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Based on the decision of the Czechoslovak government, on the 1st April 1959 the memorandum establishing the national company Východoslovenské železiarne – East Slovakian Ironworks – was signed. On the 4th January 1960, the construction of the metallurgical plant started in the administrative area of the villages Šaca, Veľká Ida, Sokoľany, Haniska and Bočiar. The city became a centre of heavy industry...
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