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Government officials said word began swirlingh in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planningt to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlants area and make an announcement about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmed that an effort was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuinfg to reach out to the company to have a direct When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarterzs out of Dayton, Maton said the companty does not respond to rumords and speculation.
NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulmam responded to questionsaboutt NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturday that “We have no announcement today.” In the past, NCR has been quicj to deny rumors of its relocation and affirn its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedlg sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondex to their requests as of Fridagy evening, a development departmenrt spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foleyh said he is frustrated by the lackof communication. Foley said he has askedc multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respon d to the rumors, but has yet to received any information.
Foley said he, alongb with other county, state and city of Daytob officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effort tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that said, nobodyy has confirmed to me that theif statushas changed,” Foleg said Saturday. “I have to assumwe that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinb in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that company up tobe world-class and will continus to do so.” Rumors have long circulatexd that the company would move, howeve multiple government and economic development officialas said they reached a new levepl in the past few days.
NCR is said to be seeking abouft 100,000 square feet of office spacwin Georgia, . NCR is believe to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footage the operation could housed about 300 to400 people, according to real estate Georgia government and economic development officialsd remained tight-lipped on any potential development. In NCR said it would move its Worldwide Custometr Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 milliom and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtre City and Deluth. The state of Georgia provided morethan $8 millio n in incentives, according to officials.
NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayto region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiom in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellsw ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’ s lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindlesd during the pastseveral decades. As recentlyg as two years ago, NCR had abouf 2,000 Dayton employees. That numbee has declined by about 700 workers in the pastseveralo years.
In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinhg its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entirr floor of the 7 World TradeCenter But, on paper, its headquartersz remained in Dayton. In March, the company also told employeee it is undergoing a structural reorganization and woul d cut an unknown amount of its global Thatsame month, the company removed the languagd “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton though it said at the time it was just