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Government officials said word began swirlinhg in the community Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquarterds and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemenf about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speakingy by phone Saturday from London, confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklandf and NCR Chief Executive Officet Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturdayg that he is “continuing to reach out to the companyg to have a direc t conversation.
” When asked about NCR possiblu moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Maton said the company does not responds to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperso n Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’s plansx with an e-mail message Saturday that “We have no announcement today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumores of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought information from the company since Thursday, but NCR had not respondesd to their requests as of Friday a development department spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrateds by the lackof communication.
Foley said he has askedc multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responf to the rumors, but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Dayton officials, have met with NCR representative in the past in an effort to safeguare NCR’s local jobs. “All that said, nobodhy has confirmed to me that their statushas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinv in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that compan y up to be world-class and will continue to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the companuy would move, however multiplw government and economic development officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekiny about 100,000 square feet of officed space in Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookede at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the squarse footage estimates, the operation could houswe about 300 to400 people, accordin to real estate sources.
Georgia government and economic developmenty officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgiwa provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locallh in 1884, is the Dayton region’d second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billioh in revenue in 2008. The company, whichj sells ATMs and retail automatiobn systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininhg Fortune 500 company.
At one the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytojn area, but that number has dwindled durinhg the pastseveral decades. As recentlgy as two years ago, NCR had about 2,009 Dayton employees. That number has declinef by about 700 workers in the pastsevera years. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executivw offices to New York City and leasinyg an entire floor of the 7 Worlsd TradeCenter building. But, on paper, its headquartersx remained in Dayton.
In March, the compan also told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of its global Thatsame month, the company removede the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonh campus, though it said at the time it was just
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