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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinzel Import-Export, Inc. | Heinzel | United States | federal | 2011 | $351,852 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Captive Plastics, LLC | Berry Global | Wisconsin | state | 2015 | $350,000 | loan or bond financing | |
| Heinzel Import-Export, Inc. | Heinzel | United States | federal | 2009 | $349,800 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2016 | $299,700 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Boise White Paper Llc | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2007 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Pratt Paper (La), Llc | Pratt Industries | United States | federal | 2013 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2011 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Food Services Corp | International Paper | United States | federal | 2017 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Heinzel Import-Export, Inc. | Heinzel | United States | federal | 2012 | $253,483 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Central National-Gottesman Inc. | Central National-Gottesman | United States | federal | 2011 | $251,567 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Heinzel Import-Export, Inc. | Heinzel | United States | federal | 2012 | $249,852 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2011 | $225,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2012 | $225,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2016 | $225,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Food Services Corp | International Paper | United States | federal | 2017 | $225,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Food Services Corp | International Paper | United States | federal | 2017 | $225,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Heinzel Import-Export, Inc. | Heinzel | United States | federal | 2010 | $217,974 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Central National-Gottesman Inc. | Central National-Gottesman | United States | federal | 2009 | $211,125 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $207,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $180,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $180,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Food Services Corp | International Paper | United States | federal | 2018 | $180,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Central National-Gottesman Inc. | Central National-Gottesman | United States | federal | 2012 | $173,435 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $135,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2016 | $126,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $126,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Heinzel Import-Export, Inc. | Heinzel | United States | federal | 2009 | $124,907 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $103,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2011 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2013 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2012 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2013 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2014 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2015 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2016 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2016 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2016 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | United States | federal | 2015 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| International Paper Food Services Corp | International Paper | United States | federal | 2017 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2012 | $67,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2011 | $67,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2011 | $67,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2014 | $63,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $60,750 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $60,750 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2011 | $58,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2012 | $58,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $58,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $58,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $54,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2011 | $54,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2010 | $54,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2012 | $45,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2013 | $45,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2012 | $45,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Neenah Paper, Inc. | Neenah Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $45,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2014 | $45,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2014 | $45,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2015 | $34,516 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2015 | $28,207 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Tim-bar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2015 | $17,493 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Virdia (formerly HCL Cleantech) | Stora Enso | Mississippi | state | 2012 | $230,000,000 |
MEGADEAL  |
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| Shandong Sun Paper Industry | Shandong Sun Paper | Arkansas | multiple | 2016 | $167,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
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| Norampac Industries (owned by Cascades Inc.) | Cascades Inc. | New York | multiple | 2011 | $141,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
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| Willamette Industries (facility now owned by Domtar Paper) | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $132,300,000 |
MEGADEAL |
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| International Paper Company | International Paper | Kentucky | state | 1995 | $103,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $100,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Blue Water Fiber | Blue Water Fiber | Michigan | state | 1994 | $81,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
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| Green Bay Packaging Inc - Mill Division | Green Bay Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2018 | $60,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2012 | $57,398,240 | federal grant | |
| Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $48,956,000 | grant | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2008 | $40,573,654 | enterprise zone | |
| MeadWestvaco Virginia Corporation | WestRock | United States | federal | 2014 | $38,881,758 | federal grant | |
| STORA ENSO NORTH AMERICA CORP | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2010 | $38,309,209 | federal grant | |
| International Paper | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $32,012,114 | property tax abatement | |
| DOMTAR A.W. LLC | Domtar | Arkansas | state | $29,874,223 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Graphic Packaging | United States | federal | 2014 | $26,945,328 | federal grant | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $25,068,967 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $24,847,769 | property tax abatement | |
| WestRock CP LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $24,637,500 | property tax abatement | |
| Solo Cup Company | Dart Container | Illinois | Local | 1999 | $22,090,000 | tax increment financing | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $20,891,885 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2020 | $20,891,885 | federal grant | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Indiana | state | 2013 | $19,920,015 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar A. W. LLC | Domtar | Arkansas | state | $19,695,227 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Nippon Paper Industries USA Co., Ltd. | Nippon Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $19,452,855 | federal grant | |
| Pratt Paper (GA), LLC | Pratt Industries | United States | federal | 2011 | $18,530,971 | federal grant | |
| Cascades Holding US Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New Jersey | state | 2016 | $18,200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, LLC | WestRock | United States | federal | 2012 | $18,030,340 | federal grant | |
| GREEN BAY PACKAGING, INC. | Green Bay Packaging | Arkansas | state | $17,098,768 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $16,463,820 | property tax abatement | |
| Verso Quinnesec LLC | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2012 | $14,675,562 | federal grant | |
| Verso Bucksport LLC | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2013 | $13,653,021 | federal grant | |
| Rexam Closures Kentucky Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2002 | $13,600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $13,408,235 | tax credit/rebate |
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