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 |
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Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
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Cascade Tissue Group - Oregon, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2010 | $491,750 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise Paper | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2010 | $4,381 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise Paper Solutions | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2004 | $14,550 | training reimbursement | |
Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | Oregon | state | 2007 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Oregon | state | 2012 | $23,795 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascade Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2013 | $29,391 | tax credit/rebate | |
Owens Illinois - Brockway Container | O-I Glass | Oregon | state | 2012 | $114,408 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascades Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2013 | $42,025 | tax credit/rebate | |
Owens Illinois Inc & Subsidiaries | O-I Glass | Oregon | state | 2013 | $2,588 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise, Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $19,608 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascade Tissue Group - Oregon, Inc | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2013 | $37,100 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise Paper | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $907,066 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise White Paper, LLC / Boise Cascade | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $51,636 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise White Paper, LLC. | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $239,763 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise Paper | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $72,815 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise, Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $1,400 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $15,750 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise, Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $3,500 | tax credit/rebate | |
Cascade Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2016 | $529,324 | property tax abatement | |
CASCADE TISSUE GROUP | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2018 | $123,342 | property tax abatement | |
CASCADE TISSUE GROUP | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2018 | $428,491 | property tax abatement | |
Cascade Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2017 | $603,701 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper | International Paper | Oregon | state | 2018 | $1,423,989 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper | International Paper | Oregon | local | 2019 | $1,338,991 | property tax abatement | |
Cascade Tissue Group - Scappoose | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | local | 2019 | $763,693 | property tax abatement | |
Cascade Tissue Group - St Helens | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | local | 2019 | $405,049 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper | International Paper | Oregon | local | 2019 | $166,383 | property tax abatement | |
Cascade Tissue Group - St Helens | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | local | 2019 | $116,594 | property tax abatement | |
Cascade Tissue Group - St Helens | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | local | 2019 | $65,142 | property tax abatement | |
P.H. Glatfelter Company dba Glatfelter | Glatfelter | Pennsylvania | state | $670,000 | training reimbursement | ||
P. H. Glatfelter Corporation | Glatfelter | Pennsylvania | state | $200,000 | training reimbursement | ||
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $112,500 | training reimbursement | ||
Crown Cork and Seal | Crown Holdings | Pennsylvania | state | $55,400 | training reimbursement | ||
AMCOR Plastube, Inc. | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | training reimbursement | ||
Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $25,000 | training reimbursement | ||
Bemis, Inc. | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $60,000 | grant | ||
Dart Container Corp Of Pennsylvania | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | $254,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Amcor Plastube, Inc. | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $53,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Appleton Papers, Inc. | Appvion | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Rexam Closure Systems, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | $40,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
MeadWestvaco Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $25,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Greif Incorporated | Greif | Pennsylvania | state | $20,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
AEP Industries, Industries | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | $1,000,000 | loan or bond financing | ||
Huhtamaki Flexibles Inc | Huhtamaki Oyj | Pennsylvania | state | $350,000 | grant | ||
Dart Container Corp Of Pennsylvania | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
Rexam Closure Systems, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
Appleton Papers, Inc. | Appvion | Pennsylvania | state | $250,000 | grant | ||
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. | O-I Glass | Pennsylvania | state | $200,000 | grant | ||
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc. | O-I Glass | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | grant | ||
MeadWestvaco Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $100,000 | grant | ||
Amcor Plastube, Inc. | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $75,000 | grant | ||
Meadwestvaco Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $75,000 | grant | ||
Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | grant | ||
AEP Industries Inc | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | grant | ||
AEP Industries, Industries | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | $1,405,831 | loan or bond financing | ||
Appleton Papers Inc. | Appvion | Pennsylvania | state | $1,250,000 | loan or bond financing | ||
P. H. Glatfelter Company | Glatfelter | Pennsylvania | state | 2008 | $54,910 | tax credit/rebate | |
PH Glatfelter Company | Glatfelter | Pennsylvania | state | 2009 | $47,787 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | Pennsylvania | state | 2009 | $2,970 | tax credit/rebate | |
PH Glatfelter Company | Glatfelter | Pennsylvania | state | 2010 | $72,557 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | grant | ||
Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | Crown Holdings | Pennsylvania | state | 2011 | $22,148 | tax credit/rebate | |
Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | Crown Holdings | Pennsylvania | state | 2012 | $4,999 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation of PA | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | 2012 | $1,953 | tax credit/rebate | |
Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc | Amcor | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | grant | ||
Berry Plastics SP, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | 2014 | $63,918 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | 2014 | $47,283 | tax credit/rebate | |
Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | Crown Holdings | Pennsylvania | state | 2014 | $15,379 | tax credit/rebate | |
Domtar Corporation | Domtar | Pennsylvania | state | 2015 | $289,930 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | 2015 | $41,784 | tax credit/rebate | |
Berry Plastics SP, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | 2016 | $23,345 | tax credit/rebate | |
Berry Plastics SP, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | 2016 | $23,345 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | 2016 | $92,879 | tax credit/rebate | |
Domtar Corporation | Domtar | Pennsylvania | state | 2016 | $55,850 | tax credit/rebate | |
Berry Plastics SP, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | 2017 | $20,919 | tax credit/rebate | |
Alga Plastics Company | Sealed Air | Rhode Island | state | 2009 | $43,325 | training reimbursement | |
Covalence Speciality Adhesives,LLC dba Berry Plastics Tapes Coatings | Berry Global | Rhode Island | state | 2009 | $33,690 | training reimbursement | |
Covalence Specialty Adhesives | Berry Global | Rhode Island | state | 2007 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
Covalence Specialty | Berry Global | Rhode Island | state | 2013 | undisclosed | grant | |
Cryovac - Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | South Carolina | state | 2007 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Cryovac - Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | South Carolina | state | 2007 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2006 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | South Carolina | state | 2005 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sonoco Products Company | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2011 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Cryovac - Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | South Carolina | state | 2012 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Domtar Paper Company | Domtar | South Carolina | state | 2013 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
KapStone Charleston Kraft, LLC | WestRock | South Carolina | state | 2013 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
MeadWestvaco | WestRock | South Carolina | state | 2013 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sonoco | Sonoco Products | South Carolina | state | 2011 | $100,000 | grant | |
Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Domtar | South Carolina | state | 2012 | $100,000 | grant | |
Kapstone | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 1998 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Kapstone | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 2008 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Mead Westvaco | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 1998 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Mead Westvaco | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 2008 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Mead Westvaco | WestRock | South Carolina | local | 2013 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Kerr Group, Inc. A Subsidiary of Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Tennessee | state | 2008 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Co. | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement |
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