Wellman closing S.C. plant

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. - Wellman Inc., will close a plant in South Carolina, shed some of its product lines and centralize operations at Port Bienville Industrial Park. Wellman’s Pearl River plant is an anchor tenant at the county-owned Port Bienville, where it employs about 158 people. The company entered bankruptcy this year and said consolidating operations is part of its reorganization. (Source: The Sun Herald, 09/20/08)