Who we are
Trader owned, trader operated
A specialty lumber wholesaler and stocking distributor, founded in 2006 and run by the people who trade the wood.
Diorio Forest Products began with one person, one leap of faith, and a belief that the lumber business could be built on something stronger than transactions.
After graduating from Bentley University in 1995, Dante Diorio left Massachusetts for Greensboro, North Carolina to begin his career in the forest products industry. Over the next decade, he worked his way from a young lumber trader into a respected buyer and seller of softwoods, known for his work ethic, honesty, product knowledge, and unmistakable personality.
Along the way, Dante built lasting relationships with buyers, suppliers, mills, and customers across the industry. He learned where the market was strong, where it was broken, and where a company built on trust, service, and shared success could make a real difference.
In 2006, Dante gave up his steady income, invested his life savings, and founded Diorio Forest Products.
What started as a dream became a company built on integrity, transparency, respect, and reliable follow-through. Over the years, DFP has grown into a trusted specialty lumber wholesaler and stocking distributor, helping customers and suppliers move softwood products across the country.
In 2026, Diorio Forest Products celebrates 20 years in business. That milestone is more than a number. It represents two decades of relationships earned, calls answered, problems solved, truckloads moved, and trust built one order at a time.
DFP continues to grow, but the company remains grounded in the same belief it started with: do the right thing, take care of people, and build relationships that last.
How we got here
Three decades in the trade
1995
Bentley University
Dante Diorio leaves Massachusetts for Greensboro, North Carolina, and begins his career in the forest products industry.
1995–2005
Young trader to respected principal
Over the next decade he works his way into a respected buyer and seller of softwoods, and builds the relationships with buyers, suppliers, mills and customers that the company still runs on.
2006
Diorio Forest Products
He gives up his steady income and invests his life savings to found the company, built on integrity, transparency, respect and reliable follow-through.
2006–2025
Across the country
Traders added in New York, Oregon, Virginia, Georgia. What began as a specialty softwood supplier on the East Coast now delivers to business partners nationwide.
2026
Twenty years in business
Two decades of relationships earned, calls answered, problems solved, truckloads moved, and trust built one order at a time.
How we do business
The relationships are the company
Integrity, transparency and respect are the words the company was founded on, and the reason both sides of a trade keep coming back. Our takeaway position with the mills is real, and so is the confidence they have in us when they go to market with their production.
What we would like to be known for
Five things
In the order Dante put them.
Expertise
Decades of combined experience in buying and selling softwood, and traders who know their species rather than a catalogue.
Honesty
We will tell you when the answer is a different species, a different grade, or nothing at all.
Proven performance
Trading since 2006, through every market this industry has had since.
Knowing what you need
Customers come to us for one item and leave with the one that actually fits the job, the budget and the lead time.
Supplied and priced
Kept fully supplied and priced competitively, because our takeaway position with the mills is real.
The people
Meet the team
The lumber trading team, and the operations support and logistics people behind them.
Affiliations
Industry organisations
Diorio Forest Products, Inc. is a proud member of the following industry organisations, and grades to NELMA, SPIB and WWPA rules across the book.
Where we are
Across the country
Corporate headquarters at 11129 Air Park Rd, Ashland, VA 23005, with strategic warehouses and trading offices beyond it. The full list is below.
Serving these areas
Where we trade from
Trading offices and strategic warehouses across the country, so there is quick access to standing inventory and to a diverse mix of suppliers. Tell us where you are and we will tell you what makes sense to land there.
Virginia
Corporate headquarters and the largest desk
New York
Northeast
Oregon
West Coast
Georgia
Southeast
Offices & warehouses
10 locations
Corporate headquarters
Ashland, VA
Strategic warehouse
Bangor, ME
Strategic warehouse
Bellows Falls, VT
Partnership & strategic warehouse
Cohutta, GA
Strategic warehouse
Fort Worth, TX
Trading office
Homer, NY
Strategic warehouse
Knoxville, TN
Trading office
Oregon City, OR
Strategic warehouse
Richmond, VA
Strategic warehouse
Sanford, ME
All 10 named, read off the map embeds on Diorio’s own locations page. Click the map to zoom with the wheel.
Corporate headquarters: 11129 Air Park Rd, Ashland, VA 23005.