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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexam Beverage Can Company | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $29,538 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Beverage Can Company | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $30,524 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $33,279 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Beverage Can Company | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $34,088 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $36,100 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dart Container Corporation | Dart Container | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $43,145 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $53,467 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $61,462 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cascades Holding US, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $69,294 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Corporation | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $84,639 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cascades Holding US, Inc. | Cascades Inc. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $86,817 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $107,787 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $135,859 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $154,951 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Sealed Air | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $171,493 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $189,713 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $198,541 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $226,542 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Corporation | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $288,036 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Ball Corp. | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $422,258 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | California | state | 2016 | $310,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Dart Container | Illinois | state | 2016 | $36,987 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Dart Container | Illinois | state | 2016 | $342,022 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | International Paper | Indiana | local | 2016 | $3,179,930 | property tax abatement | |
| Berry Plastics Group, Inc. | Berry Global | Maryland | state | 2016 | $15,265 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cascades Holding US Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New Jersey | state | 2016 | $18,200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging, Inc. | Ardagh Packaging Group | Nevada | state | 2016 | $531,000 | grant | |
| ARDAGH GLASS CO | Ardagh Packaging Group | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $91,772 | property tax abatement | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $25,494 | property tax abatement | |
| Curwood INC | Amcor | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $87,171 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $1,652,438 | property tax abatement | |
| Orchids Paper Products Company | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $347,692 | property tax abatement | |
| Owens Brockway Glass Container | Owens-Illinois | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $376,966 | property tax abatement | |
| Solo Cup Operating Corp | Dart Container | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $5,737 | property tax abatement | |
| Cascade Tissue Group | Cascades Inc. | Oregon | state | 2016 | $529,324 | property tax abatement | |
| 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 | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Tennessee | local | 2016 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper - Petersburg | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2016 | $10,944 | enterprise zone | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2016 | $152,432 | enterprise zone | |
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. | Owens-Illinois | Virginia | state | 2016 | $38,648 | enterprise zone | |
| WestRock CP, LLC | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2016 | $31,152 | enterprise zone | |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Washington | state | 2016 | $2,946 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2016 | $268,228 | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER AND PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $304,451 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING CO | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $89,145 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES USA CO LTD | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $415,844 | tax credit/rebate | |
| WESTROCK CP LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $242,671 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | Silgan | Washington | state | 2016 | $16,671 | tax credit/rebate | |
| DOMTAR INDUSTRIES LLC | Domtar | Washington | state | 2016 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| P H GLATFELTER COMPANY | Glatfelter | Washington | state | 2016 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Pratt Industries | Pratt Industries | Wisconsin | state | 2016 | $700,000 | grant | |
| Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | Crown Holdings | New York | local | 2016 | $793,214 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2016 | $301,568 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Huhtamaki | Huhtamaki Oyj | New York | local | 2016 | $226,393 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Niagara Sheets LLC | WestRock | New York | local | 2016 | $97,986 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rock Tenn Solvay Mill | WestRock | New York | local | 2016 | $15,331 | tax credit/rebate | |
| 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 | |
| Silgan White Cap LLC | Silgan | Illinois | state | 2016 | $129,956 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AptarGroup, Inc. | AptarGroup | Illinois | state | 2016 | $629,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| KapStone Container Corporation | WestRock | Illinois | state | 2016 | $235,299 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Greif Inc. | Greif | Illinois | state | 2016 | $55,422 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Colorado | state | 2016 | $1,403 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2016 | $10,368 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2016 | $14,744 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise, Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America | Colorado | state | 2016 | $40,333 | tax credit/rebate | |
| OWENS BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | Owens-Illinois | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $244,322 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Virginia | state | 2016 | $250,000 | grant | |
| DOMTAR INDUSTRIES LLC | Domtar | Washington | state | 2016 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY | Glatfelter | Washington | state | 2016 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER AND PACKAGING, INC. | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $987,080 | tax credit/rebate | |
| WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $509,197 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2016 | $415,532 | tax credit/rebate | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $276,248 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE PACKAGING & NEWSPRINT, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2016 | $271,285 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $250,073 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES USA CO., LTD. | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $52,373 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC. | Greif | Washington | state | 2016 | $39,059 | tax credit/rebate | |
| DOMTAR PAPER COMPANY, LLC | Domtar | Washington | state | 2016 | $10,767 | tax credit/rebate |
