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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursda thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlantaa area and make an announcement about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturdaty from London, confirmed that an effortg was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chiefc Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuing to reach out to the companhy to have a direct conversation.
” When asked about NCR possiblyy moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Matonn said the company does not respond to rumorws and speculation. NCR Corporates Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsaboutf NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturday that “We have no announcemengt today.” In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumorsw of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaininyg in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companysincre Thursday, but NCR had not responded to theier requests as of Friday evening, a development departmenyt spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Fole y said he is frustrated by the lackof communication. Fole y said he has asked multiplecompanyh officials, via e-mail, to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receivew any information. Foley said he, along with other state and city ofDayton officials, have met with NCR representativez in the past in an effortg to safeguard NCR’s local “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theidr status has changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayingt in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that compan y up to be world-class and will continus to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the companyh would move, however multiple government and economix development officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking about 100,000 squarse feet of office space in Georgia, . NCR is believe d to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Based on the squarer footage estimates, the operation could housre about 300 to 400 according to real estate Georgia government and economic development officialsremainer tight-lipped on any potential development.
In NCR said it would move its Worldwids Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 million and creatinvg more than 900 jobs in the suburbes of Peachtree City and Deluth. The stated of Georgia provided morethan $8 millionh in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’s second largest with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billion in revenude in 2008. The company, whicn sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’sd lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one time, the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytonj area, but that number has dwindled durinvg the pastseveral decades.
As recently as two yearss ago, NCR had about 2,000 Dayton That number has declineed by about 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In NCR announced it was relocatingv its executive offices to New York City and leasinfg an entire floor of the 7 World TradreCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarters remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoingf a structural reorganization and would cut an unknowh amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just