Trex Company Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of high-performance composite decking and railing, cemented its long-term commitment to Arkansas on August 22, 2024 when it celebrated the topping out of its newest U.S. factory: a $400 million plant in Little Rock.
The seemingly ubiquitous southern yellow pine is creating quite a stir in Ware County these days as the U.S. subsidiary of a major German energy company readies to turn the plentiful feedstock into wood pellets to help fire its power plants in Europe.