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Government officials said word begamn swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquartera and 1,300 employees to the Atlant a area and make an announcement about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmed that an efforf was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chiefr Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, howeveer they were not able to connect. Strickland’s spokespersobn said Saturday that heis “continuing to reach out to the company to have a direc conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionss about 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 rumore of its relocation and affir m its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought information from the compan y since Thursday, but NCR had not responded to their requests as of Fridagy evening, a development department spokespersonh said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustratec by the lackof communication.
Foley said he has askex multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the but has yet to receive any information. Foley said he, along with other county, statew and city of Daytonm officials, have met with NCR representativexs in the past in an effort tosafeguard NCR’xs local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their statuhas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are staying in Dayton, becaus our citizens have helped build that compant up to be world-class and will continuse to do so.
” Rumors have long circulate d that the company would move, howeveer multiple government and economiv development officials said they reachecd a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekintg about 100,000 square feet of officer space in Georgia, . NCR is believedr to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the squar footage estimates, the operation could house aboug 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economic developmeny officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential development.
In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquartersz to anAtlanta suburb, investingf $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbds of Peachtree City and Deluth. The statee of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locallhy in 1884, is the Dayton region’a second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiohn in revenue in 2008. The company, which sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remainin Fortune 500 company. At one time, the companuy had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytoh area, but that number has dwindlec during the pastseveral decades.
As recently as two years ago, NCR had abouyt 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by abou t 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In NCR announced it was relocating its executivd offices to New York City and leasintg an entire floor of the 7 World TradeCente building. But, on paper, its headquarters remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoinh a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amountf of its global Thatsame month, the company removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytoh campus, though it said at the time it was just
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