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Resistol ranked 33rd among Mexican companies with 3.21 billion pesos ($140.4 million), and Spicer ranked 79th, with 1.15 billion pesos ($50.2 million). By 1979 Desc held an average of 35 percent of the shares of more than 30 enterprises.
The largest shareholder in 1982 was Fomento de Valores, S.A. de C.V., with 48 percent, followed by Banamex, with 11 percent.
Both firms continued to be profitable despite the debt crisis and peso devaluation of 1982.
Univasa, an enterprise founded in 1982 to breed poultry, contributed nearly 12 percent.
Ruiz Galindo was president of Negromex in 1984.
In 1990 Novum acquired majority control of Hules Mexicanos, a rival firm, thereby increasingly its carbon black capacity from 65,000 to 161,000 metric tons a year and its synthetic rubber capacity from 80,000 to 155,000 metric tons a year.
In 1992 Grupo Irsa closed its least efficient chemicals plants and divested certain products lines.
Spicer purchased Transmisiones y Equipos Mecanicos, S.A. de C.V. (Tremec), a Mexican manufacturer of light-duty transmissions, in 1994.
The company's long-term debt was 3.34 billion pesos (about $428 million) in March 1997.
Spicer, in July 1997, purchased Dana Corp.'s transmission division.
DESC and NYC’s Pathways to Housing present the first ever national Housing First Partners’ Conference in New Orleans, LA on March 21-23, 2012.
Aurora House opens in early 2013 providing 87 units of supportive housing for homeless adults living with serious mental/addictive illnesses or other disabling conditions.
1, 2014 marks 12,460 consecutive days that DESC’s Main Shelter has been open.
The Peer PATHFinder outreach program was created in August 2017 in response to the opioid epidemic and works with adults experiencing homelessness who are at risk of opioid overdose.
DESC breaks ground during a virtual event on June 1, for the DESC Bitter Lake supportive housing project at 924 and 934 North 143rd St, Seattle. It will feature 100 apartments, expected to open in summer 2022.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Community Housing & Services | 1978 | $10.0M | 90 | - |
| Central Arizona Shelter Services | 1984 | $50.0M | 100 | 3 |
| People Assisting The Homeless | 1984 | $50.0M | 20 | - |
| The Women's Housing Coalition | 1979 | $5.0M | 9 | - |
| Shelter Care Ministries | 1984 | $1.6M | 30 | - |
| Plymouth Housing | 1980 | $21.0M | 138 | 12 |
| CommunityHealthlink | 1978 | $42.8M | 880 | - |
| Chestnut Health Systems | 1973 | $46.4M | 750 | 108 |
| Servicenet Inc. | 1973 | $50.0M | 550 | - |
| Open Sky Community Services | 1973 | $50.0M | 200 | 90 |
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