ABM Industries Announces the Acquisition of Assets of Integra Service Corp.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1999--William W. Steele, president and CEO of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) has announced the assets of Integra Service Corp. have been acquired by ABM Industries.

Integra Services Corp., a professional, commercial contract cleaning company, employs some 300 employees and services approximately 14 million square feet of office space in the Greater Des Moines area. "This acquisition is strategically significant as it will bring to Integra, its employees and customers the assets and benefits of a large nationwide company," stated Tim Neugent, president and CEO of Integra.

According to Bill Micheli, Senior Vice President for ABM Janitorial Services' Midwest Region headquartered in Chicago, Tim Neugent and his partners, Ron Brenizer and Dick Cox, will continue to manage and operate the business.

ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With annual sales in excess of $1.5 billion and more than 55,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking, security and other outsourced facility services to thousands of commercial, industrial and institutional customers in hundreds of cities across North America. The ABM Family of Services includes American Building Maintenance, Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Services (ACSS), Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering, CommAir Mechanical, Easterday Janitorial Supply, and ABM Facility Services.