Saab Cars USA, Inc. Contracts With Amtech Lighting Services

    ANAHEIM, Calif.--June 20, 2002--Amtech Lighting Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated , has been awarded a multi-year contract with Saab Cars USA, Inc. Amtech Lighting will provide comprehensive sign maintenance for 237 locations across the country, including washing, re-lamping and on-call repair service.
    "We are pleased to provide sign maintenance for Saab Cars USA," said Ron Gilcrease, president of Amtech Lighting Services. "Saab's tradition of innovative vehicles and services is a perfect complement with Amtech's state-of-the-art lighting solutions. We look forward to enhancing Saab's corporate image and ensuring a customer-centric environment at its national dealerships," he added.
    "With Amtech's longstanding maintenance expertise, we look forward to having them provide Saab Cars USA with advanced technology and quality service," said Dan Chasins, president and chief operating officer of Saab Cars USA. "Dedicated to the highest standards, our relationship with Amtech will allow us to better serve the needs of our customers, employees and business partners," he added.
    Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, Saab Cars USA, Inc., is the importer and distributor of Saab automobiles for the Sweden-based Saab Automobile AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Corporation . Active in more than 50 countries worldwide, Saab Automobile AB has over 8,500 employees and sold more than 126,000 cars in 2001.
    Amtech Lighting Services provides comprehensive interior, exterior and illuminated sign maintenance programs that significantly reduce long-term energy and service 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 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, security and related 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.