Wood Products Manufacturing Companies in Virginia

Virginia has approximately 4,800 manufacturing establishments and 235,000 manufacturing employees. Virginia is a leading defense manufacturing state, home to Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding, extensive defense contractor operations in Northern Virginia, and a growing semiconductor presence.

Virginia is one of the leading states for wood products manufacturing. Wood products manufacturing includes sawmills, plywood and engineered wood plants, millwork operations, truss and panel manufacturers, and wood component producers. The industry transforms harvested timber into lumber, structural panels, engineered wood products, millwork, and wood components used in construction, furniture, and packaging.

Sawmills & Lumber Producers: Companies operating sawmills that produce dimensional lumber, timbers, and boards from softwood and hardwood logs.

Engineered Wood Product Makers: Manufacturers of plywood, OSB, LVL, glulam, CLT, and I-joists for structural applications.

Millwork & Window Manufacturers: Companies producing windows, doors, moldings, and architectural woodwork for residential and commercial construction.

Truss & Panel Manufacturers: Operations producing prefabricated roof trusses, floor trusses, and wall panels for housing construction.

Major industrial centers in Virginia include Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Richmond, Newport News, Arlington, and Chesapeake. These cities have concentrations of manufacturers across sectors including defense manufacturing, shipbuilding & marine manufacturing, and food processing manufacturing.