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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2003 | $24,490 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2004 | $6,045 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2005 | $207,507 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2005 | $22,376 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2005 | $4,352 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2006 | $5,901,128 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2006 | $32,462 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2006 | $2,298 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2007 | $74,673 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2007 | $14,109 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Niagara Sheets LLC | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $16,640 | 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 | |
| Solvay Paperboard | WestRock | New York | local | 2009 | $6,565 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| 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 | |
| Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $112,500 | training reimbursement | ||
| MeadWestvaco Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $25,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
| MeadWestvaco Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $100,000 | grant | ||
| Meadwestvaco Corporation | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $75,000 | grant | ||
| MeadWestvaco | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2008 | $2,000,000 | grant | |
| Smurfit-Stone Container | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2010 | $300,000 | grant | |
| Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2010 | $300,000 | grant | |
| MeadWestvaco | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2011 | $1,000,000 | grant | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2006 | $188,914 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2007 | $562,459 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2007 | $256,405 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2008 | $990,513 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2008 | $519,735 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2009 | $861,792 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2009 | $406,329 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RTS PACKAGING LLC | WestRock | Maine | state | 2009 | $17,292 | property tax abatement | |
| ROCK TENN CONVERTING CO | WestRock | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $19,832 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ROCKTENN CP LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $259,200 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Meadwestvaco - Louisa | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2009 | $21,700 | training reimbursement | |
| Mead Westvaco (HQ) | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2009 | $18,082 | training reimbursement | |
| MeadWestvaco-Covington | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2009 | $350,700 | training reimbursement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2011 | $3,521,737 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2011 | $1,085,202 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES, INC. | WestRock | Missouri | state | 2011 | $3,643,390 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Longview Fibre Paper& Packaging | WestRock | Washington | state | 2010 | $524,263 | training reimbursement | |
| RockTenn Company of Texas | WestRock | Texas | state | 2010 | $12,348 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock Tenn Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2003 | $130,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2004 | $336,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2009 | $267,475 | training reimbursement | |
| Smurfit Stone Enterprises, Inc | WestRock | Florida | state | 2010 | $50,000 | training reimbursement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Florida | state | 2012 | $50,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Niagara Sheets LLC | WestRock | New York | local | 2010 | $65,480 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $22,511 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $35,570 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $122,679 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $609,810 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $60,736 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Tennessee | state | 2012 | $44,400 | training reimbursement | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2010 | $1,083,117 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2010 | $503,564 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $129,340 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | Massachusetts | state | 2000 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| RTS PACKAGING LLC | WestRock | Maine | state | 2012 | $11,748 | property tax abatement | |
| Niagara Sheets LLC | WestRock | New York | local | 2008 | $107,186 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Southern Container | WestRock | New York | local | 2008 | $12,486 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Niagara Sheets LLC | WestRock | New York | local | 2011 | $64,738 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $391,772 | property tax abatement | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $668,416 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $730,153 | property tax abatement | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2011 | $5,534 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT COMPANY LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2011 | $541,539 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2011 | $1,239,968 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE CO | WestRock | Washington | state | 2004 | $445,960 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE CO | WestRock | Washington | state | 2005 | $39,499 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2006 | $114,481 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2008 | $58,118 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2009 | $50,638 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2010 | $5,534 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER | WestRock | Ohio | state | 2008 | $50,000 | grant | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $7,338 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AG Industries, Inc. | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $105,826 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $456,164 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $1,214,408 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AG Industries, Inc. | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $1,420 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $14,655 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MEAD CORP MEAD CONTAINERS | WestRock | Georgia | local | 2013 | $484,288 | property tax abatement | |
| MEAD CORP MEAD CONTAINERS | WestRock | Georgia | local | 2013 | $726,432 | property tax abatement | |
| SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES | WestRock | Indiana | local | 2006 | $79,510 | property tax abatement | |
| SMURFIT STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES | WestRock | Indiana | local | 2005 | $252,210 | property tax abatement | |
| JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION | WestRock | Indiana | local | 2004 | $310,412 | property tax abatement | |
| JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION | WestRock | Indiana | local | 2003 | $440,930 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC and Rock-Tenn Services Inc. | WestRock | Indiana | state | 2006 | $520,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC and Rock-Tenn Services Inc. | WestRock | Indiana | state | 2006 | $270,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC and Rock-Tenn Services Inc. | WestRock | Indiana | state | 2008 | $21,150 | training reimbursement | |
| RTS PACKAGING LLC | WestRock | Maine | state | 2013 | $17,763 | property tax abatement | |
| Rock Tenn Converting Co. | WestRock | Tennessee | state | 2013 | $36,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Rock Tenn Converting Co. | WestRock | Tennessee | state | 2013 | $53,900 | training reimbursement | |
| The Mead Corporation | WestRock | Ohio | state | 1998 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Meadwestvaco Virginia Corporation | WestRock | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $29,000 | training reimbursement | |
| KapStone Charleston Kraft, LLC | WestRock | South Carolina | state | 2013 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| MeadWestvaco | WestRock | South Carolina | state | 2013 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $693,000 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $37,064 | property tax abatement |
