Wackenhut Selected by DaimlerChrylser to Provide Nationwide Security
11 January 1999
Wackenhut Corporation Selected by DaimlerChrylser to Provide Nationwide Security ServicesPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Jan. 11 -- The Wackenhut Corporation (NYSE: WAK WAKB), a global leader in providing security-related services, announced today that DaimlerChrysler awarded the company a multi-year contract to provide security services at multiple nationwide locations. Richard R. Wackenhut, president and chief operating officer of The Wackenhut Corporation, said, "We are extremely pleased with the confidence that DaimlerChrysler has expressed in our organization through the award of this contract. Wackenhut has a distinguished history of service to nationwide, as well as multi-national, corporations in the protection of operational assets and facilities. We are indeed proud to be associated with the quality operations and prestigious name of DaimlerChrysler." Alan B. Bernstein, president of Wackenhut's North American Operations, said, "The addition of this contract to our portfolio of national clients further establishes Wackenhut as a global leader in providing outsourced security services to business, industrial locations and government agencies. In addition to DaimlerChyrsler, Wackenhut provides multi-site security to such prestigious companies and organizations as Allied-Signal, AT&T, NationsBank, Dell Computer, and Alyeska, the operator of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline." The Wackenhut Corporation has a 44-year record of providing high-quality security-related facility management and diversified human resources services to business, industry and government agencies. The company's diversified capabilities include: security and physical protection, employee leasing and temporary staffing, facility management, food service, and fire, emergency and supplementary police services. The company has operations in every state and over 50 countries on six continents. The Wackenhut Corporation (http://www.wackenhut.com) is the majority shareholder in Wackenhut Corrections Corporation , a global leader in privatized corrections: designing, financing, building, and managing corrections and detention facilities for government agencies.
