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Government officials said word began swirling in the communitt Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planninv to move its headquarters and 1,30 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemeng about the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersonm Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chier Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuing to reacg out to the company to have a direcy conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquartera out of Dayton, Maton said the company does not respon d to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokespersonb Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’s planas with an e-mail message Saturday that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the company since Thursday, but NCR had not respondesd to their requests as of Friday evening, a development departmentt spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has asked 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 representativese in the past in an effort to safeguar d NCR’s local jobs. “Al l that said, nobody has confirmex to me that their statushas changed,” Fole said Saturday.
“I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayingg in Dayton, because our citizens have helpedr build that company up tobe world-clasz and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the compang would move, however multiple government and economifc development officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekingg about 100,000 square feet of office space in . NCR is believed to have lookeed at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footage estimates, the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources.
Georgia governmentr and economic development officialsremained tight-lippedr on any potential development. In NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbse of Peachtree City and Deluth. The statre of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’w second largest company, with 20,009 global employees and $5.3 billiomn in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellas ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’zs lone remaining Fortune 500 company.
At one the company had more than 18,000 employeeas in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindledf during the pastseveral decades. As recently as two yearsx ago, NCR had about 2,00 0 Dayton employees. That number has declineds by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatiny its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entire floor of the 7 World Tradre Center building. But, on paper, its headquarterxs remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoing a structura reorganization and would cut an unknowj amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same month, the compan removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonn campus, though it said at the time it wasjust