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American Commercial Security Awarded Contract With California State Automobile Association.


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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001

American Commercial Security Services (ACSS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:ABM), has commenced a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the California State Automobile Association The California State Automobile Association is a motor club dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. It was founded in 1907 as an offshoot of the Automobile Club of Southern California (ACSC) to serve members in Northern  (CSAA CSAA Child Study Association of America. ). ACSS will provide and manage security personnel and access control for twelve CSAA facilities in Northern California and Nevada.

"We are proud to partner with the California State Automobile Association," said John Moore, president of American Commercial Security. "We look forward to providing CSAA with state-of-the-art security as they enter into their second century of service," he added.

"As an experienced provider of security services, ACSS is committed to providing high quality and enhanced processes to CSAA. We are excited about this change, and view it as a means to improve our service levels and maximize efficiencies," said Cary Takagawa, manager of security and facility support services for the California State Automobile Association.

Established 100 years ago, the American Automobile Association American Automobile Association (AAA), federation of American automobile clubs, est. 1902. AAA provides a number of benefits to its members, including emergency road service; national and international travel assistance, e.g.  (AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association.


(Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied.
) offers a comprehensive array of automotive travel, insurance and financial services. The California State Automobile Association serves four million members, and is the second largest regional affiliate of the national AAA organization.

American Commercial Security is one of America's largest security service specialists. Based in Houston, Texas, ACSS has over 5,000 employees and 30 branch offices across the country.

ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services provider 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.
 revenues in excess of $1.9 billion and more than 60,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to American Commercial Security, the ABM Family of Services includes American Building Maintenance, Ampco System Parking, Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering, ABM Janitorial and CommAir Mechanical.
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