Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,333,645,091
Number of Awards:
2,566
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 | $400,433,889 | 394 |
Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
WestRock | $272,432,939 | 281 |
Domtar | $213,250,208 | 76 |
Cascades Inc. | $196,834,305 | 123 |
Packaging Corporation of America | $138,004,246 | 140 |
Ball Corp. | $116,072,806 | 195 |
Berry Global | $91,064,944 | 93 |
Graphic Packaging | $84,611,990 | 118 |
Verso Corporation | $82,316,734 | 28 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value |
Loan/Bailout Value![]() |
Type of Subsidy |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | 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 | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $562,276 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $559,615 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $559,386 | property tax abatement | |
MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $559,236 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $558,730 | property tax abatement | |
CURWOOD INC | Amcor | Oklahoma | state | 2009 | $557,953 | tax credit/rebate | |
RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $557,325 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $556,753 | property tax abatement | |
Smurfit-Stone Container | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $556,429 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $554,602 | property tax abatement | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $553,684 | federal grant | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $552,155 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $550,809 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $550,209 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $546,894 | property tax abatement | |
OWENS BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Oklahoma | state | 2015 | $546,690 | tax credit/rebate | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOG | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2008 | $546,560 | federal grant | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $542,275 | property tax abatement | |
SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2012 | $541,905 | tax credit/rebate | |
SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2011 | $541,539 | tax credit/rebate | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $540,806 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $540,232 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $539,389 | property tax abatement | |
Temple-Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $538,802 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $535,309 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $535,068 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $534,682 | property tax abatement | |
WestRock CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $533,444 | property tax abatement | |
WESTROCK CP LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2015 | $533,066 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | Nevada | state | 2016 | $531,000 | grant | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $530,047 | property tax abatement | |
Smurfit Stone Container Enterprises | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $529,502 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascade Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2016 | $529,324 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $527,466 | property tax abatement | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2014 | $526,491 | tax credit/rebate | |
RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $524,848 | property tax abatement | |
Longview Fibre Paper& Packaging | WestRock | Washington | state | 2010 | $524,263 | training reimbursement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $523,092 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $521,833 | property tax abatement | |
RockTenn CP, LLC and Rock-Tenn Services Inc. | WestRock | Indiana | state | 2006 | $520,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2008 | $519,735 | tax credit/rebate | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $517,357 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $515,359 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $514,856 | property tax abatement | |
RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $514,153 | property tax abatement | |
Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2013 | $512,567 | enterprise zone | |
RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $509,863 | property tax abatement | |
MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $509,607 | property tax abatement | |
WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $509,197 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $509,050 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $508,242 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $505,276 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $505,226 | property tax abatement | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2010 | $504,804 | property tax abatement |