MMMM ACQUIRES HADLEY JANITORIAL, INC.

4M is headquartered out of St. Louis , Missouri with more than 3,000 employees servicing over 60 million square feet every day and night in eleven states throughout the Midwest and Southeast.  The transaction is a perfect fit for both companies and their Kentucky customers, as they provide supervised cleaning of buildings, carpet cleaning, power washing, construction cleanups, window cleaning and special services.    The purchase includes all of Hadley Janitorial, Inc.’s contracts, equipment, management and employees.  Scott Hadley will stay on with 4M and maintain the same roles as he has had in growing his business, but with more financial, management and administrative resources provided by 4M for his customers’ benefit. 

With the addition of Hadley Janitorial accounts, MMMM will have more than 5 million square feet of corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities under contract throughout Kentucky, and will bring its total company annual sales volume to just under $60 million per year.

“We believe that Scott Hadley’s local hands on management backed by one of the largest diversified contract cleaning companies in the country with MMMM, will provide us with an excellent opportunity to best serve clients throughout Kentucky ,” said Tim Murch .

Scott Hadley has been interested in taking his company to the next level and has known of MMMM’s solid reputation in the industry for quite some time.  MMMM will continue to provide the same services that he built his quality service reputation on, along with the enhanced opportunities for growth that a larger company like MMMM brings.  “It was a natural fit for both companies,” he said.  “We have the same philosophies about business and taking care of our employees.  I was looking for a company to merge with that would treat my clients and employees as well or better than I have and a company that offers additional benefits for both our customers and employees.  MMMM is that company.”

Both Murch and Hadley are excited about their opportunities in creating value for their existing customer base and for the development of new business.  “There are numerous opportunities to be pursued as the corporate and manufacturing sectors continue to look for efficiencies and quality improvement in their cleaning programs.  We have the leading edge innovations along with Scott Hadley’s expertise,” said Murch.

MMMM is recognized as a leader in the industry through its involvement in the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI), the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) and its innovative quality control and employee programs.  MMMM’s successful proven philosophy is quality cleaning facilities with built in supervision, managing their workforce with supervisor to employee ratios that exceed industry averages and paying employees a premium wage rate with incentives and benefits to attract and retain employees resulting in consistency and higher quality.

MMMM is proud to be a leading edge innovative company providing continuous value added benefits to its customers through programs like GreenPath™, their Continuous Quality Improvement Program (CQI) and their unsurpassed industry award winning safety program.  More information on these proprietary programs are found on their website at www.4-m.com

MMMM ACQUIRES ROYAL SERVICES, INC. WITH OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, November 1, 2003 – In one of the most significant developments in the building services industry this year, Tim Murch, CBSE, president of Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Management Co. (MMMM), announced that his company has purchased Royal Services, Inc., one of Florida’s most respected and oldest contract cleaning firms, from the Rosenbloom family.  Royal Services, Inc. was started in 1909, and has operations throughout Florida in Jacksonville , Orlando , Tampa and Miami and is one of the most respected contract cleaning companies in Florida .   The name will be slightly changed to Royal Services, a Division of MMMM.  MMMM celebrated its 25^th anniversary October 1.

MMMM is headquartered out of St. Louis with more than 2,400 employees in 350 accounts servicing over 35 million square feet every day and night throughout Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,  Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and now Florida.  The transaction is a perfect fit for both companies and their Florida customers, as they provide supervised cleaning of some of the most prestigious facilities, SaniGlaze tile and grout restoration services, carpet cleaning, power washing, construction cleanups, and other specialized services.    The purchase includes all of Royal’s contracts, equipment, management and employees.  Chip Wilkening, CBSE will serve as the Southeast Division Vice President, and manage the current Royal team.  “The Royal acquisition will allow us to use their prestigious accounts as a platform to effectively grow the Southeast Division into Georgia , Alabama , Mississippi , North and South Carolina ,” said Wilkening. 

With the addition of the Royal accounts, MMMM will have more than 7 million square feet of commercial office property, corporate headquarters, entertainment parks, schools and manufacturing facilities under contract throughout Florida, and will bring its total company annual sales volume to more than $40 million.

“We believe that the local Royal management teams supported  by one of the largest diversified contract cleaning companies with MMMM’s resources will provide an excellent opportunity to better serve clients throughout Florida, creating more value for them.” said Tim Murch.

According to Steve Rosenbloom, President of Royal Services, Inc., “We wanted to find the right company with all the qualities necessary to manage and grow our almost 100 year old company’s operations.  We have known Tim Murch and the quality company that MMMM is for over 15 years.  MMMM is one of the few companies we considered due to their solid reputation they have worked so hard to develop in the industry.  MMMM will continue to provide the same services that the Rosenbloom family built their reputation on, along with the enhanced opportunities for growth that a larger company brings.  It was a natural fit for both companies,” Rosenbloom said.  “We have the same philosophies about business and about our employees.  I was looking for a company to merge with that would treat my clients and employees as well as I have and one that offers additional capabilities as well as the latest state of the art systems, methods and procedures.”

Both Murch and Wilkening are excited about the opportunities in regard to the development of new business.  “While the marketplace may be experiencing some belt-tightening right now, there are numerous opportunities to be pursued as prospective customers look for efficiencies in their cleaning programs, and we have the innovations and expertise to provide them with what they are looking for,” said Murch.

Royal Services, Inc., a Division of MMMM provides service to some of Florida ’s most prestigious and respected clients. A few of these are Blue Cross Blue Shield, SunTrust, Busch Gardens, Sea World,  Discovery Cove, Capital Partners, Winn Dixie, Xomed Corporation and PM Realty with  450 employees throughout Florida .   

MMMM is recognized as a leader in the industry through its involvement in the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI), and its innovative quality control, employee incentive and safety programs.  Their successful philosophy is quality cleaning facilities with built in supervision, managing their workforce with supervisor to employee ratios that exceed industry averages and paying employees a premium wage rate with incentives and benefits to attract and retain employees resulting in consistency and higher quality.

All Royal office locations, addresses and phone numbers will continue to remain the same.  MMMM’s web site address is www.4-m.com.

MMMM ACQUIRES ULTIMATE MAINTENANCE, FORMS PREMIER FLOOR CARE AND PURCHASES THE SANIGLAZE FRANCHISE

St. Louis, Missouri, March 1, 2003 – In continuing to strategically acquire companies and create value for their clients, Tim Murch, CBSE, President of Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Management Company (MMMM), announced that MMMM has purchased Ultimate Maintenance, LLC a highly respected company specializing in customized carpet maintenance programs and janitorial services.  Ultimate Maintenance, LLC was started in 1987 by Ron Carron who sold it to Terry Holdinghausen in 1997.  Terry has owned and managed it to date.

The purchase includes all of Ultimate’s ongoing contracts, equipment, management and employees.  Terry Holdinghausen is joining MMMM as Director of Operations and will oversee and manage the operations of a newly formed division of MMMM, Premier Floor Care.

Premier Floor Care is a specialty division with three operating units.  SaniGLAZE Tile and Grout Restoration, Customized Carpet Maintenance programs, and hard surface floor maintenance and restoration programs.

MMMM has done extensive market research in the St. Louis market place with their customers and prospects and have found a demand for these three key needs.  The first is a company providing quality carpet maintenance programs with skilled, highly trained and certified technicians.  The second need was hard surface floor care which encompasses hard floor scrubbing, stripping and refinishing as well as marble and granite restoration and maintenance.  The third need identified was cleaning dirty tile and grout.  This is where the one of a kind revolutionary SaniGLAZE Tile and Grout Restoration franchise was purchased.  SaniGLAZE provides a like new permanent tile and grout floor overnight.  SaniGLAZE will not stain, eliminates odor causing bacteria and improves the slip coefficient for better safety.  “It is the most exciting thing to hit our industry in many years” says Murch.  “Our customers and their tenants are absolutely WOWed with the immediate and permanent results.”

“Our objective was to continue to provide as many value added services for our customers and prospects.  We have made the commitment to hire the expertise to provide these highly specialized and technical services by bringing Ron Carron, General Manager of Premier Floor Care and Terry Holdinghausen, Director of Operations.  They have over 40 years of expertise in custom carpet maintenance and hard surface floor care programs.  There isn’t another team with more expertise in St. Louis.”

MMMM ACQUIRES TOTAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC.

ST. LOUIS, February 1, 2002 – In their second major acquisition in less than 5 months, Tim Murch, CBSE, president of Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Management Co. (MMMM), announced that his company has purchased Total Building Services, Inc. one of the area’s most respected contract cleaning firms, from the Stinson family. Total Building Services was started in 1985 by the Stinson family and has an outstanding sixteen-year track record.

MMMM is headquartered in St. Louis with more than 2,000 employees in 200 accounts servicing over 28 million square feet every day and night throughout Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. The transaction is a perfect fit for both companies and their St. Louis area customers, as they provide supervised cleaning of buildings, carpet cleaning, power washing, construction cleanups, window cleaning, upholstery cleaning and special services. The purchase includes all of Total’s ongoing contracts, equipment, management and employees. Chris Wieman, Vice President of Total Building Services, will join MMMM and oversee the Total accounts as he has been in the past, as well as offering all the additional resources MMMM brings to relationship for its customers’ benefit.

With the addition of the Total Building Services accounts, MMMM will add just under 1,000,000 square feet of commercial office property, corporate headquarters, educational facilities, and manufacturing facilities to its current portfolio of accounts and will bring its total company annual sales volume to more than $32.5 million. MMMM is by far the largest contract cleaning contractor in St. Louis and one of the largest companies of its kind in the Midwest.

"I can’t wait to get started with MMMM. They have the most sophisticated systems and procedures in the industry. Their resources and commitment to their customers are unequalled," said Chris Wieman.

According to Tim Murch, the Stinsons wanted to retire after building their company to what it is today and wanted the company to continue on with someone they knew would service the accounts like they have would. That is when they approached Murch about selling, due to MMMM’s outstanding reputation. MMMM will continue to provide the same services that Total built their reputation on, along with the enhanced opportunities for growth that a larger company brings. "It was a natural fit for both companies," Murch said. "We have the same philosophies about business, our employees, and our customers.

MMMM services some of St. Louis’ most prestigious accounts for clients such as Busch Stadium, Jones Lang LaSalle, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, Trammell Crow, Sachs Properties, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Balke Brown Associates, Follman Properties, Sterling Properties, Duke Realty Corporation, and Grubb and Ellis.

MMMM is recognized as a leader in the industry through its involvement in the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI), and its innovative quality control and employee programs. Their successful philosophy is quality cleaning facilities with built in supervision, managing their workforce with supervisor to employee ratios that exceed industry averages and paying employees a premium wage rate with incentives and benefits to attract and retain employees resulting in consistency, higher quality, and turnover that is one third of the industry average.

MMMM has grown to be a multi-million dollar per year organization operating in several states through organic sales, growth through existing customers and acquisitions. We have purchased several companies from business people who have been ready to retire, wanted to realize the investments they had made in their company, or simply needed more resources behind them. Share our strong financial resources and vast management experience and operating systems.

Consider growing through a joint venture or sale that helps secure the future of your business. Sell or joint venture your contract cleaning company with a very successful well-capitalized company. MMMM is one of the largest cleaning companies in the Midwest, and has an outstanding reputation in the industry.

We are prepared to recognize the full value of your company and its future growth prospects. Please call Tim Murch, President, at 800/535-6282, or email him at TMurch@4-m.com.

 MMMM ACQUIRES MID-AMERICA PRO CLEAN

KANSAS CITY, October 1, 2001 – In one of the most significant developments in the building services industry this year, Tim Murch, CBSE, president of Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Management Co. (MMMM), announced that his company has purchased Mid-America Pro Clean (MAPC), one of the area’s most respected contract cleaning firms, from industry veteran Dan Cline, II. MAPC was begun in 1987, MMMM celebrated its 23^rd anniversary October 1.

MMMM is headquartered out of St. Louis with more than 2,000 employees in 200 accounts servicing over 25 million square feet every day and night throughout Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The transaction is a perfect fit for both companies and their Kansas City area customers, as they provide supervised cleaning of buildings, carpet cleaning, power washing, construction cleanups, window cleaning, upholstery cleaning and special services. The purchase includes all of MAPC’s ongoing contracts, facilities, equipment, management and employees. Dan Cline, II will serve as the Regional Vice President, and maintain the same roles as he has had in growing his business, but with more financial, management and administrative resources for his customers’ benefit.

With the addition of MAPC’s accounts, MMMM will have more than 2 million square feet of commercial office property, corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities under contract in the Kansas City area, and will bring its total company annual sales volume to more than $32 million.

"We believe that local management backed by one of the largest diversified contract cleaning companies in the Midwest will provide us with an excellent opportunity to best serve clients in the Kansas City area," said Tim Murch.

According to Dan Cline, II, he has been interested in taking his company to the next level and has known of MMMM’s solid reputation in the industry for some time. MMMM will continue to provide the same services that Dan Cline built his reputation on, along with the enhanced opportunities for growth that a larger company brings. "It was a natural fit for both companies," he said. "We have the same philosophies about business and about our employees. I was looking for a company to merge with that would treat my clients and employees as well as I have and one that offers additional capabilities."

Despite the economic landscape, Both Murch and Cline are excited about their opportunities in regard to the development of new business. "While the marketplace may be experiencing some belt-tightening right now, there are opportunities to be pursued as the real estate and manufacturing sectors look for efficiencies in their cleaning programs, and we have the innovations and expertise to provide them," said Murch.

MMMM serves Numerous UMB facilities, numerous MC Properties, and Colliers Turley Martin Tucker among others, and has 100 employees in the Kansas City area. Other MMMM customers with a presence in Kansas City are Commerce Bank, Trammell Crow Company, Bank of America, Citicorp, and Jones Lang LaSalle.

MMMM is recognized as a leader in the industry through its involvement in the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI), and its innovative quality control and employee programs. Their successful philosophy is quality cleaning facilities with built in supervision, managing their workforce with supervisor to employee ratios that exceed industry averages and paying employees a premium wage rate with incentives and benefits to attract and retain employees resulting in consistency and higher quality.

Editor’s Note: MMMM’s Kansas City office is located at 6200 Raytown Road, Raytown, MO 64133. The phone number is (816) 356-7577. The web site address is www.4-m.com.