Amtech Lighting Announces Acquisition in Minneapolis.ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1999-- The Amtech Lighting Services subsidiary of ABM Industries ABM Industries Incorporated NYSE: ABM is an American corporation involved in outsourced, building maintenance. Divisions include ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, ABM Engineering, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Security Services of America (SSA), Amtech Lighting, and Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ABM ABM: see guided missile. ABM - Asynchronous Balanced Mode ) has acquired the ongoing business of Suburban Lighting Company, which serves the upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. from headquarters in Minneapolis. Founded in 1966 by Ann and Ed Larson, Suburban is now the largest lighting, sign and electrical maintenance and repair contractor in Minnesota. According to the president of Amtech Lighting, Ron Gilcrease, "We will continue to expand our business in part by acquiring the premier regional companies in our industry. Our national network of strategically located branch offices allows us to better serve our current customers and new accounts as well. Our focus is on companies like Suburban, which are well-established, professionally-managed and service-oriented." Matt McGinn, who served as the president of Suburban, has been appointed the branch manager for Amtech Lighting in Minneapolis. Duane Downey will continue to serve as operations manager. Amtech Lighting Services is the nation's leading lighting and sign maintenance contractor. Headquartered in Anaheim, the company operates 26 branch offices nationwide, and was recently honored for its proactive energy conservation programs by the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and as the EPA's 1999 Green Lights Ally of the Year. ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest provider of outsourced facility services 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 annual sales in excess of $1.5 billion and more than 55,000 employees, ABM performs air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, mechanical, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial and institutional customers in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to Amtech Lighting, the ABM Family of Services also includes, American Building Maintenance, Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Security (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ), Amtech Elevator, ABM Engineering, CommAir Mechanical, Easterday Janitorial Supply and ABM Facility Services. |
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