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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 CompaniesTotal Subsidy $Number of Awards
International Paper$400,433,889394
Stora Enso$277,344,9775
WestRock$272,432,939281
Domtar$213,250,20876
Cascades Inc.$196,834,305123
Packaging Corporation of America$138,004,246140
Ball Corp.$116,072,806195
Berry Global$91,064,94493
Graphic Packaging$84,611,990118
Verso Corporation$82,316,73428


Individual Subsidy Records:

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Company Parent Location Subsidy Source Year Subsidy Valuesort icon Loan/Bailout Value Type of Subsidy
Cryovac - Sealed Air Corporation Sealed Air South Carolina state 2012 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Converter, Inc. Novolex Ohio state 1994 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Crown Cork & Seal Company (USA), Inc. Crown Holdings Ohio state 1994 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Ball Aerosol and Specialty Container Inc. Ball Corp. Ohio state 1995 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Paper Company International Paper Ohio state 1995 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Great Lakes Corrugated Corp. Greif Ohio state 1995 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Paper Company International Paper Ohio state 1997 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
The Mead Corporation WestRock Ohio state 1998 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Greif, Inc. et al. Greif Ohio state 1999 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Pratt Industries dba Jet Corr, Inc. Pratt Industries Ohio state 1999 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Paper Company International Paper Ohio state 2001 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Paper Company International Paper Ohio state 2001 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Paper Company International Paper Ohio state 2001 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Riverwood International Corporation Graphic Packaging Ohio state 2001 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Huhtamaki, Inc. Huhtamaki Oyj Ohio state 2001 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
International Paper Company International Paper Ohio state 2001 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Graphic Packaging Ohio state 2005 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Sonoco Products Company Sonoco Products Ohio state 2007 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Appleton Papers Inc. Appvion Ohio state 2007 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Covalence Specialty Adhesives Berry Global Rhode Island state 2007 undisclosed training reimbursement
Covalence Specialty Berry Global Rhode Island state 2013 undisclosed grant
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2013 undisclosed property tax abatement
ALCAN PACKAGING P MANN Amcor Illinois local 2012 undisclosed property tax abatement
BERRY PLASTICS CORP Berry Global Illinois local 2012 undisclosed property tax abatement
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO International Paper Illinois local 2012 undisclosed property tax abatement
SEALED AIR CORPORATION Sealed Air Illinois local 2012 undisclosed property tax abatement
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
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
DOMTAR PAPER CO LLC Domtar Washington state 2012 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
P H GLATFELTER COMPANY Glatfelter Washington state 2013 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
DOMTAR PAPER CO LLC Domtar Washington state 2013 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY International Paper Texas state 2007 undisclosed enterprise zone
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY International Paper Texas state 2007 undisclosed enterprise zone
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY International Paper Texas state 2008 undisclosed enterprise zone
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY International Paper Texas state 2012 undisclosed enterprise zone
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. Owens-Illinois Texas state 1997 undisclosed enterprise zone
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. Owens-Illinois Texas state 2009 undisclosed enterprise zone
MEADWESTVACO TEXAS, L.P. WestRock Texas state 2009 undisclosed enterprise zone
MEADWESTVACO TEXAS, L.P. WestRock Texas state 2009 undisclosed enterprise zone
Rocktenn WestRock Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
Packaging Corporation of American Packaging Corporation of America Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
Packaging Corporation of American Packaging Corporation of America Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2015 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
International Paper Company International Paper Tennessee local 2014 undisclosed property tax abatement
P H GLATFELTER COMPANY Glatfelter Washington state 2014 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
P H GLATFELTER COMPANY Glatfelter Washington state 2015 undisclosed tax credit/rebate
Temple-Inland Inc. International Paper Missouri local 2015 undisclosed loan or bond financing
Sealed Air Sealed Air North Carolina local 2013 undisclosed grant
Sealed Air Corporation Sealed Air North Carolina local 2014 undisclosed grant
Ball Metal Food Container LLC Ball Corp. Ohio local 2016 undisclosed property tax abatement
Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Plastipak Texas local 2006 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
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