The founder and president of a Troy manufacturing company, who is also an alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology predecessor institution Williamsport Area Community College, has established two scholarships to benefit students in engineering design and manufacturing majors.

John M. Estep, of E-Tech Industrial Corp., a global manufacturer of precision power-tool attachments for the aerospace and automotive industries, has developed the E-Tech Industrial Corporation Engineering Scholarship and the E-Tech Industrial Corporation Machining Scholarship. Each will award $1,000 annually.

“Our success as a company has been a result of the Penn College partnership!” Estep said. “With the majority of our employees having been through a Penn College degree, certificate, continuing education or apprenticeship program, it is easy to see the contribution Penn College has had in our success!”

This year’s scholarship recipients are: Holden Lee Robinson, an engineering design technology student from Gillett, and Jack J. Stump, a machine tool technology student from York. Robinson is receiving the engineering scholarship, and Stump is awarded the machining scholarship.

During a recent visit to the college, Estep met with his scholarship recipients to learn about their career aspirations. He also toured the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center and the Automated Manufacturing Lab and discussed future partnership opportunities with faculty and staff.

“We are so thankful for the Estep family and their strong collaborative partnership with Penn College,” said Kimberly R. Cassel, college relations director.

“John has gone out of his way to hire our alumni and share the wonderful things about a Penn College education,” Cassel said. “Every time I have the opportunity to visit E-Tech, I am more and more impressed with what they do and the values of the company. The scholarship support that E-Tech provides helps alleviate some of the pressures of being a student and allows the recipients to focus on their classes and academic goals.”