Amtech Elevator Services Wins Multi-Year Contract With the University of California, Berkeley.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1999--

Amtech Elevator Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to provide elevator service for the University of California, Berkeley. Amtech Elevator was the successful bidder for this prestigious contract.

"We are pleased to be working with the University of California at Berkeley," explained Steve Beenfeldt, senior vice president of Amtech Elevator Services and a graduate of UC Berkeley. "Our commitment to providing quality service to our customers is at the heart of our business philosophy, and we look forward to a long association with this premiere educational institution," he added.

Amtech Elevator Services is the largest independent elevator service company in the United States. Amtech Elevator operates regional offices and warehouses across the country from headquarters in Los Angeles and serves major metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

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