In this edition of local business news, Constellation Energy, in Limerick, will test its warning sirens next week. A Tower Health executive earns two leadership awards from professional organizations. Fromm Electric, with a branch in Pottstown, has announced its general manager for a subsidiary company.
Constellation Energy Tests Warning Sirens Dec. 2
LIMERICK PA – A twice-yearly, full-volume test of emergency warning sirens that surround the Limerick nuclear generating station will be held Monday (Dec. 2, 2024) at about 2 p.m., power plant owner Constellation Energy Corp. reports.
The warning system consists of sirens located within a 10-mile radius of Limerick and the station, now called the “Limerick Clean Energy Center.”
The sirens are not a signal to evacuate, Constellation says in a media release. Instead, they are intended to urge area residents to tune to a local Emergency Alert Broadcast television or radio station. County emergency management authorities activate the sirens.
The clean energy center is located just east of Lower Pottsgrove Township, roughly 21 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Constellation says it “produces enough carbon-free electricity to power 1.7 million homes.” The company is headquartered in Baltimore MD, and calls itself “the nation’s largest producer of clean, emissions-free energy, and a leading supplier of energy products and services.”
Siren photo by Travels With The Post
Tower Health Executive Earns Two Leadership Awards
WEST READING PA – Dr. Wei Du, senior vice president of academic affairs at Tower Health, has been recognized by two professional organizations for what the company calls “his contributions to healthcare and education.”
Du recently received an educational leadership award from the Philadelphia chapter of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society. Separately, he also was presented with a business leadership award from Lehigh Valley Business magazine.
The psychiatric society’s Paul J. Fink Leadership Award was given to Du as “a Philadelphia chapter member who demonstrates psychiatric leadership through education, research, community engagement, and advocacy for all mental health consumers.”
The magazine’s ICON Award recognizes Du as among “greater Lehigh Valley business leaders over the age of 60 who have left an indelible mark on their fields, and whose integrity, vision, and selfless service have lifted up the community.”
At Tower, Du also holds the titles of chief academic officer, designated institutional official, and medical director for behavioral health services. Du also serves as a professor and academic chair of psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine. Locally, Tower Health operates hospitals in Pottstown and Phoenixville.
Photo provided to Travels With The Post by Tower Health
Fromm Electric Names Kline as FrommConnect Manager
READING PA – Fromm Electric says it has appointed Chris Kline as general manager of FrommConnect LLC, a subsidiary that offers specialty services to manufacturers and electrical contractors.
Kline brings to the position more than 25 years of experience in process engineering, automation system design, workplace safety, and cybersecurity, according to Fromm. He worked from 2003-2013 as the company’s industrial automation group manager, and most recently as sales and engineering manager for Grantek Corp. in Allentown PA.
Kline will oversee FrommConnect sales and operations from the company’s Reading headquarters. The subsidiary specializes in design, fabrication, labor-saving solutions, efficiency gains, technical support, and system upgrades, the company reports. Fromm, founded in 1923, has operated a branch location in Pottstown since its 1984 purchase of the former Pottstown Electric Supply.
Photo provided to Travels With The Post by Fromm Electric
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