General Motors Contracts With Amtech Lighting

    LOS ANGELES--Jan. 17, 2002--Amtech Lighting Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated , has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with General Motors Dealership Identification Leasing Corporation (GM-DI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Corporation . The full-service contract covers scheduled cleaning, painting and on-call repair service for more than 4,000 signs at over 1,000 GM dealership facilities located throughout the southwest United States.
    "In today's competitive environment, a company's corporate image is extremely important and we are pleased to be of service to General Motors," said Ron Gilcrease, president of Amtech Lighting Services. "We look forward to providing GM dealers with comprehensive sign maintenance to enhance their brand, so customers and employees always see a fresh and appealing look," he added.
    "General Motors constantly strives to partner with industry leading suppliers to support our dealers and customers," said Eric J. Campbell, manager for the GM Dealership Identification Program. "Amtech Lighting Services is a leader in the sign maintenance industry and we are very excited about our new relationship. Our partnership with Amtech will improve our ability to offer an industry leading retail image to GM dealers," he added.
    As the center of expertise for exterior retail identification within the General Motors family, GM-DI administers the General Motors Dealership Identification Program, which provides GM dealers with a competitive advantage in the retail automotive market. GM-DI surveys dealerships nationwide, and will additionally install, modify, replace, relocate and remove dealership signs. General Motors, the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, designs, builds and markets cars and trucks worldwide, and employs approximately 363,000 people globally.
    Amtech Lighting Services provides comprehensive illumination programs that significantly reduce long-term energy and maintenance costs. For its exceptional efforts and achievements in energy conservation, Amtech was recently named the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Green Lights Ally of the Year." Amtech Lighting operates 30 full-service branch offices across the country from its headquarters in Anaheim, California.
    ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor 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 Amtech Lighting, the ABM Family of Services includes American Building Maintenance, Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Security (ACSS), ABM Engineering, ABM Janitorial, Amtech Elevator and CommAir Mechanical.