SAN FRANCISCO – November 15, 2006 – ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) has named Mike Latham as executive vice president of wholly owned subsidiary ABM Engineering Services effective December 1, 2006. Latham joins ABM following six years at Ford Motor Company. Working in close cooperation with current ABM Engineering President Jim Scranton, Latham will succeed Scranton as president on May 1, 2007.

“Mike’s broad business expertise in facility services and leadership roles with Ford Motor Company, Aramark Corporation and ISS Energy Services will undoubtedly benefit ABM Engineering’s future operations and we are pleased to have him join our management team,” said Steven M. Zaccagnini, executive vice president of ABM. “Many of the ABM operating division employees worked with Mike in the past, and welcome him to ABM Engineering,” he added.

"For more than 30 years, Jim Scranton has contributed to the company’s success and we are grateful for his expert leadership,” said Henrik Slipsager, ABM Industries president and CEO. “During his tenure, ABM Engineering has become one of the largest employers of outsourced engineers in the country and is the only provider to be certified by the International Standards Organization (ISO). We are all proud of Jim’s contributions and look forward to a seamless transition,” he added.

Latham earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of Louisville.

ABM Engineering Services delivers best-in-class engineering services in thousands of sites across the United States as an operating division of ABM Facility Services, a leading provider of integrated, single-source facility maintenance solutions, self-performing and subcontracting all functions.

ABM Industries Incorporated

ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2005 revenues in excess of $2.5 billion and more than 73,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. 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 Facility Services; ABM Engineering Services; and Amtech Lighting Services.