Snider Industries Names Fleming Plant Manager

Snider Industries, LLC, Marshall, Texas, announced that Wayne Fleming has become plant manager, bringing more than 30 years of forest products industry experience, including domestic and international experience as an automation and controls specialist.

As plant manager, Fleming’s official responsibilities include management of the plant operations covering lumber production, and operations of the log yard, planer mill, and power plant; as well as maintenance, lumber shipping and shavings plant.

Fleming succeeds Jimmy Brewer, who was plant manager for 23 years. Brewer remains firmly involved with the strategic planning for the operations of the company.

“We expect Snider Industries to benefit from the exceptional managerial and technical expertise that Wayne brings to our company,” comments Jill Snider Brewer, third-generation owner. “He has consulted with Snider on various projects and installations going back over 20 years and has an excellent understanding of our operations. To boot, he has been involved in many projects across the spectrum of wood fiber operations and production and we are fortunate to have him.”

Fleming assisted various industries in increasing productivity and reducing downtime through facility modernization and control upgrades. He began his career as an electrician in a sawmill in south Alabama. He was managing partner of an automation and controls engineering business for more than 25 years, and served as managing partner in several other businesses including mechanical design and machine fabrication. Throughout his career, he partnered with customers to work through some of the most sophisticated projects in sawmills, plywood/OSB, and pellet plant facilities throughout the U.S.

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