Ciudad Sahagún
Ciudad Sahagún, officially called Fray Bernardino de Sahagún; is a town in the municipality of Tepeapulco, within the State of Hidalgo, in Mexico. History. Antecedents. In the early 1950s, by order of President Miguel Alemán Valdés, land in the municipality of Tepeapulco, Hidalgo, 95 kilometers north of Mexico City was settled in what was intended as a national model: the industrial area of Ciudad Sahagún. The firsts factories. On July 28, 1951 "Diesel Nacional" (National Diesel, DINA) was created, with a license agreement and technical advice from the Italian company Fiat. The share capital amounted to 75 million  pesos, 78% of which represented state participation. In 1952 work began on building the first vehicle of "Constructora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril SA" (Concarril), a rail vehicle manufacturer. At the same time a resolution was sought to the crisis in the textile industry and in 1954 the National Textile Machinery Factory "Toyoda of Mexico" was formed, which later became National Steel (Sidena), which established the three core anchor factory businesses in Ciudad Sahagún. Housing units (colognes). In parallel, a popular housing group of 1317 houses and 46 apartments, more shops, a market, sports fields, administrative offices and basic medical  and educational services were built. Amenities such as paved streets, drainage, drinking water and electricity were introduced. In 1961 he joined 515 houses built by the IMSS. Incorpororation to the municipality of Tepeapulco. In 1971 Ciudad Sahagún was incorporated into the municipality of Tepeapulco. Entrance to neoliberalism. After the arrival of different plants, several economic events (like the arrival of foreign brands in Mexico) forced the Renault plant to shutter in 1986, with the loss of 7000 jobs. At Sidena, in state hands, there were liquidity problems due to the looting of its coffers by managers, according to a study  by the state government. In the late 1980s, Concarril was taken over by Bombardier, a Canadian equity firm and its transformation brought less paternalistic policies affecting unionized workers, who until then enjoyed privileges such as exemption from property taxes and utilities, which the company absorbed. By 1993, National Steel filed for bankruptcy due to liquidity problems. In January 2002 Dina closed its last factory (DINA-Trucks). Earlier it had separated from DINA-Buses, acquired by Motor Coach Industries (MCI). Restart. Since 2005 new businesses have arrived in the industrial area of Ciudad Sahagún, the result of several government attempts to  restore the city's economy. Although it is generally considered that while Ciudad Sahagún may not return to its economic status of the past, it should have economic stability for a while. Economy. In 2008, Ciudad Sahagún housed 3 large companies, 17 medium-sized companies and 40 microenterprises, adding 60 companies and nearly 12,000 jobs, unlike 40.000 work places that had been made for nearly 36 years of tremendous progress. The Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA), Praxair, Gerdau and The Greenbrier Companies are among companies that have recently arrived. Bombardier split construction of 204 Flexity Outlook streetcars, for the Toronto Transit  Commission, and 182 Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles for service in the Greater Toronto Area between its Ciudad Sahagún factory, and one of its factories in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Welding the basic chassis was to take place in the Ciudad Sahagún factory. Bombardier fell years behind in delivery of these vehicles. Reports in the Canadian press repeated claims that the workers in the Thunder Bay plant that the work done in Ciudad Sahagún was incompetent. Bombardier tried to accelerate construction by opening an additional production line at its plant in Kingston, Ontario. Festivities. For the people of Sahagun City, festivities  are important. The main ones are: