Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,333,645,091
Number of Awards:
2,566
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 | $400,433,889 | 394 |
| Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
| WestRock | $272,432,939 | 281 |
| Domtar | $213,250,208 | 76 |
| Cascades Inc. | $196,834,305 | 123 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | $138,004,246 | 140 |
| Ball Corp. | $116,072,806 | 195 |
| Berry Global | $91,064,944 | 93 |
| Graphic Packaging | $84,611,990 | 118 |
| Verso Corporation | $82,316,734 | 28 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year |
Subsidy Value |
Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $6,988 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2009 | $6,933 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2012 | $6,927 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2010 | $6,927 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | $6,927 | property tax abatement | |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging USA | Ardagh Packaging Group | West Virginia | state | 2015 | $6,825 | training reimbursement | |
| Silgan Can Company | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $6,809 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor Flexibles, Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $6,732 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RTS PACKAGING LLC | WestRock | Maine | state | 2010 | $6,672 | property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $6,565 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $6,565 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $6,565 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Fibermark/Coated Paper | Neenah Paper | New York | local | 2009 | $6,531 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2010 | $6,492 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $6,331 | property tax abatement | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2012 | $6,319 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Shorewood Packaging | International Paper | Oregon | state | 2007 | $6,300 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, Inc. | Greif | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $6,261 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Deluxe Packaging Corporation | Novolex | New York | state | 2008 | $6,076 | enterprise zone | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2004 | $6,045 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| NORAMPAC INDUSTRIES INC. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2011 | $5,990 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2010 | $5,863 | property tax abatement | |
| Caraustar Industrial & Consumer Products Group, Inc | Greif | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $5,856 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solo Cup Operating Corp | Dart Container | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $5,737 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Indiana | local | 2012 | $5,640 | property tax abatement | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2017 | $5,546 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2011 | $5,534 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2010 | $5,534 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CASCADES TISSUE GROUP - TENNESSEE INC | Cascades Inc. | Tennessee | local | 2011 | $5,510 | property tax abatement | |
| Aptargroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $5,371 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Aptargroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $5,371 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2018 | $5,365 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $5,314 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $5,314 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Shorewood Packaging a Div. of International Paper | International Paper | Oregon | state | 2008 | $5,313 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2018 | $5,255 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER - WILLOW LAKE | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $5,197 | property tax abatement | |
| Crown Cork and Seal | Crown Holdings | Mississippi | state | 2010 | $5,082 | training reimbursement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Maryland | state | 2014 | $5,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | Crown Holdings | Pennsylvania | state | 2012 | $4,999 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | $4,982 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2011 | $4,910 | property tax abatement | |
| Impress USA Incorporated | Ardagh Packaging Group | West Virginia | state | 2008 | $4,850 | training reimbursement | |
| DOMTAR INDUSTRIES INC | Domtar | Washington | state | 2006 | $4,843 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CASCADES TISSUE GROUP - TENNESSEE INC | Cascades Inc. | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $4,807 | property tax abatement | |
| Crown Cork and Seal | Crown Holdings | Mississippi | state | 2009 | $4,781 | training reimbursement | |
| Amcor Tobacco Packaging Americas | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $4,507 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor Tobacco Packaging Americas | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $4,507 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -TENNESSEE INC | Cascades Inc. | Tennessee | local | 2012 | $4,404 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise Paper | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2010 | $4,381 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2005 | $4,352 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Tharco Containers, Inc | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2014 | $4,285 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Impress USA, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | New York | local | 2011 | $4,280 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Impress USA, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | New York | local | 2011 | $4,280 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Kendall Packaging Corporation | Kendall Packaging | Kansas | state | 2008 | $4,250 | training reimbursement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2012 | $4,169 | property tax abatement | |
| RTS PACKAGING LLC | WestRock | Maine | state | 2014 | $4,160 | property tax abatement | |
| KAPSTONE KRAFT PAPER CORPORATION | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $4,148 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor Flexibles Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $4,044 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL CORPORATION | Ball Corp. | California | state | 2010 | $4,032 | training reimbursement | |
| Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | Alabama | state | 2012 | $4,000 | cost reimbursement | |
| INTERNATIONAL CONVERTER INC | Novolex | Ohio | state | 2010 | $3,750 | grant | |
| Amcor Tobacco Packaging Americas | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $3,739 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Closure Systems, Inc. | Berry Global | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $3,736 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Closure Systems, Inc. | Berry Global | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $3,728 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Closure Systems, Inc. | Berry Global | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $3,728 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cascades Tissue Group- AZ | Cascades Inc. | Arizona | state | 2007 | $3,641 | training reimbursement | |
| Crown Cork and Seal | Crown Holdings | Mississippi | state | 2011 | $3,630 | training reimbursement | |
| Cascades Moulded Pulp, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2013 | $3,604 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $3,592 | property tax abatement | |
| Boise, Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America | Oregon | state | 2013 | $3,500 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | New York | state | 2014 | $3,436 | enterprise zone | |
| Cascades Moulded Pulp, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $3,409 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | Alabama | state | 2012 | $3,279 | cost reimbursement | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2013 | $3,269 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2012 | $3,196 | property tax abatement | |
| REXAM DELTA INC | Berry Global | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $3,090 | training reimbursement | |
| SMURFIT STONE CONTAINER CORP. | WestRock | California | state | 2008 | $3,030 | training reimbursement | |
| Impress USA, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | New York | local | 2016 | $3,016 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Impress USA, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | New York | local | 2016 | $3,016 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Fibermark - DSI Inc. | Neenah Paper | New York | state | 2002 | $3,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | Pennsylvania | state | 2009 | $2,970 | tax credit/rebate | |
| OWENS BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Washington | state | 2015 | $2,946 | tax credit/rebate | |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Washington | state | 2016 | $2,946 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CRYOVAC, INC. | Sealed Air | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $2,853 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $2,773 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2014 | $2,766 | property tax abatement | |
| NoramPac Industries, Inc. (Niagara Industries, Inc.) | Cascades Inc. | New York | local | 2008 | $2,739 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Cascades/Norampac Industires, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | local | 2008 | $2,739 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| NoramPac Industries, Inc. (Niagara Industries, Inc.) | Cascades Inc. | New York | local | 2009 | $2,702 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| ALCAN PACKAGING | Amcor | Oklahoma | state | 2008 | $2,626 | training reimbursement | |
| Owens Illinois Inc & Subsidiaries | Owens-Illinois | Oregon | state | 2013 | $2,588 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Smurfit Stone Container Enterprises | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2010 | $2,582 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER INC | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2008 | $2,509 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER INC | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2008 | $2,363 | property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2006 | $2,298 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Maryland | state | 2015 | $2,281 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NORAMPAC INDUSTRIES INC. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2012 | $2,214 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NoramPac Industries, Inc. (Niagara Industries, Inc.) | Cascades Inc. | New York | local | 2011 | $2,200 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| WHITLOCK PACKAGING CORPORATION | Refresco Group | Oklahoma | state | 2008 | $2,163 | training reimbursement | |
| NoramPac Industries, Inc. (Niagara Industries, Inc.) | Cascades Inc. | New York | local | 2010 | $2,162 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement |
