American Building Control Announces a New Management Team for Its MDI Security Systems Unit.

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LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004

American Building Control, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABCX), a global provider of electronic systems and services for use in the security and surveillance industry, announces that J. Collier Sparks has joined the Company as President of the Company's MDI Security Systems and ABM Data Systems business units and as Senior Vice President of ABCX. Mr. Sparks has been in the security industry for over 23 years, with expertise in system integration, manufacturing and marketing. In the 1990's, as the Vice President of Electronics at Southern Steel, Mr. Sparks was responsible for building up the largest system integrator in the nation's correctional institutions market. While working as the President of Oron, Inc., he led a team that successfully developed the first integrated touch-screen application for this market. Mr. Sparks will report to Danny Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

The Company also hired Tim Rohrbach as its Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Rohrbach was the Director of application development at Southern Steel, where he worked with Mr. Sparks. Prior to Southern Steel, Mr. Rohrbach worked at Dell Computer and, subsequently, owned and sold a successful network consulting business. He will advise the Company in its product development efforts as well as head up the information technology infrastructure. In addition, Mr. Rohrbach will be actively involved with the MDI and ABM business units. Mr. Rohrbach will report to Mr. Sparks.

In addition, the Company announces that Conrad Hartwig will join its MDI/ABM team as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Hartwig was most recently Vice President of Sales at GE Interlogix. He was the Southwest regional manager for Infographic Systems, which was acquired by GE Interlogix. Previously, Mr. Hartwig worked at Maris Equipment and ADT Security Systems. In all his prior endeavors, Mr. Hartwig established a proven track record of significantly increasing revenue based on adding new businesses. Mr. Hartwig will also report to Mr. Sparks.

Danny W. Mills, CEO and President of the Company said, "These were the first critical steps to begin our process of enhancing the MDI organization in order to aggressively grow our business and capture the vast opportunities available to us in the government and commercial markets. We have industry leading technology and now we have industry leading individuals to implement our plan. Needless to say we are very excited about the additions of top-caliber talents like Collier, Tim and Conrad. This is the first of several announcements over the next few weeks regarding our new vision for the Company. We are committed to turning the Company into a leader in the security market and look forward to the future with resolve and optimism."