Detex renamed F Systems Incorporated to Designed Security Inc. (DSI).
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Detex acquired F Systems in 1993. This acquisition expanded the ability of both companies to offer integrated security solutions to the safety and security requirements in the markets we serve.
The decision to move to New Braunfels, Texas was made in October 1978. This move would consolidate the Chicago headquarters and manufacturing operation and the New York City financial operation into one building.
Detex enters the builders hardware field, introducing products designed primarily for providing safe egress from and controlled access into industrial, commercial, institutional and educational buildings.
Detex Corporation was officially incorporated in Delaware. Multiple companies – including Detex Watchclock Corporation, Newman Clock Company, Watchman’s Clock Works, Eco Magnetic Clock Company, Hardinge Brothers, and Eco Clock Company – came together to create Detex as we know it today.