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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursdagy thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquartersa and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemeny about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirme that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklanfd and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuinbg to reach out to the company to have a direcgt conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not respond to rumoras and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman respondeds to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturda y that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumorz of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaininbg in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companytsince Thursday, but NCR had not responded to their requestws as of Friday evening, a development department spokesperso n said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustratex by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respon to the rumors, but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Daytonn officials, have met with NCR representativeas in the past in an effort to safeguard NCR’s local “All that said, noboduy has confirmed to me that their status has Foley said Saturday.
“I have to assumr that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayinfg in Dayton, because our citizens have helpede build that company up tobe world-clasw and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the company woulf move, however multiple government and economic developmenf officials said they reached a new levek in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekinh about 100,000 square feet of office spacwein Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookexd at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Basecd on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources.
Georgia government and economicc development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it wouldr move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlantaa suburb, investing $15 million and creatingg more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtreee City and Deluth. The state of Georgiaz provided morethan $8 millionb in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’s seconrd largest company, with 20,000 global employeews and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininyg Fortune 500 company.
At one time, the companyy had more than 18,000 employees in the Dayton but that number has dwindled duringb the pastseveral decades. As recentlty as two years ago, NCR had abourt 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by aboutf 700 workers in the pastseveralo years. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatingt its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entires floor of the 7 World TradeCenter But, on paper, its headquarters remained in In March, the company also told employeesx it is undergoing a structural reorganizatiom and would cut an unknown amountg of its global workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just