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Government officials said word began swirling in the communitu Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planninh to move its headquarters and 1,300 employeesa to the Atlanta area and make an announcement aboutr the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersonn Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmecd that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokespersobn said Saturday that heis “continuingt to reach out to the companu to have a direct conversation.
” When askedx about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Matonm said the company does not respond to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporatre Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail messagw Saturday that read: “We have no announcemengt today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocatiomn and affirm its commitment to remainingy in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companysinc Thursday, but NCR had not responded to theier requests as of Friday evening, a development departmenft spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foleuy said he is frustratede by the lackof communication. Foley said he has askeed multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responxd to the rumors, but has yet to receivwe any information. Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Dayton have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforty tosafeguard NCR’s local “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theif status has changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assumwe that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayinh in Dayton, because our citizens have helpefd build that company up tobe world-class and will continuew to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economicd development officials said they reached a new levek in the past few NCR is said to be seeking abou 100,000 square feet of office spacee in Georgia, . NCR is believe to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economifc development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentiak development.
In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwided Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 milliohn and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The stat e of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Daytonj region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiohn in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellws ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininhg Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,00 0 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled during the pastseveral decades.
As recentlyt as two years ago, NCR had abour 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has decline by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinvg its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entiree floor of the 7 World Traded Center building. But, on paper, its headquartersw remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoinvg a structural reorganization and would cut an unknownb amount of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytomn campus, though it said at the time it was just temporary.