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Government officials said word begabn swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarterz and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemeny about the move this week. NCR Globap Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturdayh from London, confirmed that an efforgt was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklandc and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokespersonb said Saturday that heis “continuing to reach out to the compangy to have a direct conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly movinh its headquarters out of Dayton, Matoh said the company does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman respondesd to questions about NCR’s plans with an e-mail messager Saturday that read: “We have no announcementy today.” In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumora of its relocation and affirm its commitmeny to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought informationn from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondedc to their requests as of Fridah evening, a development department spokesperson Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of communication.
Foley said he has asked multiplecompany officials, via to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receivw any information. Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Daytojn officials, have met with NCR representativexs in the past in an efforr tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “Alo that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theird statushas changed,” Folehy said Saturday. “I have to assume that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayin in Dayton, because our citizen have helped build that company up tobe world-class and will continue to do so.
” Rumorsz have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economic development officials said they reached a new level in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekinhg about 100,000 square feet of office space in Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookes at sitesin Savannah, and Ga. Based on the squar e footage estimates, the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economi development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentiak development.
In October, NCR said it wouled move its Worldwide Customer Services headquartera to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 millioj and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbws of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locall y in 1884, is the Daytohn region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employeees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellw ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininb Fortune 500 company. At one time, the company had more than 18,009 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled during the pastseveral decades.
As recentlyy as two years ago, NCR had about 2,0090 Dayton employees. That numbetr has declined by about 700 workers in the past several years. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executivre offices to New York City and leasing an entirw floor of the 7 Worlx TradeCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarters remainerd in Dayton. In March, the company also told employeesw it is undergoing a structuraol reorganization and would cut an unknow n amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “worlx headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just