Amtech Lighting Services Awarded Contract with Save Mart Supermarkets

Business Wire, Sept 22, 2004

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Amtech Lighting Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with Save Mart Supermarkets, one of the largest retail food chains in the western United States. The contract covers lighting replacement and retrofit with energy efficient lamps or electronic ballasts at each of Save Mart's 121 store and warehouse sites throughout Northern and Central California. Amtech also provides ongoing maintenance service to help increase the company's energy cost savings.

"We welcome the opportunity to work with Save Mart to provide state-of-the-art lighting and energy solutions that increase cost savings, reduce maintenance expenses and enhance utility rebates," said Eric Lazear, president for Amtech Lighting Services.

"In its entire history, Save Mart has been extremely conscious of energy conservation and taken steps to protect our world's limited resources," said Ray Agah, director of engineering for Save Mart Supermarkets. "However, equally as important is our dedication and corporate commitment to being good neighbors in each and every community that we serve," he added.

Founded in 1952 and headquartered in Modesto, California, Save Mart is one of the largest privately held operators of retail food supermarkets throughout the state. With approximately 7,300 employees in 121 retail and warehouse locations, Save Mart also owns distributor SMART Refrigerated Transport. Save Mart operates under the banners of Save Mart, S-Mart Foods and Food Maxx.

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 31 full-service branch offices across the country from headquarters in Anaheim, California.

ABM Industries Incorporated is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2003 revenues in excess of $2.2 billion and more than 70,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering, lighting and mechanical services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. In addition to Amtech Lighting, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, ABM Security Services, which includes American Commercial Security Services (ACSS) and Security Services of America (SSA), ABM Engineering, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Facility Services.