ELLWOOD’s Director of Talent Management Dena Baptiste presents the scholarship to Derek Guiher.

ELLWOOD recognized Eisenhower Middle High School senior Derek Guiher as the latest recipient of the ELLWOOD Industrial Maintenance Scholarship. Guiher was awarded $20,000 to support his continued education in Electrical Technology at the Pennsylvania College of Technology.

This scholarship presentation took place at Eisenhower Middle High School in Russell, where ELLWOOD’s Director of Talent Management, Dena Baptiste, joined school staff and the Guiher family to officially present Derek with his scholarship documents and welcome him to the ELLWOOD team.

The Electrical Technology program prepares students for in-demand careers in manufacturing, energy, and automation by combining classroom instruction with hands-on technical training. Students develop foundational skills in residential, commercial, and industrial electrical applications while gaining experience with robotics, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), machine control systems, telecommunications, and advanced industrial equipment. The program equips graduates with the knowledge needed to install, maintain, and repair today’s increasingly automated systems.

First introduced in 2021, the ELLWOOD Industrial Maintenance Scholarship is part of ELLWOOD’s ongoing commitment to building strong connections with local schools and supporting the next generation of skilled trades professionals. Multiple awards worth up to $20,000 are available to graduating high school seniors and GED recipients pursuing education in Mechatronics or equivalent industrial maintenance programs at accredited trade schools.

This milestone reflects ELLWOOD’s mission to support education, strengthen workforce development, and invest in the communities where it operates.

Family-owned since 1910, ELLWOOD has grown to become the most capable vertically integrated supplier of quality metals and custom-engineered components for critical applications from defense to space exploration. With industry-leading advanced manufacturing, digital engineering and technical leadership, we manufacture to the world’s most demanding customer specifications.

ELLWOOD’s team leverages metallurgical expertise, breadth of capabilities, and customer-centric approach to deliver results, the right way. While its wholly American-owned footprint now spans 25 locations across North America, it has not lost sight of what is right: treating the more than 2,000 team members, industry partners and customers like family. “We take the long-term view and work as a committed partner with our stakeholders and reinvest in our people and the communities in which we have a presence to ensure a strong and lasting partnership with each,” the news release said.