Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,414,895,277
Number of Awards:
2,734
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 | $408,051,354 | 408 |
WestRock | $277,738,625 | 302 |
Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
Domtar | $213,477,046 | 81 |
Cascades Inc. | $199,176,318 | 133 |
Ball Corp. | $156,212,269 | 211 |
Packaging Corporation of America | $140,666,195 | 148 |
Berry Global | $91,109,404 | 95 |
Graphic Packaging | $84,638,692 | 119 |
Verso Corporation | $83,268,590 | 30 |
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Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year |
Subsidy Value![]() |
Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
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BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2012 | $390,355 | federal grant | |
Alcan Packaging | Amcor | Wisconsin | state | 2007 | $390,000 | grant | |
BALL METAL FOOD CONTAINER, LLC | Ball Corp. | California | state | 2010 | $388,691 | training reimbursement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $384,244 | property tax abatement | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2013 | $383,745 | federal grant | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2015 | $378,835 | tax credit/rebate | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $378,307 | property tax abatement | |
Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Plastipak | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $377,190 | property tax abatement | |
MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $377,151 | property tax abatement | |
Owens Brockway Glass Container | O-I Glass | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $376,966 | property tax abatement | |
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | $375,055 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Lifoam Industries, LLC | Lifoam Industries | Massachusetts | state | 2018 | $375,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | New York | state | 2002 | $373,855 | enterprise zone | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2013 | $373,564 | tax credit/rebate | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $372,679 | property tax abatement | |
WestRock | WestRock | North Carolina | local | $372,000 | grant | ||
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $370,655 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2018 | $369,133 | tax credit/rebate | |
Norampac Ind., Inc. | Cascades Inc. | New York | state | 2002 | $367,626 | enterprise zone | |
Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2014 | $365,519 | enterprise zone | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $364,592 | property tax abatement | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2010 | $363,610 | federal grant | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $362,905 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $362,047 | property tax abatement | |
HUHTAMAKI INC | Huhtamaki Oyj | Maine | state | 2018 | $361,692 | property tax abatement | |
HUHTAMAKI INC | Huhtamaki Oyj | Maine | state | 2019 | $361,692 | property tax abatement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $360,371 | property tax abatement | |
Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Plastipak | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $360,369 | property tax abatement | |
Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2006 | $360,120 | tax credit/rebate | |
Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $357,280 | property tax abatement | |
MeadWestvaco-Covington | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2009 | $350,700 | training reimbursement | |
MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group, LLC | WestRock | Illinois | state | 2005 | $350,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group, LLC | WestRock | Illinois | state | 2005 | $350,000 | grant | |
Huhtamaki Flexibles Inc | Huhtamaki Oyj | Pennsylvania | state | $350,000 | grant | ||
International Paper | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2012 | $350,000 | grant | |
HUHTAMAKI INC | Huhtamaki Oyj | Ohio | state | 2013 | $350,000 | grant | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2009 | $350,000 | federal grant | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2009 | $350,000 | federal grant | |
Greif Brothers | Greif | Virginia | state | 2014 | $350,000 | grant | |
International Paper | International Paper | Virginia | state | 2013 | $350,000 | grant | |
Orchids Paper Products Company | Cascades Inc. | Oklahoma | state | 2016 | $347,692 | property tax abatement | |
Sonoco Flexible Packaging | Sonoco Products | New York | state | 2001 | $347,000 | enterprise zone | |
Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Dart Container | Illinois | state | 2016 | $342,022 | tax credit/rebate | |
Temple-Inland, Inc | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $341,905 | property tax abatement | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER | International Paper | Tennessee | local | 2013 | $341,607 | property tax abatement | |
LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2014 | $341,107 | tax credit/rebate | |
Temple-Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2011 | $339,555 | property tax abatement | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2019 | $338,498 | tax credit/rebate | |
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA | Dart Container | California | state | 2009 | $338,289 | training reimbursement | |
OWENS BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | O-I Glass | Oklahoma | state | 2014 | $336,969 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | North Carolina | state | 2017 | $336,352 | tax credit/rebate | |
Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2004 | $336,000 | training reimbursement | |
Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Graphic Packaging | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $331,845 | property tax abatement | |
GRAPHIC PACKAGING | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $331,156 | tax credit/rebate | |
CRYOVAC, INC. | Sealed Air | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $330,616 | tax credit/rebate | |
CURWOOD INC | Amcor | Oklahoma | state | 2008 | $329,904 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper- Ticonderoga Mill | International Paper | New York | state | 2006 | $328,940 | enterprise zone | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2015 | $328,545 | federal grant | |
Sonoco Flexible Packaging | Sonoco Products | New York | state | 2002 | $327,695 | enterprise zone | |
Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $326,978 | tax credit/rebate | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Washington | state | 2018 | $325,510 | tax credit/rebate | |
Smurfit Stone Container Enterprises | WestRock | North Carolina | state | 2009 | $324,933 | tax credit/rebate | |
Temple-Inland | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $322,629 | property tax abatement | |
Sonoco Plastics, Inc. | Sonoco Products | Ohio | state | 2011 | $322,391 | tax credit/rebate | |
Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Dart Container | Illinois | state | 2015 | $322,163 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corporation Of Georgia | Dart Container | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $321,486 | tax credit/rebate | |
Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Dart Container | Illinois | state | 2014 | $321,053 | tax credit/rebate | |
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Washington | state | 2017 | $320,131 | tax credit/rebate | |
Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2014 | $319,911 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $317,939 | property tax abatement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $315,702 | property tax abatement | |
Ball Plastic Container Corp. | Ball Corp. | New Jersey | state | 1996 | $315,560 | grant | |
GRAPHIC PACKAGING | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | 2013 | $315,152 | tax credit/rebate | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $311,507 | property tax abatement | |
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $311,088 | federal grant | |
WestRock CP LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $310,601 | property tax abatement | |
JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION | WestRock | Indiana | local | 2004 | $310,412 | property tax abatement | |
NIPPON DYNAWAVE PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC | Nippon Paper | Washington | state | 2017 | $310,327 | tax credit/rebate | |
Huhtamaki, Inc. | Huhtamaki Oyj | California | state | 2016 | $310,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
BALL METAL FOOD CONTAINER, LLC | Ball Corp. | California | state | 2014 | $309,232 | training reimbursement | |
International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $308,176 | property tax abatement | |
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2018 | $307,579 | tax credit/rebate | |
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2007 | $306,115 | tax credit/rebate | |
Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2013 | $306,020 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Appleton Papers Inc. | Appvion | Wisconsin | state | 2012 | $306,000 | grant | |
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL INC | Graphic Packaging | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $305,201 | tax credit/rebate | |
Pratt Jet Corr, Inc. | Pratt Industries | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $304,615 | tax credit/rebate | |
LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER AND PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2016 | $304,451 | tax credit/rebate | |
CURWOOD INC | Amcor | Oklahoma | state | 2012 | $304,335 | tax credit/rebate | |
Domtar Corporation | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $304,165 | tax credit/rebate | |
Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2016 | $301,568 | tax credit/rebate | |
Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $300,553 | tax credit/rebate | |
Kerr Group, LLC (A wholly owned subsidiary of Berry Plastics Corp) | Berry Global | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dart Container Corp Of Pennsylvania | Dart Container | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
Rexam Closure Systems, Inc. | Berry Global | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. | WestRock | Pennsylvania | state | $300,000 | grant | ||
Smurfit-Stone Container | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2010 | $300,000 | grant | |
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2010 | $300,000 | grant | |
RockTenn | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant | |
International Converter | Novolex | Mississippi | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC | O-I Glass | Ohio | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant |
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