Chips Inc. is a family-owned lumber mill in Troy, Virginia. Originally established as a whole tree chip mill in 1976 by Richard “Dicky” Dost, the company gradually evolved into a sawmill operation in the early 1990s.

We own timberland where we grow loblolly pine trees for saw timber. We actively manage the timberlands to be a sustainable operation by replanting every time we cut the timber. We also own and operate a lumber mill that produces 50 million board feet of southern yellow pine annually. In addition to the lumber mill, our pellet mill consumes the majority of our by-products and produces over 20,000 tons of bedding pellets each year. 

We take pride in managing our timberlands for sustainable production of timber and as a home for wildlife. We have been producing lumber here since 1987 and have made a significant investment in the future of our mill based on the sustainable productivity of our land and our neighbors.



The trees which supply our mill are grown within a 75 mile radius of the mill.