Snider Tire to Join Michelin Retread Technologies Network

Michelin continues to expand MRT commercial truck service network

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Greensboro, N.C.-based Snider Tire, Inc. has decided to join the Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) network of servicing dealers. Snider Tire, one of the country’s largest commercial tire dealers and retreaders, currently operates eight retread facilities and 31 commercial service locations, primarily in the Carolinas, Georgia and Texas area.

“Snider Tire has long been recognized for the quality of its people and service to the fleets,” said Francois Corbin, COO of Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “We are confident that John Snider and his team will help us continue to provide excellent commercial truck services to fleet customers.”

“Combining Snider Tire’s reputation with MRT’s retread process and products will be a great complement to the franchise network,” said Tom Brennan, vice president of Michelin Retread Technologies, Inc.

After 12 years of operations the Michelin Retread Technologies Network has 44 franchise members with 79 retreading plants in North America.

“We believe Snider Tire and the MRT products and process are a great match for our customers,” said John K. Snider, president and CEO of Snider Tire, Inc. “We have been in business since 1976 and our people have always been focused on providing our customers with the best possible products and services to help lower their operating costs.”

Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. The company also publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America (www.michelintruck.com) employs more than 22,600 and operates 19 major manufacturing plants in 17 locations.