Sheffield heavy engineering firm DavyMarkham is set to showcase its Latin American success story to business leaders at an international networking event later this month. Sales director Gordon Scott has been invited to present at the ‘Journey through Latin America’ conference at the Royal York Hotel in North Yorkshire on 23 February 2012. The event is part of a five-day road show organised by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) which includes panel discussions, presentations and one-to-one meetings. He will highlight the success of DavyMarkham’s groundbreaking $5.4 million mining sector project in Peru. The company secured the contract in 2011 to provide Volcan Compañia Minera, the fourth largest producer of zinc and silver worldwide, with two heavy duty mine hoists.

The project was the first contract win in Peru for DavyMarkham and the hoists will be used at Volcan’s Pique Andaychagua mining project in the Yauli province, 150 km northeast of the Peruvian capital Lima. Gordon has worked for DavyMarkham for 33 years after joining the company as a design engineer in the mining department. He commented: “This is a great opportunity for DavyMarkham to cement our reputation as leading industry experts. I will be talking about breaking into the mining sector in Peru, which is new and unique territory for DavyMarkham. I’ll be discussing how we approached the project, how we recruited an agent, successfully won our first contract with Volcan and also our plans for the future. The Peruvian project has been such a success story for the company that I hope it inspires others. I will also be looking to glean information from other industry representatives about their work in different areas of Latin America, such as Mexico and Chile, to help DavyMarkham expand our markets further.”