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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTROCK CP LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | $665,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| WESTROCK CONVERTING, LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | $490,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Wickliffe Paper Company LLC | Verso Corporation | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2010 | $4,825,455 | property tax abatement | |
| Verso Paper | Verso Corporation | Michigan | state | 2009 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Verso Paper | Verso Corporation | Michigan | state | 2010 | $211,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Verso Paper | Verso Corporation | Michigan | state | 2010 | $2,525,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Verso Paper | Verso Corporation | Michigan | state | 2010 | $1,104,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Verso Paper | Verso Corporation | Michigan | state | 2010 | $2,262,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Verso Paper | Verso Corporation | Michigan | state | 2010 | $1,849,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2009 | $5,533,062 | property tax abatement | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2011 | $4,302,379 | property tax abatement | |
| NewPage Corporation | Verso Corporation | Maryland | state | 2011 | $92,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2012 | $4,062,513 | property tax abatement | |
| NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2009 | $150,000 | grant | |
| NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2010 | $50,000 | grant | |
| NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2013 | $59,093 | grant | |
| NewPage Corporation | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2008 | $3,943,485 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2013 | $3,833,961 | property tax abatement | |
| NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2013 | $59,093 | training reimbursement | |
| VERSO PAPER CORP. | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2010 | $9,356,177 | federal grant | |
| Verso Quinnesec LLC | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2012 | $14,675,562 | federal grant | |
| Verso Bucksport LLC | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2013 | $13,653,021 | federal grant | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2014 | $3,212,244 | property tax abatement | |
| New Page Holdings Inc. | Verso Corporation | Wisconsin | state | 2014 | $76,720 | cost reimbursement | |
| VERSO BUCKSPORT POWER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2015 | $228,966 | property tax abatement | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2015 | $2,464,498 | property tax abatement | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2016 | $1,612,353 | property tax abatement | |
| NEWPAGE WISCONSIN SYSTEM INC. | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2017 | $1,077,899 | federal grant | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2017 | $1,047,253 | property tax abatement | |
| UPM-RAFLATAC INC | UPM | Illinois | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| UPM-RAFLATAC INC | UPM | Illinois | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| UPM-RAFLATAC INC | UPM | Illinois | state | 2007 | $21,639 | grant | |
| UPM-Raflatac, Inc. | UPM | North Carolina | state | 2003 | $50,000 | grant | |
| Virdia (formerly HCL Cleantech) | Stora Enso | Mississippi | state | 2012 | $230,000,000 |
MEGADEAL  |
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| STORA ENSO NORTH AMERICA CORP | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2010 | $38,309,209 | federal grant | |
| STORA ENSO NORTH AMERICA CORP | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2008 | $1,654,791 | federal grant | |
| STORA ENSO NORTH AMERICA CORP | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2008 | $1,654,791 | federal grant | |
| VIRDIA, INC. | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2017 | $5,726,186 | federal grant | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 2003 | $170,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 1997 | $750,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $21,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $9,524 | property tax abatement | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2010 | $15,698 | property tax abatement | |
| SONOCO PLASTICS (FORMERLY MATRIX PACKAGING) | Sonoco Products | Missouri | state | 2010 | $72,400 | enterprise zone | |
| Sonoco Crellin, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $29,305 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2009 | $18,815 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $100,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Oregon | state | 2007 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2011 | $15,158 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2006 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $26,459 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2011 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2012 | $16,071 | property tax abatement | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY | Sonoco Products | Ohio | state | 2012 | $25,000 | grant | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | Ohio | state | 2011 | $322,391 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Oklahoma | state | 2009 | $11,220 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO & SUBS | Sonoco Products | Oklahoma | state | 2008 | $11,946 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO & SUBS | Sonoco Products | Oklahoma | state | 2007 | $22,673 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Tennessee | state | 2012 | $14,400 | training reimbursement | |
| Sonoco Recycling, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $100,021 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Recycling, Inc | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $26,864 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Recycling, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $68,997 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2013 | $15,187 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Ohio | state | 2007 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PLASTICS, INC | Sonoco Products | Missouri | state | 2012 | $12,738 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2011 | $100,000 | grant | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | United States | federal | 2011 | $1,350,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2014 | $15,270 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Products | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 1994 | $25,000 | grant | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $24,164 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2015 | $12,367 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Protective Solutions | Sonoco Products | Michigan | state | 2014 | $21,150 | training reimbursement | |
| Sonoco Protective Solutions, Inc. | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $900,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $140,000 | grant | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2016 | $12,205 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $16,467 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $25,554 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $29,305 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Flexible Packaging | Sonoco Products | New York | state | 2001 | $347,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Sonoco Flexible Packaging | Sonoco Products | New York | state | 2002 | $327,695 | enterprise zone | |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2017 | $11,568 | property tax abatement | |
| Sonoco Protective Solutions | Sonoco Products | Michigan | state | 2017 | $155,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products | Sonoco Products | Tennessee | state | 2019 | $94,000 | grant | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2006 | $200,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| Silgan Containers 2002-EZ-10 | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2002 | $2,590,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Silgan Containers Mfg. Corp. 07-EZ-030 | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2006 | $1,403,750 | enterprise zone | |
| Silgan Containers Mfg. Corp. | Silgan | Illinois | state | 2005 | $750,000 | grant | |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS CORPORTION | Silgan | Michigan | local | 1997 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SILGAN CONTAINER CORPORATION | Silgan | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING | Silgan | Missouri | state | 2009 | $54,584 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Can Company | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $6,809 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Can Company | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $63,558 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2002 | $198,565 | training reimbursement | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2007 | $193,401 | training reimbursement | |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | Silgan | Washington | state | 2011 | $16,671 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | Silgan | Washington | state | 2009 | $16,671 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | Silgan | Washington | state | 2010 | $16,671 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION | Silgan | Ohio | state | 2011 | $75,000 | grant | |
| Silgan Plastics Corporation | Silgan | Ohio | state | 2010 | $180,536 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Can Company | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $126,400 | tax credit/rebate |
