Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,414,895,277
Number of Awards:
2,734
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 | $408,051,354 | 408 |
| WestRock | $277,738,625 | 302 |
| Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
| Domtar | $213,477,046 | 81 |
| Cascades Inc. | $199,176,318 | 133 |
| Ball Corp. | $156,212,269 | 211 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | $140,666,195 | 148 |
| Berry Global | $91,109,404 | 95 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $445,588 | property tax abatement | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | Wisconsin | state | 2007 | $445,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2012 | $444,669 | federal grant | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2018 | $442,829 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $441,859 | property tax abatement | |
| JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION | WestRock | Indiana | local | 2003 | $440,930 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $437,981 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $437,966 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $436,868 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2014 | $436,596 | tax credit/rebate | |
| WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2015 | $436,464 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BEMIS PACKAGING, LLC (CURWOOD/MILPRINT/ALCAN/PECHINEY) | Amcor | Missouri | state | 2015 | $435,905 | training reimbursement | |
| Temple-Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $435,157 | property tax abatement | |
| Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Plastipak | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $434,791 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ball Metal Food Container, LLC | Ball Corp. | Ohio | state | 2015 | $434,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Greif Packaging LLC | Greif | United States | federal | 2011 | $430,748 | federal grant | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2019 | $430,189 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2017 | $428,736 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CASCADE TISSUE GROUP | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2018 | $428,491 | property tax abatement | |
| Temple-Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $428,430 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $427,010 | property tax abatement | |
| Cryovac, Inc. | Sealed Air | New York | state | 2011 | $426,160 | enterprise zone | |
| Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2003 | $425,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $424,073 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $423,803 | property tax abatement | |
| Bemis Company | Amcor | Nebraska | local | 2011 | $423,547 | tax increment financing | |
| Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $422,258 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $422,101 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $421,492 | property tax abatement | |
| WestRock CP LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $420,714 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $418,334 | property tax abatement | |
| OI LEVIS PARK STS INC. | O-I Glass | Ohio | state | 2005 | $416,622 | enterprise zone | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $415,988 | property tax abatement | |
| NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES USA CO LTD | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $415,844 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2016 | $415,532 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2017 | $414,834 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $410,191 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $409,671 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $409,330 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE&TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2011 | $407,387 | federal grant | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2015 | $406,942 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2009 | $406,329 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2014 | $405,179 | federal grant | |
| Cascade Tissue Group - St Helens | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | local | 2019 | $405,049 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Florida | state | 1999 | $405,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $404,465 | property tax abatement | |
| Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $403,145 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $403,142 | property tax abatement | |
| Cascades Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $402,000 | grant | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2018 | $400,481 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $400,192 | property tax abatement | |
| Amcor PET Packaging | Amcor | Virginia | state | 2006 | $400,000 | grant | |
| Berry Plastics Opco, Inc. | Berry Global | Indiana | state | 2013 | $400,000 | grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2013 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2014 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2009 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| Ball Metal Food Container LLC | Ball Corp. | Wisconsin | state | 2014 | $400,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2015 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2012 | $399,515 | federal grant | |
| Greif Inc /dba Greif Packaging LLC | Greif | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $396,411 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $393,822 | property tax abatement | |
| WestRock CP LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $393,189 | property tax abatement | |
| Norampac Ind. Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2006 | $391,778 | enterprise zone | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $391,772 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $391,221 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2012 | $390,355 | federal grant | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | Wisconsin | state | 2007 | $390,000 | grant | |
| BALL METAL FOOD CONTAINER, LLC | Ball Corp. | California | state | 2010 | $388,691 | training reimbursement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $384,244 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2013 | $383,745 | federal grant | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2015 | $378,835 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $378,307 | property tax abatement | |
| Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Plastipak | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $377,190 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $377,151 | property tax abatement | |
| Owens Brockway Glass Container | O-I Glass | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $376,966 | property tax abatement | |
| GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | $375,055 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Lifoam Industries, LLC | Lifoam Industries | Massachusetts | state | 2018 | $375,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | New York | state | 2002 | $373,855 | enterprise zone | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2013 | $373,564 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $372,679 | property tax abatement | |
| WestRock | WestRock | North Carolina | local | $372,000 | grant | ||
| Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $370,655 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $369,133 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2002 | $367,626 | enterprise zone | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2014 | $365,519 | enterprise zone | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $364,592 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2010 | $363,610 | federal grant | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $362,905 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $362,047 | property tax abatement | |
| HUHTAMAKI INC | Huhtamaki Oyj | Maine | state | 2018 | $361,692 | property tax abatement | |
| HUHTAMAKI INC | Huhtamaki Oyj | Maine | state | 2019 | $361,692 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $360,371 | property tax abatement | |
| Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Plastipak | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $360,369 | property tax abatement | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $360,120 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $357,280 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvaco-Covington | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2009 | $350,700 | training reimbursement | |
| MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group, LLC | WestRock | Illinois | state | 2005 | $350,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group, LLC | WestRock | Illinois | state | 2005 | $350,000 | grant | |
| Huhtamaki Flexibles Inc | Huhtamaki Oyj | Pennsylvania | state | $350,000 | grant |
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