Howmet Aerospace Inc. (WM) Financial institution of America World Industrials Convention 2026 March 17, 2026 5:40 AM EDT
Firm Individuals
John Plant – Government Chairman & CEO
Convention Name Individuals
Ronald Epstein – BofA Securities, Analysis Division
Presentation
Ronald Epstein
BofA Securities, Analysis Division
Thanks all for coming. It is an actual honor as we speak to have John Plant right here with us. For these of you who do not know John, John is the Government Chairman and CEO of Howmet Aerospace. So John, thanks for taking the day trip. I do know it is a loopy busy time within the trade and the world and every part, so thanks for making time to come back over.
John Plant
Government Chairman & CEO
Thanks.
Query-and-Reply Session
Ronald Epstein
BofA Securities, Analysis Division
Possibly we begin with simply well timed, final week, you all hosted an investor occasion in Whitehall. Is there any like high-level highlights that you simply’d like to say? I do know you guys talked about digital thread and among the automation you do and among the numerous issues within the course of.
John Plant
Government Chairman & CEO
We do not make an everyday kind of factor of showcasing our manufacturing. However we thought given the current, I am going to say, vital investments we have made and seeing, for instance, the generational enhancements from what we had finished for, for instance, 2015 and that stage of, I am going to say, build-out and the quantity of automation that we showcased of, for instance, bettering these amenities and increasing within the investments that we had made in constructing a brand new plant out on the identical campus in 2020, then that was a worthwhile occasion and factor to do.
After which extra just lately, for the build-out that we did in 2025 and nonetheless constructing out by way of placement of recent tools, it was worthy of