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Government officials said word began swirlinbg in the community Thursdayu thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarters and 1,30 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemenft about the move this week. NCR Globao Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturdah from London, confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklanr and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’x spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuinh to reach out to the companyh to have a direcr conversation.
” When asked abouf NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Matonn said the company does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsx about NCR’s plans with an e-mailp message Saturday that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumorx of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remainingb in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondec to their requests as of Friday evening, a development departmenrt spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has askedf multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responcd to the rumors, but has yet to receivr any information. Foley said he, along with othe county, state and city of Dayton have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforrt tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their status has Foleysaid Saturday.
“I have to assumse that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayinb in Dayton, because our citizens have helped buildf that company up tobe world-class and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the companyu would move, however multiples government and economic developmenyt officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking about 100,000 square feet of offics space in Georgia, . NCR is believedc to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga. Based on the square footage estimates, the operation coul house about 300 to400 people, according to real estate sources.
Georgia government and economic development officialszremained tight-lipped on any potential development. In NCR said it wouldf move its Worldwide Customer Servicesx headquarters to an Atlanta investing $15 million and creatinv more than 900 jobs in the suburbsw of Peachtree City and The state of Georgia providee more than $8 million in incentives, accordinh to officials. NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’x second largest company, with 20,00 0 global employees and $5.3 billio n in revenue in 2008. The company, whicy sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortunes 500 company.
At one time, the company had more than 18,00o0 employees in the Dayton but that number has dwindled during the pastseverall decades. As recently as two yearss ago, NCR had about 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declinee by about 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In NCR announced it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasint an entire floor of the 7 World TradeCenter building. But, on paper, its headquartersd remained in Dayton. In March, the company also told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytojn campus, though it said at the time it was just
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