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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Silgan | Iowa | state | 2015 | $4,300,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2011 | $4,302,379 | property tax abatement | |
| Sealed Air | Sealed Air | North Carolina | local | 2014 | $4,446,400 | grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2017 | $4,544,927 | federal grant | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $4,700,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Letica Corporation | Letica | Kentucky | state | 2001 | $4,701,092 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2003 | $4,784,709 | enterprise zone | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2010 | $4,825,455 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $4,897,871 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2014 | $4,981,985 | enterprise zone | |
| Silgan Plastics Corporation | Silgan | West Virginia | state | 2013 | $5,000,000 | grant | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $5,242,494 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $5,464,288 | property tax abatement | |
| VERSO PAPER LLC | Verso Corporation | Maine | state | 2009 | $5,533,062 | property tax abatement | |
| VIRDIA, INC. | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2017 | $5,726,186 | federal grant | |
| ORCHIDS PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2012 | $5,799,714 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solvay Paperboard (Mr. Steven Hill) | WestRock | New York | local | 2006 | $5,901,128 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2018 | $5,937,182 | federal grant | |
| ORCHIDS PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2014 | $6,313,932 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ORCHIDS PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2013 | $6,349,883 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ORCHIDS PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2015 | $6,366,029 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Mead Westvaco Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2006 | $6,910,000 | grant | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $7,000,000 | grant | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $7,692,380 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Temple Inland Inc. | International Paper | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $8,245,472 | property tax abatement | |
| Temple Inland Inc. | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $8,452,552 | property tax abatement | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2002 | $8,557,000 | enterprise zone | |
| VERSO PAPER CORP. | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2010 | $9,356,177 | federal grant | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation (fka Covalence Specialty Adhesives) | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics IK, LLC | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2017 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $10,096,158 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Indiana | state | 2013 | $11,794,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Kapstone Corporation | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $13,408,235 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rexam Closures Kentucky Inc. | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2002 | $13,600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Verso Bucksport LLC | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2013 | $13,653,021 | federal grant | |
| Verso Quinnesec LLC | Verso Corporation | United States | federal | 2012 | $14,675,562 | federal grant | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $16,463,820 | property tax abatement | |
| GREEN BAY PACKAGING, INC. | Green Bay Packaging | Arkansas | state | $17,098,768 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, LLC | WestRock | United States | federal | 2012 | $18,030,340 | federal grant | |
| Cascades Holding US Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New Jersey | state | 2016 | $18,200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Pratt Paper (GA), LLC | Pratt Industries | United States | federal | 2011 | $18,530,971 | federal grant | |
| Nippon Paper Industries USA Co., Ltd. | Nippon Paper | United States | federal | 2014 | $19,452,855 | federal grant | |
| Domtar A. W. LLC | Domtar | Arkansas | state | $19,695,227 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Indiana | state | 2013 | $19,920,015 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $20,891,885 | federal grant | |
| Solo Cup Company | Dart Container | Illinois | Local | 1999 | $22,090,000 | tax increment financing | |
| WestRock CP LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $24,637,500 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $24,847,769 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $25,068,967 | property tax abatement | |
| Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Graphic Packaging | United States | federal | 2014 | $26,945,328 | federal grant | |
| DOMTAR A.W. LLC | Domtar | Arkansas | state | $29,874,223 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| International Paper | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $32,012,114 | property tax abatement | |
| STORA ENSO NORTH AMERICA CORP | Stora Enso | United States | federal | 2010 | $38,309,209 | federal grant | |
| MeadWestvaco Virginia Corporation | WestRock | United States | federal | 2014 | $38,881,758 | federal grant | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2008 | $40,573,654 | enterprise zone | |
| Sealed Air Corporation | Sealed Air | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $48,956,000 | grant | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | United States | federal | 2012 | $57,398,240 | federal grant | |
| Green Bay Packaging Inc - Mill Division | Green Bay Packaging | Wisconsin | state | 2018 | $60,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Blue Water Fiber | Blue Water Fiber | Michigan | state | 1994 | $81,000,000 |
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| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $100,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Kentucky | state | 1995 | $103,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Willamette Industries (facility now owned by Domtar Paper) | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 1998 | $132,300,000 |
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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| Shandong Sun Paper Industry | Shandong Sun Paper | Arkansas | multiple | 2016 | $167,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
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| Virdia (formerly HCL Cleantech) | Stora Enso | Mississippi | state | 2012 | $230,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
