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Ampco System Parking Awarded Contract with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.


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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2003

Ampco System Parking, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE NYSE

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), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW DFW Dallas/Ft Worth, TX, USA - Dallas Ft Worth International (Airport Code)
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). Ampco will provide more than 80 employees to manage and staff the Airport's shuttle bus operations, while efficiently transporting passengers at DFW.

"We look forward to serving DFW, one of the world's busiest airports and a gateway to the world," said Thomas Barnett, president of Ampco System Parking. "Ampco is committed to enhancing parking efficiency and ensuring that DFW's shuttle operations run smoothly and conveniently for the millions of passengers who utilize DFW every year," he added.

"DFW's new Express Parking is changing the way our guests park at the Airport and indeed view our Airport," says Joe Lopano, executive vice president, marketing, DFW. "We surveyed more than 1,000 guests, and they told us they wanted better service, more convenience and a fair price. We're now delivering much higher service without raising our parking prices at all," he added.

Located halfway between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , DFW International Airport is the world's third busiest airport, offering nearly 2,000 flights per day and serving 55 million passengers a year. DFW International Airport provides non-stop service to 130 domestic and 31 international destinations worldwide.

Ampco System Parking is an industry leader, operating over 1,700 lots and garages in 29 states, including parking facilities at or adjacent to such major international airports as Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Orlando, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

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 revenues in excess of $2.1 billion and more than 62,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting, elevator, mechanical and network services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to Ampco System Parking, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, ABM Engineering, American Commercial Security (ACSS ACSS Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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), Amtech Lighting, Amtech Elevator, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Service Network.
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