American Commercial Security Awarded Contract With California State Automobile Association

    HOUSTON--Oct. 4, 2001--American Commercial Security Services (ACSS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated , has commenced a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the California State Automobile Association (CSAA). ACSS will provide and manage security personnel and access control for twelve CSAA facilities in Northern California and Nevada.
    "We are proud to partner with the California State Automobile Association," said John Moore, president of American Commercial Security. "We look forward to providing CSAA with state-of-the-art security as they enter into their second century of service," he added.
    "As an experienced provider of security services, ACSS is committed to providing high quality and enhanced processes to CSAA. We are excited about this change, and view it as a means to improve our service levels and maximize efficiencies," said Cary Takagawa, manager of security and facility support services for the California State Automobile Association.
    Established 100 years ago, the American Automobile Association (AAA) offers a comprehensive array of automotive travel, insurance and financial services. The California State Automobile Association serves four million members, and is the second largest regional affiliate of the national AAA organization.
    American Commercial Security is one of America's largest security service specialists. Based in Houston, Texas, ACSS has over 5,000 employees and 30 branch offices across the country.
    ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services provider listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With annualized revenues in excess of $1.9 billion and more than 60,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to American Commercial Security, the ABM Family of Services includes American Building Maintenance, Ampco System Parking, Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering, ABM Janitorial and CommAir Mechanical.