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Apprenticeship partner's workforce gains hands-on experience

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Employees from several facilities within The Ellwood Group Inc., a family-owned company with more than 25 locations throughout the United States that align with Penn College majors, received hands-on instruction in the Center for Business & Workforce Development's mechatronics technology lab this week.

Joe Sweeney (center) and David M. Zajac Jr. watch a demonstration by instructor Thomas W. Fry during their "Mechatronics Day" visit to Penn College. Sweeney is employed by McInnes Rolled Rings in Erie, one of Ellwood's dozens of locations; Zajac works in New Castle.
Co-workers Dan Ward (left) and Ryan Conrad, also from McInnes Rolled Rings, hone their skills at a BWD lab station.

Ellwood is among the college's Corporate Tomorrow Makers, and all of its employees visiting campus are part of an registered apprenticeship program. Thomas W. Fry, an industrial training specialist, provided a full day's education and encouragement – mechanical topics in the morning, motors and electricity in the afternoon.

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