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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sealed Air Corp. | Sealed Air | Massachusetts | state | 1998 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Willamette Industries (facility now owned by Domtar Paper) | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $132,300,000 |
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| The Mead Corporation | WestRock | Ohio | state | 1998 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 1998 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Mead Westvaco | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 1998 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SILGAN CONTAINER CORPORATION | Silgan | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| S.D.WARREN//SAPPI | Sappi | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| HUHTAMAKI | Huhtamaki Oyj | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| OWENS-ILLINOIS CLOSURE INC. | O-I Glass | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| MICHIGAN PACKAGING COMPANY | Greif | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | O-I Glass | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| S D WARREN/SAPPI | Sappi | Michigan | local | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container | O-I Glass | Texas | state | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc | Crown Holdings | Texas | state | 1999 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| New England Extrusion, Inc. | Appvion | Massachusetts | state | 1999 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| The Butcher Company | Sealed Air | Massachusetts | state | 1999 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Florida | state | 1999 | $405,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Greif, Inc. et al. | Greif | Ohio | state | 1999 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Pratt Industries dba Jet Corr, Inc. | Pratt Industries | Ohio | state | 1999 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solo Cup Company | Dart Container | Illinois | Local | 1999 | $22,090,000 | tax increment financing | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Michigan | local | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Michigan | local | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| GREEN BAY PACKAGING, INC. | Green Bay Packaging | Michigan | local | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SAPPI FINE PAPER | Sappi | Michigan | local | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| OWENS-ILLINOIS CLOSURE INC. | O-I Glass | Michigan | local | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| BEMIS (ALCAN PACKAGING/PECHINEY) | Amcor | Missouri | state | 2000 | $280,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc | Crown Holdings | Texas | state | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container | O-I Glass | Texas | state | 2000 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Continental PET Tech, Inc. | O-I Glass | Nevada | state | 2000 | $15,200 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Continental PET Tech, Inc. | O-I Glass | Nevada | state | 2000 | $1,007,982 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | Texas | local | 2000 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cryovac, Inc. | Sealed Air | Texas | local | 2000 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | Massachusetts | state | 2000 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $2,615,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $151,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $147,832 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $400,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $100,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2000 | $250,000 | federal grant | |
| Curwood, Incorporated 2001-EZ-10 | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2001 | $643,605 | enterprise zone | |
| Letica Corporation | Letica | Kentucky | state | 2001 | $4,701,092 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Michigan | local | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| ROCK-TENN COMPANY | WestRock | Michigan | local | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER | International Paper | Michigan | local | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER | International Paper | Michigan | local | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| SAPPI FINE PAPER NORTH AMERICA | Sappi | Michigan | local | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| DOMTAR INDUSTRIES INC. | Domtar | Michigan | local | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc | Crown Holdings | Texas | state | 2001 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Cryovac Sealed Air Inc. | Sealed Air | Texas | local | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Riverwood International Corporation | Graphic Packaging | Ohio | state | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | Ohio | state | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2001 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2001 | $2,339,995 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2001 | $17,500 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2001 | $250,000 | federal grant | |
| Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | New York | state | 2001 | $274,499 | enterprise zone | |
| Fibermark - DSI Inc. | Neenah Paper | New York | state | 2001 | $193,500 | enterprise zone | |
| Huhtamaki Consumer Packaging Co.--Fulton, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | New York | state | 2001 | $1,263,304 | enterprise zone | |
| International Paper | International Paper | New York | state | 2001 | $30,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Longview Fibre Company | WestRock | New York | state | 2001 | $32,500 | enterprise zone | |
| MW Custom Papers, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2001 | $1,125,045 | enterprise zone | |
| Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2001 | $135,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Pratt Paper (NY), Inc. | Pratt Industries | New York | state | 2001 | $220,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | New York | state | 2001 | $35,640 | enterprise zone | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2001 | $3,063,397 | enterprise zone | |
| Sonoco Flexible Packaging | Sonoco Products | New York | state | 2001 | $347,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Mead Westvaco | WestRock | Georgia | state | 2002 | $250,000 | grant | |
| Silgan Containers 2002-EZ-10 | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2002 | $2,590,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Solo Cup | Dart Container | Idaho | state | 2002 | $98,618 | training reimbursement | |
| Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc. ( f/k/a Pharma Center Shelbyville Inc.) | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2002 | $4,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Closures Kentucky Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2002 | $13,600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Michigan | local | 2002 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| HUHTAMAKI | Huhtamaki Oyj | Michigan | local | 2002 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| CLEAN TECH INC | Plastipak | Michigan | local | 2002 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Cryovac Inc. | Sealed Air | Texas | state | 2002 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2002 | $198,565 | training reimbursement | |
| Crown, Cork & Seal Co. | Crown Holdings | Ohio | local | 2002 | undisclosed | enterprise zone | |
| Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | New York | state | 2002 | $373,855 | enterprise zone | |
| Fibermark - DSI Inc. | Neenah Paper | New York | state | 2002 | $3,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Grafco Industries, L.P | Berry Global | New York | state | 2002 | $50,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Huhtamaki Consumer Packaging Co.--Fulton, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | New York | state | 2002 | $241,745 | enterprise zone | |
| International Paper | International Paper | New York | state | 2002 | $10,500 | enterprise zone | |
| Longview Fibre Company | WestRock | New York | state | 2002 | $66,250 | enterprise zone | |
| MW Custom Papers, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2002 | $258,388 | enterprise zone | |
| Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2002 | $367,626 | enterprise zone | |
| Pratt Paper (NY), Inc. | Pratt Industries | New York | state | 2002 | $500,405 | enterprise zone | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | New York | state | 2002 | $44,225 | enterprise zone | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2002 | $8,557,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Sonoco Flexible Packaging | Sonoco Products | New York | state | 2002 | $327,695 | enterprise zone | |
| INLAND PAPERBOARD AND PACKAGING, INC.- TRACY | International Paper | California | state | 2003 | $9,620 | training reimbursement | |
| INLAND PAPERBOARD AND PACKAGING, INC.- SANTA FE SPRINGS | International Paper | California | state | 2003 | $23,140 | training reimbursement | |
| INLAND PAPERBOARD AND PACKAGING, INC.- ONTARIO | International Paper | California | state | 2003 | $23,660 | training reimbursement | |
| REXAM BEVERAGE CAN AMERICAS | Ball Corp. | California | state | 2003 | $79,104 | training reimbursement | |
| INLAND PAPERBOARD AND PACKAGING, INC.-LA | International Paper | California | state | 2003 | $84,500 | training reimbursement | |
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. | O-I Glass | Colorado | state | 2003 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Kentucky | state | 2003 | $170,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| DOMTAR INDUSTRIES INC | Domtar | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement |
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