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| 1940
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1940
François Miville-Deschênes acquires
Langelier & Fils (founded in 1936) which
became Deschênes & Fils Ltée,
a plumbing and heating wholesaler located
at 1203 Notre-Dame East in Montréal.
1951 Pierre Deschênes (son of
François) joins the team.
1952 Gilles Deschênes (son of
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1952
The enterprise moves to 5685 d'Iberville.
1954 Jacques Deschênes (son of
François) joins the team.
1959 François' three sons acquire
their father's shares.
1969 The enterprise moves to 8335 St-Michel
Blvd. in East-End Montréal. |
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| 1970
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1973
Jacques acquires his brothers' shares at the
same price offered by a potential buyer. He
then becomes President General Manager and
invites Deschênes & Fils' two main
managers to join the shareholding. They will
retire in 1982 and 1992 and their shares will
be bought by Les Entreprises Mirca Inc.
1976 Creation of Les Entreprises Mirca
Inc., Jacques Deschênes' family enterprise.
1977 Jacques Deschênes transfers
his participating shares to Les Entreprises
Mirca Inc.
NOVEMBER 1980 Acquisition of 100 %
of L.N. & J.E. Noiseux Limitée's
shares, a century-old plumbing and heating
wholesaler located in Montréal.
OCTOBER 1984 Acquisition of an important
part of Loubec, a plumbing and heating wholesaler
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MAY
1987 Acquisition of Industries C.F.H.
Ltée, a fire protection distribution
company.
OCTOBER 1987 Acquisition of Boone Plumbing
& Heating Supply Inc. in Ottawa and of
its division Des Rosiers Distributeurs in
Hull (plumbing, heating, air conditioning
and ventilation wholesaler).
MARCH 1988 Creation of Deschênes
Group Inc. which will become the parent company.
DECEMBER 1989 Acquisition in Québec
City of three divisions of Groupe Lacroix:
plumbing and heating, electrical and industrial
supplies. Deschênes Group Inc.'s presence
is henceforth reinforced in Eastern Québec
through the addition of outlets in Québec
City, Lévis, Rimouski and Saint-Georges
de Beauce. |
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| 1990
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AUGUST
1990 Purchase of Rocamora Bros. Canada
Inc.'s assets, a plumbing and heating distributor-wholesaler
located in Toronto.
JUNE 1991 Acquisition of Triangle Plumbing
and Heating Supply Inc. with its six branches
in the Northern and Eastern part of the Greater
Toronto area, a plumbing, heating and Waterworks
distributor-wholesaler.
AUGUST 1991 Deschênes & Fils
becomes the sole owner of Loubec's shares.
JUNE 1992 Rocamora and Triangle are
merged and become Desco Plumbing and Heating
Supply Inc. in 1993 and then moves to a newly
acquired and renovated building.
MARCH 1993 Merger of Lacroix and Loubec
in Québec City. They will carry on
their activities under the name Deschênes
& Fils Ltée, Québec City
division.
JANUARY 1994 Acquisition of major interests
in Doraco Inc. and full acquisition in April
1996.
JULY 1996 Acquisition of significant
interests in Almacorp Inc. which includes
nine branches operating under the name Airco
and QuéMar (Ottawa, Québec City
and Montréal), a major distributor
of air conditioning and refrigeration parts
and equipment.
SEPTEMBER 1997 Opening in Alberta (by
Deschênes Group Inc., Andrew Sheret
Limited and Mr. Wayne Walker) of JBW Pipe
& Supply Ltd., a plumbing and heating
distributor in Edmonton.
MAY
1998 Deschênes Group Inc. acquires
all of Réal Huot Inc.'s shares issued
on the market; RHI is an important Québec
City Waterworks and sewer systems distributor
with three business locations.
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MARCH 2000 The parent company, Deschênes
Group Inc., who shared its living accommodations
with Deschênes & Fils, Montréal
division, moves to a new location at 5100
Sherbrooke Street East in Montréal,
in order to allow the two companies to occupy
larger quarters.
DECEMBER 2000 Jacques Deschênes
hands over the torch to his oldest son, Martin,
who is appointed Deschênes Group Inc.'s
President and Chief Operating Officer. Jacques
maintains the responsibilities of Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer.
Deschênes Group Inc. now owns 100% of
Almacorp Inc.'s shares.
DECEMBER 19, 2003 The subsidiary Almacorp
Inc. acquires tangible assets from Eugènes
Binette Enr., enterprise recognized as a true
institution specializing in the sale of heating
controls and related equipment.
MAY 1ST, 2004 The Board of Directors
of Deschênes Group Inc. names Martin
Deschênes Chief Executive Officer.This
responsibility is in addition to his present
duties as President. Jacques Deschênes
retains the function of Chairman of the Board.
MAY 26, 2005 Acquisition of all
issued and outstanding shares of Bardon Supplies
Ltd. which comprises 12 outlets and 4 showrooms
in Ontario, a plumbing, heating, ventilation
and air conditioning distributor-wholesaler.
MAY 14, 2007 The parent company, Deschênes
Group Inc., moves to a new location at 3901
Jarry Street East in Montréal. |
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details on the history in the section entitled Our
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