American Building Maintenance Acquires CarpetMaster Cleaning in Upstate New York.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001 The American Building Maintenance subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ABM ABM: see guided missile. ABM - Asynchronous Balanced Mode ) has acquired all operations of CarpetMaster Cleaning (CarpetMaster), a major regional provider of janitorial and related services in Albany and the surrounding Capital District of New York. The former owners and operators of CarpetMaster, Khalan and Jim Hennesey, will continue to manage the business for American Building Maintenance. Founded by the Henneseys in 1981, CarpetMaster's interior and exterior facility services include custodial care, carpet cleaning, construction cleanup, concrete sealing and landscaping, as well as around-the-clock fire and flood cleanup and restoration under the tradename of RestoreMaster. The business is headquartered in Cohoes, New York Cohoes is a city located at the northeast corner of Albany County, New York, USA. It is called the "Spindle City" because of the importance of textile production to its growth. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 15,521. . ABM Janitorial Services operates more than 200 branch offices nationwide, serving 38 states and 36 of the 40 largest major metropolitan areas across the country. Headquartered in San Francisco, ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . With annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales in excess of $1.8 billion and more than 60,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking, security and related services to thousands of commercial, industrial and institutional customers in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to American Building Maintenance, the ABM Family of Services includes Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Security (ACSS ACSS Africa Center for Strategic Studies ACSS Aluminum Conductor Steel Supported (cable) ACSS African Crop Science Society ACSS Association of Computer Support Specialists ACSS Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems ), Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering, ABM Janitorial and CommAir Mechanical Services. |
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