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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursda thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is plannin g to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemenrt about the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersobn Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklane and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturdayy that he is “continuing to reach out to the companyy to have a direct conversation.
” When askedf about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Maton said the companyg does not respond to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’zs plans with an e-mail message Saturday that read: “We have no announcement today.” In the past, NCR has been quickk to deny rumors of its relocation and affirmk its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedlyh sought information from the company since but NCR had not responde to their requests as ofFriday evening, a developmen department spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustratede by the lackof communication.
Foley said he has askesd multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with othe county, state and city of Daytonb officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effort to safeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theirr statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday. “k have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayiny in Dayton, because our citizens have helpes build that company up tobe world-class and will continud to do so.
” Rumors have long circulate d that the company would however multiple government and economif development officials said they reached a new levell in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekingf about 100,000 square feet of office spacsein Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookes at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footage estimates, the operation could housw about 300 to400 people, accordinh to real estate sources. Georgia government and economi development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentialo development.
In October, NCR said it woulds move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbsa of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’w second largest company, with 20,000 globall employees and $5.3 billion in revenure in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 At one time, the company had more than 18,00 employees in the Dayton but that number has dwindler during the past severao decades.
As recently as two years ago, NCR had about 2,00p Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In NCR announced it was relocatingy its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entire floor of the 7 World TradeCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarters remainedx in Dayton. In March, the compant also told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganizationj and would cut an unknown amount of itsglobaol workforce.
That same month, the company removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytob campus, though it said at the time it wasjust