Port of Epes

The largest global industrial wood pellet supplier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announcing its intention to cut about $1 billion of debt by restructuring agreements with creditors, including those who have invested heavily in new facilities. That includes a plant in Alabama.

EPES, Ala. (AP) — A planned factory will add badly needed jobs in an underdeveloped part of west Alabama.Gov. Kay Ivey's office announced Friday that the…