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Wood Products & Furniture Manufacturing

For wood products and furniture manufacturing companies, operations in Virginia's Gateway Region just make sense. The region provides unbeatable access to people, places and resources with an expansive transportation infrastructure, a manufacturing friendly environment and much more. The industry cluster is currently led by sawmills and wood preservation industries; veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing; other wood product manufacturing industries; and household/institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing industries. Industry giants, such as Georgia Pacific, and home grown forces, such as the Builder's Supply Company of Petersburg, all serve as testaments to the position and promise of the wood products and furniture manufacturing industry in Virginia's Gateway Region.

 

Core Industries:

  • Sawmills and wood preservation
  • Other wood product manufacturing
  • Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing
  • Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing
  • Industry and occupational listings are based on regional presence, except for industries in italics, which pertain to the national industry cluster

 

Supplier Industries:

  • Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing
  • Sawmills and wood preservation
  • Logging
  • Wholesale trade
  • Truck transportation
  • Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  • Automotive repair and maintenance
  • Other wood product manufacturing
  • Management of companies and enterprises
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services

 

Customer Industries:

  • Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing
  • New residential 1-unit structures, nonfarm
  • New residential additions and alterations, nonfarm
  • Commercial and institutional buildings
  • Pulp, paper and paperboard mills
  • Other wood product manufacturing
  • Maintenance and repair of farm and nonfarm residential structures
  • Sawmills and wood preservation
  • Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing

 

Top Ten Companies:

Georgia Pacific Corp.
Builder's Supply Company of Petersburg, Inc.
Grind-All LLCC
Seward Lumber Company, Inc.
Charles A. Shaylor
Bernhardt & Taylor, Inc.
Conner Industries, Inc.
EH Lail Millwork, Inc.
JE Moore Lumber Company, Inc.
Hopewell Hardwood Sales, Inc.