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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Fibermark North America, Inc. | Neenah Paper | New York | state | 2010 | $36,077 | enterprise zone | |
Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | New York | state | 2010 | $7,084 | enterprise zone | |
Impress USA, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | New York | state | 2010 | $1,621,084 | enterprise zone | |
Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2010 | $31,915 | enterprise zone | |
Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2010 | $2,334,910 | enterprise zone | |
Ball Corporation | Ball Corp. | West Virginia | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containters Manufacturing Corp | Silgan | West Virginia | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containters Manufacturing Corp | Silgan | West Virginia | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containters Manufacturing Corp | Silgan | West Virginia | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containters Manufacturing Corp | Silgan | West Virginia | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
CURWOOD INC | Amcor | Oklahoma | state | 2010 | $218,262 | tax credit/rebate | |
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 | |
Aptargroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $3,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Kerr Group, LLC (A wholly owned subsidiary of Berry Plastics Corp) | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
MeadWestvaco | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2011 | $1,000,000 | grant | |
Neenah Paper Company | Neenah Paper | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $41,080 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $100,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Kendall Packaging Corporation | Kendall Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $7,500,000 | industrial revenue bond | |
CASCADES AUBURN FIBER INC | Cascades Inc. | Maine | state | 2011 | $95,170 | property tax abatement | |
HUHTAMAKI INC | Huhtamaki Oyj | Maine | state | 2011 | $219,288 | property tax abatement | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Maine | state | 2011 | $106,085 | property tax abatement | |
S D WARREN CO | Sappi | Maine | state | 2011 | $2,773,909 | property tax abatement | |
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | Sonoco Products | Maine | state | 2011 | $15,158 | property tax abatement | |
VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2011 | $4,302,379 | property tax abatement | |
RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2011 | $3,521,737 | tax credit/rebate | |
RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2011 | $1,085,202 | tax credit/rebate | |
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES, INC. | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2011 | $3,643,390 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | Ball Corp. | Colorado | state | 2011 | $54,000 | training reimbursement | |
International Paper | International Paper | Mississippi | state | 2011 | $15,254 | training reimbursement | |
Caraustar | Greif | Mississippi | state | 2011 | $9,660 | training reimbursement | |
Crown Cork and Seal | Crown Holdings | Mississippi | state | 2011 | $3,630 | training reimbursement | |
ORCHIDS PAPER PRODUCTS CO | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2011 | $34,390 | training reimbursement | |
Temple Inland | International Paper | Texas | state | 2011 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2011 | $94,500 | training reimbursement | |
Captive Plastics, LLC dba Berry Plastics, Inc. | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2011 | $50,690 | training reimbursement | |
Curwood Arkansas,Inc | Amcor | Arkansas | state | 2011 | $1,920 | training reimbursement | |
Graphic Packaging | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | 2011 | $15,360 | training reimbursement | |
MICHIGAN PACKAGING COMPANY | Greif | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
CLEAN TECH,INC. | Plastipak | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
DOMTAR INDUSTRIES INC | Domtar | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS USA,INC | Amcor | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS USA,INC | Amcor | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Bemis Company | Amcor | Nebraska | local | 2011 | $423,547 | tax increment financing | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Packaging Corp. of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Packaging Corp. of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY DBA KIRK PAPER | International Paper | California | state | 2011 | $72,900 | training reimbursement | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | California | state | 2011 | $149,678 | training reimbursement | |
Norampac New England Inc. | Cascades Inc. | Connecticut | state | 2011 | $117,444 | tax credit/rebate | |
Milprint Packaging, LLC | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
NewPage Corporation | Verso Corporation | Maryland | state | 2011 | $92,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
SEALED AIR CORP-CRYOVAC DIVISION | Sealed Air | Missouri | state | 2011 | $27,579 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $62,500 | tax credit/rebate | |
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $130,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Beverage Container | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $105,668 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascade Tissue Group - North Carolina, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $14,507 | tax credit/rebate | |
Domtar Corporation | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $164,002 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $2,246,893 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $26,459 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $22,511 | tax credit/rebate | |
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $568,376 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation | Dart Container | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $56,935 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $35,570 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $122,679 | tax credit/rebate | |
AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $1,006,400 | grant | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $734,412 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $687,081 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $669,876 | property tax abatement | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $600,236 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $643,683 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $600,862 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $505,276 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $441,859 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $421,492 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $235,218 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $686,668 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $863,230 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $860,123 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $848,548 | property tax abatement |