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The holidays will be brighter and the winter a little warmer for 415 Lonsdale Elementary School students, thanks to steel recycler Gerdau and others in the community.

Representatives of steel recycler Gerdau’s Knoxville mill recently celebrated six employees who have been with the company 40 years or longer.

Representatives of steel recycler Gerdau’s Knoxville mill recently donated $1,500 to the UT Graduate School of Medicine in memory of former Gerdau Knoxville Vice President and General Manager Arlan Piepho.

Gerdau Long Steel North America, which operates a steel mill in Knoxville’s Lonsdale neighborhood, recently earned two American Metal Market Awards for Steel Excellence.

Fausto Crapiz, a home-schooled student from Dandridge, Tenn., has been selected to receive a prestigious scholarship offered by Gerdau.

Gerdau presented new bicycles and safety helmets to 11 Lonsdale Elementary School students in recognition of their outstanding attendance during the 2014-15 school year.

Sculptures created by 11 University of Tennessee art students that incorporated materials provided by steel recycler Gerdau will be on public display April 3-19 at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Steel recycler Gerdau has named maintenance mechanic Christopher Arnwine as 2014 Employee of the Year at its Knoxville mill.

Student sculptors from the University of Tennessee surveyed piles of discarded steel at Gerdau’s Knoxville mill, selected pieces that inspired them and will turn the materials into tributes of artistic reuse.

Gerdau, along with area businesses, organizations and churches and the Knoxville Police Department, recently partnered to brighten the holidays for Lonsdale Elementary School students.