Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
paper and packaging
Subsidy Total:
$2,192,392,237
Number of Awards:
2,470
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 2011.
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 | $400,253,329 | 393 |
| Stora Enso | $277,344,977 | 5 |
| WestRock | $271,265,703 | 278 |
| Cascades Inc. | $171,511,954 | 115 |
| Domtar | $163,680,758 | 74 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | $137,982,372 | 137 |
| Ball Corp. | $115,525,765 | 190 |
| Berry Global | $91,054,309 | 92 |
| Graphic Packaging | $84,191,935 | 116 |
| Verso Corporation | $82,316,734 | 28 |
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| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year |
Subsidy Value |
Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Owens-Illinois | Ohio | state | 2011 | $300,000 | grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE&TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2011 | $300,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE&TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2011 | $300,000 | federal grant | |
| BALL AEROSPACE&TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2011 | $300,000 | federal grant | |
| Graphic Packaging International, Inc | Graphic Packaging | North Carolina | state | 2006 | $300,000 | grant | |
| Rock-Tenn Company | WestRock | Georgia | state | 2013 | $300,000 | grant | |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Berry Global | Indiana | state | 2015 | $300,000 | training reimbursement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2016 | $300,000 | federal grant | |
| Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky | Dart Container | Kentucky | state | 2016 | $300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2010 | $296,622 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2009 | $295,918 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Temple Inland, Inc | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $294,022 | property tax abatement | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $293,113 | property tax abatement | |
| Cryovac Inc. | Sealed Air | New York | state | 2007 | $292,834 | enterprise zone | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $292,411 | property tax abatement | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2015 | $292,225 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2011 | $291,416 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2012 | $291,416 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $290,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Paper Company LLC | Domtar | Kentucky | state | 2015 | $290,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. | Silgan | New York | state | 2011 | $289,992 | enterprise zone | |
| Domtar Corporation | Domtar | Pennsylvania | state | 2015 | $289,930 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MeadWestvaco Corporation South Carolina, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $289,173 | property tax abatement | |
| Domtar Corporation | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $288,609 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Smurfit-Stone Containerboard Enterprises, Inc | WestRock | United States | federal | 2008 | $288,584 | federal grant | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER & PACKAGING INC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2013 | $288,394 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Domtar Corporation | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $288,036 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | Domtar | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $285,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AEP Industries, Inc. | Berry Global | North Carolina | state | 2010 | $284,374 | tax credit/rebate | |
| WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2017 | $284,172 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cascade Tissue Group-CA Inc | Cascades Inc. | Arizona | state | 2004 | $282,857 | training reimbursement | |
| WestRock CP LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | local | 2017 | $280,900 | property tax abatement | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2014 | $280,069 | federal grant | |
| BEMIS (ALCAN PACKAGING/PECHINEY) | Amcor | Missouri | state | 2000 | $280,000 | training reimbursement | |
| MeadWestVaco Corp | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2011 | $280,000 | enterprise zone | |
| MeadWestVaco Corp | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2012 | $280,000 | enterprise zone | |
| MeadWestVaco Corp | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2013 | $280,000 | enterprise zone | |
| MeadWestVaco Corp | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2014 | $280,000 | enterprise zone | |
| MeadWestVaco Corp | WestRock | Virginia | state | 2015 | $280,000 | enterprise zone | |
| LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER AND PACKAGING, INC. | WestRock | Washington | state | 2017 | $279,738 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Solvay Paperboard, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2013 | $278,373 | enterprise zone | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Washington | state | 2016 | $276,248 | tax credit/rebate | |
| WESTROCK CP, LLC | WestRock | Washington | state | 2014 | $275,497 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amcor PET Packaging USA, Inc. | Amcor | New York | state | 2001 | $274,499 | enterprise zone | |
| BOISE PACKAGING & NEWSPRINT, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2016 | $271,285 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC and Rock-Tenn Services Inc. | WestRock | Indiana | state | 2006 | $270,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $269,216 | property tax abatement | |
| BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2016 | $268,228 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2008 | $267,738 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Rock-Tenn Converting Company | WestRock | Iowa | state | 2009 | $267,475 | training reimbursement | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $267,011 | property tax abatement | |
| Berry Plastics, Inc. | Berry Global | Iowa | state | 2012 | $266,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Alcan Packaging | Amcor | New York | local | 2017 | $264,449 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE PACKAGING & NEWSPRINT LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2013 | $263,661 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Boise Packaging & Newsprint, LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $262,901 | property tax abatement | |
| RockTenn CP, LLC | WestRock | Louisiana | state | 2013 | $261,249 | property tax abatement | |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY | International Paper | Washington | state | 2015 | $260,927 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE PACKAGING & NEWSPRINT LLC | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2015 | $260,195 | tax credit/rebate | |
| BOISE PACKAGING & NEWSPRINT, L.L.C. | Packaging Corporation of America | Washington | state | 2015 | $260,195 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ROCKTENN CP LLC | WestRock | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $259,200 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CRYOVAC INC | Sealed Air | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $259,060 | tax credit/rebate | |
| MW Custom Papers, LLC | WestRock | New York | state | 2002 | $258,388 | enterprise zone | |
| BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | Ball Corp. | United States | federal | 2010 | $257,248 | federal grant |
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