OREANDA-NEWS. Siderperu, Gerdau's operations in Peru, has opened registrations for its 11th Admission Contest to Technical School (TS), which will deliver 100 full scholarships (70 in the specialty of Mechanical Maintenance and 30 in Steel Production) for young students. At the end of the vocational training, the students will have the opportunity to do internships at Siderperu. This initiative is directed by Gerdau Institute and is part of its programs to encourage education and entrepreneurship developed by the unit's committee.

Gerdau is the leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the largest suppliers of special long steel in the world. It has more than 45,000 employees and industrial operations in 14 countries with operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, which together represent an installed capacity of more than 25 million metric tons of steel per year. Gerdau is the largest recycler in Latin America and around the world and transforms millions of metric tons of scrap into steel every year. Gerdau is listed on the stock exchanges of Sao Paulo, New York and Madrid, and has approximately 140,000 shareholders.