Wood Products Grow in Virginia

Forestry has been a vital part of Virginia’s economy since its founding in 1607. The Commonwealth’s timber was first shipped to England more than 400 years ago, and today represents our third-largest private industry that generates over $21 billion per year in industrial output. Companies choose Virginia for its thriving industry ecosystem, outstanding logistical advantages, access to quality talent, and top-ranked business climate, continuing the Commonwealth’s lasting legacy in forestry.

The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) engaged Forest2Market to conduct an independent analysis of pine resources across the state of Virginia and to recommend three locations for a new, high-capacity sawmill operation. All three of the basins can sustainably support a new state of the art, high-capacity sawmill. Read the study below and reach out to VEDP to take advantage of this unique opportunity to expand your operations to Virginia.

Contact
Kevin Miller
804.545.5790
kmiller@vedp.org

Trex, Frederick County

Learn More About Wood Products in Virginia

Read our brochure

Thriving Wood Products Industry Ecosystem

Sawmills are a vital part of Virginia’s wood products industry, from the forestry sector to primary wood processing, engineered wood products, finished wood products manufacturing, paper and packaging manufacturing, and a growing wood byproducts industry.

Pine Resource Analysis of Virginia

The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) engaged Forest2Market to conduct an independent analysis of pine resources across the state of Virginia and to recommend three locations for a new, high-capacity sawmill operation. Throughout the 20-year forecast period, all basins will experience pine sawtimber inventory growth over 20 million tons and GRRs will remain above 1.05 across all demand scenarios. All three of the basins can sustainably support a new state of the art, high-capacity sawmill.

Read the Analysis

Get in touch

Contact Form

Name(Required)
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and we’ll only use your personal information to administer your account and to provide the products and services you requested from us. From time to time, we would like to contact you about our products and services, as well as other content that may be of interest to you. If you consent to us contacting you for this purpose, please tick below to say how you would like us to contact you:
In order to provide you the content requested, we need to store and process your personal data. If you consent to us storing your personal data for this purpose, please tick the checkbox below.(Required)
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.