023 | approximately 6,400 | As of December 31, 2023 |
| 20-F for 2024 | approximately 6,300 | As at December 31, 2024 |
| 20-F for 2025 | approximately 6,500 | December 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryClosure of the Whitehouse, Ohio production facility, completed in February 2024, with related impairment of property, plant and equipment in the Americas.
Word for word“$ 18 million relating to impairment of property, plant and equipment in Europe ( $ 9 million) following the decision to close the remaining steel lines in the Weissenthurm production facility in Germany, completing the conversion to an aluminum only facility, and the Americas ( $ 9 million) in respect of the closure of the Whitehouse, Ohio production facility which was completed in February 2024.” 20-F for 2023
Our summaryRestructuring costs recognized in the Americas and Europe, primarily related to the Whitehouse facility and Weissenthurm steel line closures.
Word for word“$ 38 million restructuring costs in the Americas ( $ 20 million) and Europe ( $ 18 million), primarily related to the Whitehouse facility and Weissenthurm steel line closures.” 20-F for 2023
Our summaryExceptional restructuring costs paid during the year, including restructuring cash payments.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2023, amounts paid of $56 million primarily comprised $44 million of start-up costs, mainly relating to our growth investment program, $6 million of restructuring costs, $5 million of transaction related costs and $1 million of other costs.” 20-F for 2023
Our summaryThe Whitehouse, Ohio plant closure was completed in February 2024, with a restructuring credit recorded in 2024 for costs no longer expected to be incurred.
Word for word“A $ 4 million credit primarily relating to restructuring costs provided for in the prior year for the closure of the Whitehouse facility has also been recognized, in respect of costs no longer expected to be incurred.” 20-F for 2024
Our summaryThe Group recorded a restructuring credit and a part-reversal of the impairment charge tied to the Whitehouse, Ohio plant closure.
Word for word“A $ 4 million credit relating to property, plant and equipment in Whitehouse, Ohio, which was disposed of or re-distributed for use elsewhere in the Americas operating network during the year resulting in a part-reversal of the impairment charge previously recognized in respect of the plant closure completed in February 2024.” 20-F for 2024
Our summaryIn 2023 the Group recorded impairments of plant assets tied to the Weissenthurm steel line closure and the Whitehouse, Ohio closure.
Word for word“$ 18 million relating to impairment of property, plant and equipment in Europe ( $ 9 million) following the decision to close the remaining steel lines in the Weissenthurm production facility in Germany, completing the conversion Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. F-28 Table of Contents to an aluminum only facility, and the Americas ( $ 9 million) in respect of the closure of the Whitehouse, Ohio production facility which was completed in February 2024.” 20-F for 2024
Our summaryCash paid in 2024 included restructuring costs, mainly for footprint reorganization.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2024, amounts paid of $53 million primarily comprised $25 million of start-up costs, mainly relating to the Group's growth investment program, $22 million of restructuring costs primarily related to footprint reorganization, and $6 million of transaction-related and other costs.” 20-F for 2024
Our summaryThe company recorded restructuring costs in 2023 mainly tied to closing the Whitehouse, Ohio plant and the Weissenthurm steel lines in Germany.
Word for word“● $38 million restructuring costs in the Americas ($20 million) and Europe ($18 million), primarily related to the Whitehouse facility and Weissenthurm steel line closures.” 20-F for 2025
Our summaryThe company released part of a restructuring provision for the Whitehouse facility closure because the costs were no longer expected.
Word for word“● A $4 million credit primarily relating to restructuring costs provided for in the prior year for the closure of the Whitehouse facility has also been recognized, in respect of costs no longer expected to be incurred.” 20-F for 2025
Ardagh Metal Packaging has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Ardagh Metal Packaging’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-03-05. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.