Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,480,653,348
Number of Awards:
2,792
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 |
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International Paper | $409,545,372 | 409 |
WestRock | $278,281,289 | 306 |
Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
Domtar Corp. | $215,052,046 | 83 |
Cascades Inc. | $201,044,448 | 137 |
Ball Corp. | $175,983,409 | 219 |
Packaging Corporation of America | $140,666,195 | 148 |
Berry Global | $91,148,241 | 96 |
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 |
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DOMTAR A.W. LLC | Domtar Corp. | Arkansas | state | $29,874,223 | tax credit/rebate | ||
GREEN BAY PACKAGING, INC. | Green Bay Packaging | Arkansas | state | $17,098,768 | tax credit/rebate | ||
WESTROCK CP LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | $665,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
WESTROCK CONVERTING, LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | $490,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | $375,055 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Cryovac Inc | Sealed Air Corp. | Arkansas | state | $49,962 | tax credit/rebate | ||
International Paper Company | International Paper | Colorado | state | 2019 | $180,560 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. | Ball Corp. | Colorado | state | 2018 | $176,623 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | Ball Corp. | Colorado | state | 2018 | $138,434 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Packaging, LLC | Ball Corp. | Colorado | state | 2018 | $45,044 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Corporation | Ball Corp. | Colorado | state | 2018 | $13,668 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corp of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2019 | $11,254 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2018 | $5,365 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2018 | $5,255 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Corp | Ball Corp. | Colorado | state | 2019 | $173,272 | tax credit/rebate | |
Bemis Packaging, Inc. | Amcor | Kentucky | state | 2019 | $980,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Berry Global Group, Inc. FNA Berry Plastics Group, Inc. | Berry Global | Maryland | state | 2018 | $10,635 | tax credit/rebate | |
Lifoam Industries, LLC | Lifoam Industries | Massachusetts | state | 2018 | $375,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Food Container Corp | Ball Corp. | West Virginia | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Food Container Corp | Ball Corp. | West Virginia | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Greif Inc | Greif Inc. | West Virginia | state | 2008 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Green Bay Packaging Inc - Mill Division | Green Bay Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2018 | $60,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Ball Corp. | Arizona | state | 2019 | $3,400,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
GLATFELTER ADVANCED MATERIALS NA INC | Glatfelter | Arkansas | state | 2020 | $145,747 | tax credit/rebate | |
Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Plastipak | Maryland | state | 2019 | $140,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Amcor Packaging (USA), Inc. | Amcor | Maryland | state | 2019 | $14,846 | tax credit/rebate | |
Berry Global Group, Inc. | Berry Global | Maryland | state | 2019 | $8,841 | tax credit/rebate | |
Crown Holdings Inc. | Crown Holdings Inc. | New York | Local | 2018 | $1,286,998 | tax credit/rebate | |
Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | Local | 2018 | $229,655 | tax credit/rebate | |
Huhtamaki Packaging | Huhtamaki Oyj | New York | Local | 2018 | $226,449 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rock Tenn-Solvay, LLC. | WestRock | New York | Local | 2018 | $11,880 | tax credit/rebate | |
Amcor Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $227,170 | tax credit/rebate | |
WestRock Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $216,717 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $198,149 | tax credit/rebate | |
WestRock Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $194,246 | tax credit/rebate | |
Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $186,002 | tax credit/rebate | |
Amcor Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $180,660 | tax credit/rebate | |
Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $178,191 | tax credit/rebate | |
WestRock Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $139,427 | tax credit/rebate | |
Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $132,367 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $110,644 | tax credit/rebate | |
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $92,257 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $86,891 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $83,350 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation | Dart Container | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $69,422 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation | Dart Container | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $57,272 | tax credit/rebate | |
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $56,808 | tax credit/rebate | |
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $51,846 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $47,705 | tax credit/rebate | |
AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $46,360 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $41,097 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $39,935 | tax credit/rebate | |
AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $39,762 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rexam Beverage Can Company | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $34,088 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascades Holding US, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $32,563 | tax credit/rebate | |
AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $32,128 | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $29,845 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $17,688 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascades Holding US, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $12,073 | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $4,941 | tax credit/rebate | |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $2,062 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascades Holding US, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $60,890 | tax credit/rebate | |
AG Industries, Inc. | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2010 | $15,830 | tax credit/rebate | |
WestRock RKT Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $8,403 | tax credit/rebate | |
Amcor Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $6,893 | tax credit/rebate | |
WestRock Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $1,583 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $369,133 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $336,352 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $247,048 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rexam Beverage Can Co. | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $86,019 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ardagh Glass, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | North Carolina | state | 2019 | $85,815 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ardagh Glass, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $85,209 | tax credit/rebate | |
AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $35,619 | tax credit/rebate | |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Graphic Packaging | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $26,702 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rexam Beverage Can Company | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $21,276 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascades Holding US, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $16,009 | tax credit/rebate | |
WestRock RKT Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $1,681 | tax credit/rebate | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. | O-I Glass | Washington | state | 2019 | $23,569 | tax credit/rebate | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. | O-I Glass | Washington | state | 2018 | $23,569 | tax credit/rebate | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2018 | $442,829 | tax credit/rebate | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2019 | $430,189 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2018 | $294,498 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2019 | $293,667 | tax credit/rebate | |
NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2019 | $285,689 | tax credit/rebate | |
NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2018 | $237,830 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2019 | $194,718 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2018 | $194,718 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2018 | $1,126,590 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2019 | $1,068,528 | tax credit/rebate | |
NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2019 | $659,182 | tax credit/rebate | |
NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2018 | $646,326 | tax credit/rebate | |
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2019 | $614,385 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2019 | $527,072 | tax credit/rebate | |
WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2018 | $512,138 | tax credit/rebate | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2018 | $400,481 | tax credit/rebate | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2019 | $338,498 | tax credit/rebate | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Washington | state | 2018 | $325,510 | tax credit/rebate | |
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2018 | $307,579 | tax credit/rebate | |
CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC. | Greif Inc. | Washington | state | 2018 | $43,151 | tax credit/rebate | |
DOMTAR PAPER COMPANY, LLC | Domtar Corp. | Washington | state | 2019 | $14,276 | tax credit/rebate | |
DOMTAR PAPER COMPANY, LLC | Domtar Corp. | Washington | state | 2018 | $11,651 | tax credit/rebate |
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