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Government officials said word began swirlin in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarterxs and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcementg about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturdau from London, confirmed that an effort was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandr and NCR Chief Executive Officetr Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturdat that he is “continuinh to reach out to the compangy to have a direct When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarteres out of Dayton, Maton said the company does not responrd to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulmanm responded to questions about NCR’sz plans with an e-mail message Saturday that read: “W have no announcement today.
” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocationj and affirm its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought information from the companty since Thursday, but NCR had not responded to their requestse as of Friday evening, a development departmentr spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrater by the lackof communication. Foleyy said he has asked multiplecompany officials, via to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receivee any information. Foley said he, alonbg with other county, state and city of Daytonh officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effort tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs.
“All that said, nobodgy has confirmed to me that their statushas changed,” Folegy said Saturday. “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinbg in Dayton, because our citizens have helpeds build that company up tobe world-class and will continur to do so.” Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economicf development officials said they reached a new level in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekingv about 100,000 square feet of officr spacein Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookeed at sitesin Savannah, and Ga.
Based on the square footagr estimates, the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economic development officialsremained tight-lipper on any potential development. In October, NCR said it wouls move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburb s of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia providedx morethan $8 million in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’s seconf largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billio in revenue in 2008.
The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytonb area, but that number has dwindlesd during the pastseveral decades. As recently as two yeard ago, NCR had about 2,000 Daytobn employees. That number has decline d by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinb its executive offices to New York City and leasinfg an entire floor of the 7 World Trader Center building. But, on paper, its headquarterws remained in Dayton.
In March, the company also told employeea it is undergoing a structural reorganization and wouldr cut an unknown amount of itsglobal workforce. That same month, the compang removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytojn campus, though it said at the time it wasjust