With the creation of the new unit, which is located in La Joya, in the province of Arequipa, the company now has six service centres on the continent. The other Peru service centre is in Matarani, also in Arequipa province, while other locations include Antofagasta, Chile; and in Brazil Parauapebas and Santa Luzia.
Having been active in the Peruvian mining market for 16 years, Thyssenkrupp now plans to expand its service portfolio and double the installed capacity in the region. In this new facility, covering an area of around 13,000m2, Thyssenkrupp will offer repairs, maintenance and overhauls of large mining equipment components. The proposal is to offer customised programmes for the storage of spare parts and strategic supplies, training plans and personalised technical assistance.
"Peruvian mining companies can count on Thyssenkrupp as a solid strategic partner that offers a well-structured value proposal, providing a range of customised and complete solutions throughout the sector's activity chain," explained Paulo Alvarenga, Thyssenkrupp's CEO for South America.
He continued: "Peru is a country of enormous importance to the global mining market and, therefore, we allocate a large part of the investment in the new La Joya service centre to the acquisition of equipment with the most advanced technology, aiming at maximising the life cycle of our clients' assets,"
For Jorge Luis Lazo Cornejo, general manager of Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions in Peru, the new service centre will increase the service level for current and future customers. "Modern technologies and facilities, in addition to a fully qualified team, which will be supported by our global service centres, will allow us to be at the forefront of solutions for mining and other markets that require high complexity and quality services."
