Its products are used worldwide in aerospace, automotive, packaging, oil and gas, building and construction,[4] defense, commercial transportation, consumer electronics, and industrial applications.

[19] The company focuses on turning aluminium and other lightweight metals into engineered products such as turbine blades for sectors including aerospace and automotive.

[23][24][25] In July 2018, Arconic announced a two-year joint development agreement with aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin, focused on technologies like metal 3D printing to produce new lightweight structures and systems,[26] and a new long-term contract to supply aluminium products to Boeing.

[33] In November 2022, to comply with sanctions on Moscow over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Arconic sold its operations in Russia to the owner of state-backed metals company VSMPO-AVISMA for $230 million.

[37] In January 2024, Arconic announced it was selling its China-based manufacturing operations in Qinhuangdao and Kunshan, employing about 860 people, in a deal worth up to $300 million.

[38] Experts at the official inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London identified Arconic's Reynobond PE rainscreen cladding as "by far the largest contributor" to the disaster, which had resulted in 72 deaths.

The French embassy in London confirmed the statute did not apply to the Grenfell Inquiry,[40] and in February 2021 Arconic president Claude Schmidt finally agreed to testify.

[45] According to the inquiry report, the company aimed to exploit what it saw as regulatory weaknesses in countries such as the UK and it concluded that "Arconic ... promoted and sold a product knowing that it presented a significant danger to those who might use any buildings in which it was used.