Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,192,392,237
Number of Awards:
2,470
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 2011.
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 | $400,253,329 | 393 |
| Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
| WestRock | $271,265,703 | 278 |
| Cascades Inc. | $171,511,954 | 115 |
| Domtar | $163,680,758 | 74 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | $137,982,372 | 137 |
| Ball Corp. | $115,525,765 | 190 |
| Berry Global | $91,054,309 | 92 |
| Graphic Packaging | $84,191,935 | 116 |
| Verso Corporation | $82,316,734 | 28 |
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| Company | Parent |
Location |
Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Indiana | local | 2018 | $1,890,790 | property tax abatement | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2006 | $200,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| Curwood, Incorporated 2001-EZ-10 | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2001 | $643,605 | enterprise zone | |
| 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 Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2002 | $198,565 | training reimbursement | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2007 | $193,401 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock Tenn Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2003 | $130,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2004 | $336,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2011 | $94,500 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2009 | $267,475 | training reimbursement | |
| Bemis Clysar, Inc. | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2004 | $102,500 | training reimbursement | |
| Captive Plastics, LLC dba Berry Plastics, Inc. | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2011 | $50,690 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2006 | $39,324 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics, Inc. | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2012 | $266,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc. | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2012 | $1,450,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Curwood, Inc. | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2012 | $1,329,625 | grant | |
| Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2012 | $1,450,000 | grant | |
| Plastipak Packaging, Inc/PAK Realty, LLC | Plastipak | Iowa | state | 2015 | $848,835 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2015 | $4,300,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| Bagcraft Papercon | Novolex | Kansas | state | 2008 | $96,800 | training reimbursement | |
| Kendall Packaging Corporation | Kendall Packaging | Kansas | state | 2008 | $4,250 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kansas | state | 2006 | $55,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kansas | state | 2008 | $32,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kansas | state | 2009 | $55,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $150,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Wickliffe Paper Company LLC | Verso Corporation | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Rexam Inc. | Ball Corp. | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $23,853 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $8,010 | training reimbursement | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Captive Plastics Inc. a subsidiary of Berry Plastics Corp. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Rexam Inc. | Ball Corp. | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2010 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $24,000 | training reimbursement | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $11,350 | training reimbursement | |
| Captive Plastics Inc. (a subsidiary of Berry Plastics Corporation) | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2010 | $200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Aptargroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $3,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging Pharma Center, Inc. | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $487,603 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $360,120 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $109,140 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging Pharma Center Inc. (R&D portion of project Form#16028) | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $14,220 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $619,200 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc. ( f/k/a Pharma Center Shelbyville Inc.) | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2002 | $4,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 2003 | $170,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging Pharma Center, Inc. | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $2,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $475,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $1,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $4,700,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kerr Group, LLC (A wholly owned subsidiary of Berry Plastics Corp) | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation (fka Covalence Specialty Adhesives) | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company (d/b/a Saalfeld Redistribution) | International Paper | Kentucky | state | 2005 | $800,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1992 | $1,200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Kentucky | state | 1995 | $103,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 1997 | $750,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $100,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Letica Corporation | Letica | Kentucky | state | 2001 | $4,701,092 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Closures Kentucky Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2002 | $13,600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging Food and Tobacco, Inc. | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Covalence Adhesives - Div. of Berry Plastics | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $99,993 | training reimbursement | |
| Rexam, Inc. | Ball Corp. | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $43,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $27,506 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $26,639 | training reimbursement | |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2010 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Milprint Packaging, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Milprint Packaging, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $290,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Willamette Industries (facility now owned by Domtar Paper) | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $132,300,000 |
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| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $14,450 | training reimbursement | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2013 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Captive Plastics, LLC | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2013 | $200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $450,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $1,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Meadwestvaco Virginia Corporation | WestRock | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $29,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Bemis Packaging, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $290,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Bemis Packaging, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $77,500 | training reimbursement | |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $250,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AEP Industries Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $11,295 | training reimbursement | |
| Sonoco Protective Solutions, Inc. | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $900,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Bemis Packaging, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $92,500 | training reimbursement | |
| WestRock Virginia Corporation | WestRock | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $31,000 | training reimbursement | |
| WestRock Virginia Corporation | WestRock | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $29,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2018 | $1,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics IK, LLC | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2017 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $3,780,000 | Enterprise zone | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $2,475,000 | Enterprise zone | |
| TIN Inc dba Temple Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $2,144,300 | Enterprise zone | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $487,500 | Enterprise zone | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $2,592,045 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $900,013 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $850,314 | property tax abatement |
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