Copenhagen, 2 December 2008 – ISS Facility Services has purchased Chubb New Zealand’s guarding and patrols businesses. Chubb has over 50 years of security service experience in New Zealand and presently manage a nation-wide base of over 2,000 customers within manned guarding including event management, and mobile patrols including alarm responses.
“This acquisition is a major step in the strategic transformation of ISS New Zealand into a country-wide facility service provider. The acquisition of Chubb’s manned guarding and mobile patrols business will complement ISS Facility Service’s security operation, FIRST Security and boost its customer base with a well-known and respected business. In addition, we expect the the acquisition of Chubb to result in revenue growth of over 40% in ISS New Zealand in 2009,” says Martin Gaarn Thomsen, COO Asia & Pacific, ISS A/S.
FIRST Security currently offers manned guarding and mobile patrols with operations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. ISS has extensive knowledge of the security industry and is committed to the long term future of New Zealand manned guarding mobile patrols business.
For further information, please contact:
Brian Young, CEO ISS Facility Services New Zealand
Tel. +64 09 573 4545
brian.young@nz.issworld.com
Martin Gaarn Thomsen
COO, Asia & Pacific
ISS A/S
Tlf.: + 45 38 17 00 00
Mobil: +45 22 12 63 38
About the ISS Group
The ISS Group is one of the world's leading Facility Services Groups, providing integrated service solutions based on the core business areas of Cleaning, Catering, Office Support, Property Service and Security. The ISS Group generated revenue of almost DKK 64 billion in 2007 and employs more than 460,000 people in 50 countries across Europe, Asia, USA, Latin America and Pacific.