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ABM Industries, Inc. Awarded Contracts with Ford Motor Company

SAN FRANCISCO--Feb. 1, 20054, 2005--ABM Facility Services and ABM Janitorial Services, operating units of ABM Industries Incorporated , have been awarded contracts with Ford Motor Company . The contracts cover facility maintenance solutions for Ford buildings in Dearborn, Michigan, which encompass several million square feet and include janitorial and engineering services that will be performed by ABM. ABM Facility Services will manage the procurement of the other types of facilities services and oversee subcontractor performance.

"The ABM Industries team looks forward to providing the benefits of single sourcing a range of building maintenance services for Ford," said Steven M. Zaccagnini, senior vice president of ABM Industries and president of ABM Facility Services. "Our integrated maintenance programs provide improved service quality, increased productivity and overall cost efficiencies, which will enable us to meet and exceed the expectations of one of the world's largest and most recognizable automobile manufacturers," he added.

ABM Janitorial Services operates 111 branch offices in 42 states, the District of Columbia and one Canadian province. ABM Engineering Services is one of the nation's largest providers of on-site operating engineers, with more than 2,500 employees nationwide.

ABM Industries Incorporated is one of the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2004 revenues in excess of $2.4 billion and more than 73,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting and mechanical services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. In addition to ABM Facility Services and ABM Janitorial, the ABM Family of Services includes Ampco System Parking, ABM Security Services, which includes American Commercial Security Services (ACSS) and Security Services of America (SSA), Amtech Lighting and CommAir Mechanical.