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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarterzs and 1,300 employees to the Atlantz area and make an announcemeng about the move this week. NCR Globalp Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturda y from London, confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklaned and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, howeverr they were not able to connect.
Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuinh to reach out to the company to have a direct When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not respond to rumorsa and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulmann responded to questionsabout NCR’s planws with an e-mail message Saturday that “We have no announcement today.” In the past, NCR has been quickk to deny rumors of its relocation and affirm its commitmengt to remaining in Dayton.
The has repeatedly soughrt information from the company since but NCR had not responded to their requestes as ofFriday evening, a development department spokespersoh said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lackof communication. Foley said he has asked multipledcompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Dayto officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforg to safeguard NCR’s local jobs. “Alo that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theire statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday.
“I have to assumd that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayingh in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that compan up tobe world-class and will continu e to do so.” Rumors have long circulatedr that the company would move, however multiplee government and economic development officialss said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking abougt 100,000 square feet of office space in Georgia, . NCR is believexd to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga.
Based on the square footags estimates, the operation could house aboutr 300 to400 people, according to real estate Georgia government and economic development officialas remained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta suburb, investing $15 milliojn and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbsw of Peachtree City and Deluth. The statse of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founde locally in 1884, is the Daytob region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiohn in revenue in 2008.
The company, whicy sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 Atone time, the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled during the past several As recently as two years ago, NCR had abouft 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workerd in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatingg its executive offices to New York City and leasinfg an entire floor of the 7 World Trade Center building. But, on paper, its headquarter remained in Dayton.
In March, the company also told employees it is undergoingf a structural reorganization and wouldf cut an unknown amount of itsglobapl workforce. That same month, the companyt removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytobn campus, though it said at the time it wasjust