Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,480,653,348
Number of Awards:
2,792
Time Period:
Earliest year of data: 1992. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this industry are for the period since 2012.
Notes:
The dollar total above adjusts for the fact that there is an overlap between the amounts in one or more Megadeal entries and those of one or more of the other entries. The total includes only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
| Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| International Paper | $409,545,372 | 409 |
| WestRock | $278,281,289 | 306 |
| Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
| Domtar Corp. | $215,052,046 | 83 |
| Cascades Inc. | $201,044,448 | 137 |
| Ball Corp. | $175,983,409 | 219 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | $140,666,195 | 148 |
| Berry Global | $91,148,241 | 96 |
| Graphic Packaging | $84,638,692 | 119 |
| Verso Corporation | $83,268,590 | 30 |
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| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value |
Loan/Bailout Value |
Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $672,142 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvac o Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $671,549 | property tax abatement | |
| Temple Inland Inc. | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $671,019 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $670,874 | property tax abatement | |
| P.H. Glatfelter Company dba Glatfelter | Glatfelter | Pennsylvania | state | $670,000 | training reimbursement | ||
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $669,876 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $668,416 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2015 | $667,855 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2015 | $667,855 | federal grant | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $666,896 | property tax abatement | |
| WESTROCK CP LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | $665,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $664,327 | property tax abatement | |
| Rexam Beverage Can Company | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $663,742 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | New York | state | 2004 | $663,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $662,125 | property tax abatement | |
| Norampac Industries, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2009 | $661,627 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2012 | $660,736 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2019 | $659,182 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES, INC. | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2006 | $658,875 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2010 | $658,044 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $656,051 | property tax abatement | |
| Pratt Industries, Inc. and Pratt Properties, Inc. | Pratt Industries | Ohio | state | 2013 | $654,579 | Enterprize Zone | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $653,617 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvac o Corporation South Carolina LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $651,916 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $651,910 | property tax abatement | |
| Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2005 | $649,000 | enterprise zone | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2013 | $647,042 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $646,535 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $646,343 | property tax abatement | |
| NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2018 | $646,326 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $645,411 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Iowa | state | 2020 | $644,974 | tax credit | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $643,863 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $643,683 | property tax abatement | |
| Curwood, Incorporated 2001-EZ-10 | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2001 | $643,605 | enterprise zone | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $643,196 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $641,340 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $638,212 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $637,768 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $636,945 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $634,099 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $633,586 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Products Company (Sonoco Plastics, Inc.) | Sonoco Products | Ohio | state | 2011 | $630,433 | Enterprize Zone | |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | Nevada | state | 2013 | $630,000 | grant | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $629,063 | property tax abatement | |
| AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | Illinois | state | 2016 | $629,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $628,359 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $627,044 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $625,857 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $625,560 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $625,560 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $624,781 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $624,043 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $623,243 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $622,591 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $622,314 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $622,263 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $621,936 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $620,854 | property tax abatement | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $619,200 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $617,506 | property tax abatement | |
| Green Bay Packaging, Inc. | Green Bay Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2008 | $615,000 | grant | |
| Green Bay Packaging | Green Bay Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2007 | $615,000 | grant | |
| PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2019 | $614,385 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $614,380 | property tax abatement | |
| Temple-Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $614,007 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $610,723 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $610,419 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $609,810 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $609,397 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $608,529 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $607,840 | federal grant | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $607,611 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2009 | $604,804 | property tax abatement | |
| Cascade Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2017 | $603,701 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $603,479 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $603,423 | property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2011 | $602,619 | enterprise zone | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $602,020 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $601,081 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $600,862 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $600,236 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2014 | $600,000 | federal grant | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2021 | $599,982 | federal grant | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $595,476 | property tax abatement | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2008 | $593,268 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $592,692 | property tax abatement | |
| NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2017 | $591,931 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BEMIS COMPANY, INC., MILPRINT PACKAGING DIV (ALCAN, PECHINEY) | Amcor | Missouri | state | 2012 | $590,766 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $584,017 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $580,333 | property tax abatement | |
| Temple Inland Inc. | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $575,062 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $574,109 | property tax abatement | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2013 | $570,386 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2009 | $568,488 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $568,376 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation (Retraining) | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2012 | $567,621 | training reimbursement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $565,988 | property tax abatement | |
| Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2004 | $562,979 | enterprise zone | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2007 | $562,459 | tax credit/rebate |
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