Snider Tire and Michelin Retread Technologies plan to open a new retreading plant in Houston in response to the growing demand for tire retreads
. The new plant will supply Snider's four commercial locations in Texas including Beaumont, Conroe, Dallas/Grand Prairie and Houston.

"We have seen an increase in demand from trucking fleets for emergency roadside service and MRT tire products," said John Snider, founder and president of Snider Tire. "This new facility will ensure that we can meet the demand with additional production, as well as timely retread delivery to our commercial locations in Texas."

With the new tire pressing plant within 240 miles of the farthest of Snider's Texas commercial locations, the company will be able to reduce their delivery time by more than 20 percent, the company says.

"Because of the new tire technology and quality of the MRT product and process, trucking fleets are getting more out of their tire investment," said Francois Corbin, chief operating officer of Michelin Americas Truck Tires. "With the Houston facility complementing an already very strong network of Michelin servicing dealers in Texas we will continue to strive to offer the fleet customer a superior product and an unbeatable turnaround time."

With the addition of the Houston plant, there will now be 80 MRT plants.