American Building Maintenance Honored With NUMMI 1999 Quality of Service Award.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999--

American Building Maintenance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded the prestigious "1999 Quality of Service Award" by New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), for the 16th year in a row.

Each year, the award is presented to the best overall contractor at the annual NUMMI Suppliers Conference, honoring the company that exemplifies excellence in customer confidence and loyalty.

"We are deeply honored to receive this distinguished award on behalf of our more than 38,000 employees," said Jack Egan, president of ABM Janitorial Services. "Over the years, we have developed a long-term partnership with NUMMI, and enjoy a working relationship based on mutual respect and understanding," he added.

"American Building Maintenance, our plant-wide janitorial service provider, has been recognized with an award of excellence ever year we have given them," said Linda McColgan, NUMMI general manager of purchasing. "Not only have they improved labor efficiency and maintained the same level of service we have come to expect, but ABM was instrumental in assisting NUMMI in achieving ISO 14001 certification. Their outstanding effort has generated a savings of over $9 million," she added.

American Building Maintenance Company operates more than 200 branch offices nationwide, serving 38 states and 36 of the 40 largest metropolitan areas across the country and provides a wide range of janitorial services.

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 and security 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 also includes ABM Janitorial Services, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Ampco System Parking, Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering, CommAir Mechanical, Easterday Janitorial Supply and ABM Facility Services.