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 |
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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 |
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Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | grant | ||
International Paper | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2012 | $350,000 | grant | |
RockTenn | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant | |
Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | Mississippi | state | 2012 | $36,320 | grant | |
Ball Plastic Container Corp. | Ball Corp. | New Jersey | state | 1996 | $315,560 | grant | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2008 | $250,000 | grant | |
CURWOOD INC | Amcor | Ohio | state | 2009 | $40,000 | grant | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2011 | $100,000 | grant | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant | |
SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION | Silgan | Ohio | state | 2011 | $75,000 | grant | |
BALL CORPORATION | Ball Corp. | Ohio | state | 2013 | $50,000 | grant | |
APPLETON PAPERS | Appvion | Ohio | state | 2008 | $35,000 | grant | |
INTERNATIONAL CONVERTER INC | Novolex | Ohio | state | 2008 | $15,000 | grant | |
PH GLATFELTER CO | Glatfelter | Ohio | state | 2008 | $83,799 | grant | |
REXAM BEVERAGE CAN COMPANY NORTH AMERICA | Ball Corp. | Ohio | state | 2008 | $49,900 | grant | |
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER | WestRock | Ohio | state | 2008 | $50,000 | grant | |
TIN INC | International Paper | Ohio | state | 2008 | $11,500 | grant | |
CURWOOD INC | Amcor | Ohio | state | 2009 | $11,925 | grant | |
NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2009 | $150,000 | grant | |
REXAM BEVERAGE CAN COMPANY NORTH AMERICA | Ball Corp. | Ohio | state | 2009 | $37,500 | grant | |
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL INC | Graphic Packaging | Ohio | state | 2010 | $28,000 | grant | |
INTERNATIONAL CONVERTER INC | Novolex | Ohio | state | 2010 | $3,750 | grant | |
NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2010 | $50,000 | grant | |
PH GLATFELTER CO | Glatfelter | Ohio | state | 2010 | $25,000 | grant | |
PH GLATFELTER CO | Glatfelter | Ohio | state | 2011 | $75,000 | grant | |
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY | Sonoco Products | Ohio | state | 2012 | $25,000 | grant | |
CROWN CORK & SEAL USA INC | Crown Holdings | Ohio | state | 2013 | $18,754 | grant | |
NEWPAGE CORPORATION | Verso Corporation | Ohio | state | 2013 | $59,093 | grant | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2013 | $38,742 | grant | |
PH GLATFELTER CO | Glatfelter | Ohio | state | 2013 | $166,694 | grant | |
PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC | Plastipak | Ohio | state | 2013 | $8,219 | grant | |
PH GLATFELTER CO | Glatfelter | Ohio | state | 2010 | $16,201 | grant | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2011 | $250,000 | grant | |
BALL CORPORATION | Ball Corp. | Ohio | state | 2013 | $50,000 | grant | |
Appleton Papers Inc. | Appvion | Wisconsin | state | 2012 | $306,000 | grant | |
Berry Plastics Opco, Inc. | Berry Global | Indiana | state | 2013 | $400,000 | grant | |
Cascades Moulded Pulp | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 1996 | $14,400 | grant | |
Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc. | Amcor | Florida | state | 2012 | $50,600 | grant | |
Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | grant | ||
Covalence Specialty | Berry Global | Rhode Island | state | 2013 | undisclosed | grant | |
Sonoco | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2011 | $100,000 | grant | |
Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | South Carolina | state | 2012 | $100,000 | grant | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging USA Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | Virginia | state | 2014 | $750,000 | grant | |
PH GLATFELTER CO | Glatfelter | Ohio | state | 2014 | $93,996 | grant | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2014 | $65,140 | grant | |
BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION | Berry Global | Ohio | state | 2014 | $23,814 | grant | |
OWENS-ILLINOIS GENERAL INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2014 | $1,868 | grant | |
Silgan Plastics Corporation | Silgan | West Virginia | state | 2013 | $5,000,000 | grant | |
Sonoco Products | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 1994 | $25,000 | grant | |
UPM-Raflatac, Inc. | UPM | North Carolina | state | 2003 | $50,000 | grant | |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc | Graphic Packaging | North Carolina | state | 2006 | $300,000 | grant | |
Alcan Pkg Food & Tob Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $250,000 | grant | |
Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $93,750 | grant | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | state | 2014 | $2,000,000 | grant | |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Georgia | state | 2012 | $200,000 | grant | |
Rock-Tenn Company | WestRock | Georgia | state | 2013 | $300,000 | grant | |
Curwood, Inc. | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2012 | $1,329,625 | grant | |
Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc | Amcor | Iowa | state | 2012 | $1,450,000 | grant | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | Nevada | state | 2013 | $630,000 | grant | |
Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $48,956,000 | grant | |
Alcan Packaging | Amcor | Wisconsin | state | 2007 | $390,000 | grant | |
GLATFELTER ADVANCED MATERIALS NA INC | Glatfelter | Arkansas | state | 2016 | $2,000,000 | grant | |
OWENS-ILLINOIS GENERAL INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2016 | $35,260 | grant | |
Polymer Group | Berry Global | Virginia | state | 2011 | $750,000 | grant | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2014 | $500,000 | grant | |
Greif Brothers | Greif | Virginia | state | 2014 | $350,000 | grant | |
Sealed Air | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2014 | $4,446,400 | grant | |
Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2014 | $2,823,831 | grant | |
Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2014 | $1,622,569 | grant | |
Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | North Carolina | local | 2015 | $1,500,000 | grant | |
Ardagh Glass, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | North Carolina | local | 2017 | $841,000 | grant | |
WestRock | WestRock | North Carolina | local | $372,000 | grant | ||
Ball Corporation | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | local | 2012 | $188,292 | grant | |
Ball Corporation | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | local | 2012 | $184,578 | grant | |
Amcor | Amcor | North Carolina | local | 2013 | $171,593 | grant | |
Amcor | Amcor | North Carolina | local | 2013 | $168,209 | grant | |
Sealed Air | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2011 | $110,000 | grant | |
Sealed Air | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2013 | $24,000 | grant | |
Amcor Rigid Plastics, Inc. | Amcor | Florida | local | 2011 | $17,400 | grant | |
Sealed Air | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2013 | undisclosed | grant | |
Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2014 | undisclosed | grant | |
Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $140,000 | grant | |
Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $2,500,000 | grant | |
Orchids Paper Products | Orchids Paper Products | Tennessee | state | 2017 | $50,000 | grant | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | Nevada | state | 2016 | $531,000 | grant | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging | Ardagh Packaging Group | Virginia | state | 2014 | $750,000 | grant | |
International Paper | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2013 | $350,000 | grant | |
Pratt Industries | Pratt Industries | Wisconsin | state | 2016 | $700,000 | grant | |
Pratt Industries, Inc. | Pratt Industries | Tennessee | state | 2017 | $36,500 | grant | |
SILGAN PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS CORP | Silgan | Arkansas | state | 2018 | $1,880,000 | grant | |
Ball Metal Beverage Corp. | Ball Corp. | Arizona | state | 2018 | $750,000 | grant | |
OWENS-ILLINOIS GENERAL INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2017 | $65,368 | grant | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Virginia | state | 2016 | $250,000 | grant | |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2006 | $200,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
NewPage Corporation | Verso Corporation | Maryland | state | 2011 | $92,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
International Converter | Novolex | Mississippi | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2013 | $3,000,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
Dart Container Corporation | Dart Container | Michigan | state | 2013 | $3,000,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2015 | $4,300,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
Central National-Gottesman, Inc dba A.T. Clayton | Central National-Gottesman | Connecticut | state | 2017 | $100,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
Kendall Packaging Corporation | Kendall Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $7,500,000 | industrial revenue bond |
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