Catfish Country

摘要

Pine belt industrial supply co. is a division of Gadsden, Ala.-based Gadsden Industrial Distributor. President John Hyde says each of Gadsden's three locations has its specialty. Pine Belt's is power transmission and bearings. Pine Belt's name comes from its location deep in the Pine Belt region of Mississippi, which is known for its forest products. Branch manager Ted Taylor says there used to be sawmills within a stone's throw of each other all the way to the coast. Opened in 1987, Pine Belt was built on the logging and sawmill industry. Based in Hattiesburg, Miss., Pine Belt is in a central location between Jackson and Meridian, Miss., Mobile, Ala. and New Orleans. The town was also an intersection of several railroad lines which gave Hattiesburg the nickname "hub city."