Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott has the opportunity to visit Highland Pellets, LLC in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. In April this year, the first train load of production from Highland Pellets, LLC left the facility in Pine Bluff, Ark., bound for the port of Baton Rouge, La. With two of its four lines currently completed and in production, Highland principals predict the plant will be fully operational by the fourth quarter this year, well under budget and ahead of schedule. Highland was the brainchild of company founders Tom Reilley, Rob McKenzie and Alex Adome. Reilley and McKenzie had both worked for years in the UK, including in developing energy companies, and McKenzie and Adome had worked together at Cargill, Inc., a global corporation based in Minnesota. They got together with representatives from Wagner Construction, Inc., another Minnesota-based company that specializes in underground utilities and heavy civil construction.

Featured Story: “On Target”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Highland Pellets, LLC
Location: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
SLT Issue: July 2017

Check out other featured articles in the July 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s July 2017 issue features Hickory Grove, South Carolina’s Wilkerson Logging, Sheridan, Arkansas’ Crouse Logging Company, Inc., a full report on the recent 2017 Trucking Survey conducted by Timber Harvesting magazine, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas’ Highland Pellets, LLC. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.