Alumni family 'drives' local custom trailer company

Published 03.12.2024

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An alumni-owned and operated business recently held an open house at its Montoursville facility, and Penn College leaders were among those attending the event, organized by the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.

A custom trailer manufacturer, Transport Custom Designs showcased its facilities and innovative designs, with company president Joseph H. Reynolds touring the Penn College visitors. Reynolds graduated from the college (then Williamsport Area Community College) in 1976 with a degree in diesel mechanics and is a Penn College Foundation Board member. His two sons, also alumni, use their skills at the family business, too: Jeremy Reynolds earned his degree in business administration: management concentration in 2008, and Joshua J. Reynolds graduated from welding technology in 2009 and technology management in 2011.

Taking photos for Penn College News was another Penn College graduate – Nina Hadden, design engineer at Transport Custom Designs, a 2019 industrial design graduate. She serves on the college's Industrial Design Program Advisory Committee.

College alumnus Joseph H. Reynolds (at right), president of Transport Custom Designs, welcomes the three Penn College open house visitors (from left): Kyle A. Smith, senior executive director of college relations; Loni N. Kline, senior vice president for college relations; and Michael J. Reed, college president. In the background on left is Bo Hornberger, vice president & chief financial officer for the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.

Reynolds shows the Penn College guests a Mobile Welding Training Center designed and built for the Virginia Department of Corrections. It will be used to teach inmates how to weld.

In the front classroom portion of the mobile welding trailer, employee Gary Wolford (at right) demonstrates how the Miller AugmentedArc augmented-reality welding system works, as Reynolds shows the visitors one of the specially coded work pieces used with the welding simulator.