b'Connecting Mexico by TrainSC Mexico Wins Bid to Supply Rail for Major Yucatn Transportation ProjectTren Mayaaims to generatehundreds of thousands of jobs for people in the region, and local communities will benefit fromthe improvement of urbaninfrastructure and public services associated withthe project. Mexicos National Fund for the Promotion of Tour- result, we won contracts for two tenders. Our part of ism (Fonatur) has led the project, a high priority the project is divided in Sections 3 and 5, so togeth-for the governments passenger and freight rail prog- er, we will deliver 60,000 tons of rail in total, with ress agenda. The first phase of the project involvingthe delivery to be completed in May 2022 as per the sections one to four will connect the stations fromcontract terms and conditions.Palenque to Cancun, while the second phase involv- Benavides credits much of the success to the hard ing the remaining three sections will cover the stationswork of his SC Mexico team, which included from Cancun to Escarcega. Ricardo Santiago, Sales Manager; Jun Kojima, Sales The biggest obstacle to overcome in our attemptsManager; Christopher Pantoja, Sales Assistant Man-to land this contract involved the business cultureager; Vanessa Garcia, Sales Assistant; and Valeria Reyes, differences, according to Mauricio Benavides, Gen- Sales Assistant. However, the coordination of this eral Manager and Head of SCMX Steel Department,multinational, interdepartmental effort maximized since we are dealing with a public company that be- SCOA, SCL and SCMXs steel expertise through longs to the Mexican government, and trying to strikeopen communication and long hours. a balance between their business culture and ours. As acontinued next page Mauricio Benavides,Above,General Manager, Head ofSCMX Steel Department,and Team Leader forContract Bid ProposalAbove, The SC Mexico Steel Team, who made it all possible.Sumitomo Corporation of Americas 5'