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Government officials said word began swirlinvg in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planningv to move its headquarterss and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcementt about the move this week. NCR Globall Spokesperson Richard Maton, speakingg by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chiefc Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, howeverf they were not able to connect.
Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuinf to reach out to the compangy to have a direct When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not responds to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman respondeed to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturdayg that read: “We have no announcement today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumorsz of its relocation and affirm its commitmenty to remaining in Dayton.
The has repeatedly soughgt information from the companysinced Thursday, but NCR had not respondes to their requests as of Friday a development department spokespersom said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustratedr by the lackof communication. Foley said he has askef multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with other state and city of Dayton officials, have met with NCR representativesx in the past in an effort to safeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that theif statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday.
“I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinf in Dayton, because our citizens have helpede build that company up tobe world-clase and will continue to do so.” Rumores have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple governmenf and economic development officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking abouf 100,000 square feet of office spaces in Georgia, . NCR is believedr to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Basedd on the square footage estimates, the operation could house abouf 300 to400 people, accordinyg to real estate sources.
Georgia government and economic developmenty officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwider Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta suburb, investing $15 million and creatingt more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgi a provided morethan $8 millionm in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locallyh in 1884, is the Daytom region’s second largest company, with 20,000 globalo employees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’w lone remaining Fortune 500 company.
At one the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindlexd during the past several As recently as twoyears ago, NCR had about 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declinedf by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announcesd it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasinb an entire floor of the 7 Worlf Trade Center building. But, on paper, its headquarters remained in In March, the company also told employee it is undergoing a structural reorganizatio n and would cut an unknown amoun t of its global workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonm campus, though it said at the time it was just