Amtech Lighting Services Commences Energy-Saving Pilot Program With City of Dallas.

Business Editors

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2002

Amtech Lighting Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the City of Dallas, Texas. In a unique pilot program, Amtech Lighting will provide traffic signal retrofit at 258 metered intersections throughout Dallas, as well as replace over 7,000 incandescent traffic lamps with energy efficient light-emitting diode (LED) units.

"We are excited to expand Amtech's state-of-the-art services to the City of Dallas," said Ron Gilcrease, president of Amtech Lighting Services. "With a strong commitment to the environment, Amtech's pilot program will enable the City of Dallas to conserve much-needed energy while continuing its Capital Improvement Program, which includes improvements to the City's street system, parks, and several police, recreational and cultural facilities," he added.

"By launching this new program with Amtech Lighting, re-lamping services will only be necessary every five to eight years, rather than the usual bi-annual procedure, in addition to the reduced energy consumption and environmental impact," said Alex Wong, traffic field operations program manager for the City of Dallas.

Consisting of 378.4 square miles and a population of nearly 1,200,000, the City of Dallas recently embarked on a Capital Improvement Program that addresses the growing needs of the City and enhances the quality of life through major public improvement projects. The City seeks to provide continuous improvement for its organization and community, while committing to its core values of integrity, leadership, innovation, commitment, sensitivity and teamwork.

Amtech Lighting Services provides comprehensive interior, exterior and illuminated sign maintenance programs that significantly reduce long-term energy and service costs. For its exceptional efforts and achievements in energy conservation, Amtech was named the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Green Lights Ally of the Year." Amtech Lighting operates 32 full-service branch offices across the country from headquarters in Anaheim, California.

ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With annualized revenues in excess of $2.1 billion and more than 65,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking, security and related services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to Amtech Lighting, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial Services, Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Security (ACSS), ABM Engineering, Amtech Elevator, CommAir Mechanical and Lakeside Building Maintenance.