Brent Sheffler
Managing Director. Advanced Manufacturing Team. Business Development
804-545-5742
BSheffler@YesVirginia.org
- Employs 33,800 people.
- Is a $9.3 billion industry.
- Supported by 15.8 million acres of forests.
- Virginia’s timberland is 79% hardwood forest and 21% softwood forest.
- Central location on the Atlantic Coast provides interstate and rail access to the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest.
- Access to international markets provided by the Port of Hampton Roads and Washington-Dulles International Airport.
In 2009, Virginia’s Wood Products industry employed 33,800 people. Total Manufacturing employment in Virginia was 246,700. The Wood Products industry accounts for 14% of Virginia’s manufacturing employment, and is the second largest industry behind transportation equipment. The top three Wood Products sectors by employment are Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing (8,600); Other Wood Product Manufacturing (6,900); and Converted Paper Product Manufacturing (4,950). These three sectors comprise 61% of all Wood Products employment in Virginia. The economic output of Virginia’s Wood Products Industry is $9.3 billion. Wood Products supports an additional $7.0 billion in economic activity in Virginia.
Virginia is home to 1,102 Wood Products companies. Of the 6,184 manufacturing locations in Virginia, 19% of them are in Wood Products. Wood Products represents Virginia’s largest number of manufacturing establishments. The top three sectors for Wood Products companies are Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing (412), Other Wood Product Manufacturing (256), and Sawmills and Wood Preservation (185). These three sectors comprise 77% of Virginia’s Wood Products companies.
Major
Wood Products Companies in Virginia |
American of Martinsville
|
American Woodmark |
Augusta Lumber |
Bassett Furniture |
Chervan |
Georgia Pacific |
Greif Packaging |
Hooker Furniture |
MeadWestvaco |
Merillat Corporation |
Nationwide Custom
Homes |
Packaging Corporation
of America |
Rowe Furniture |
Shorewood Packaging |
Smurfit-Stone |
Stanley Furniture |
Stuart Flooring |
Thomasville Furniture |
Vaughan Bassett Furniture |
Yorktowne Cabinetry |
In the past ten years, over 10,000 new jobs have been added in the wood products industry, with investment of $1.5 billion.
Recent
major announcements include: |
Aspen Products
|
Blue Ridge Fiberboard, Inc. |
Cavco Industries, Inc. |
Infinity Global Packaging |
Mercury Paper, Inc. |
Mill Branch Industries |
O'Malley Lumber Company |
Vaughan Bassett Furniture |
| Selected
Wood Products Occupations |
Virginia
Employment |
Virginia
Mean Wage |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
2,960 |
$15.08 |
| Carpenters |
21,250 |
$18.88 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
520 |
$13.52 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,570 |
$14.92 |
| Furniture finishers |
650 |
$12.82 |
| Helpers--production workers |
8,560 |
$10.79 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
10,280 |
$16.91 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
3,200 |
$13.76 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
14,680 |
$9.69 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
2,630 |
$17.37 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
1,700 |
$14.13 |
| Sewing machine operators |
2,680 |
$10.61 |
| Team assemblers |
13,890 |
$13.24 |
| Upholsterers |
930 |
$13.13 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
3,070 |
$12.28 |
Virginia's labor force benefits from over 16,000 skilled workers exiting the military each year.
The Virginia Community College System provides education
and training programs for Virginians and Virginia businesses. Degree programs
include:
- CAD/CAM
- Engineering Technology
- Forestry Technology
- Industrial Electronics
- Industrial Production
- Industrial Technology
- Mechanical Engineering Technologies
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