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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursdauy thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarterse and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemeny about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmefd that an effort was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklane and NCR Chief Executivw Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuing to reacy out to the compant to have a direct conversation.
” When askexd about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not respondc to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman respondecd to questionsabout NCR’s pland with an e-mail message Saturdau that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumorws of its relocation and affirm its commitmentf to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedluy sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondecd to their requests as of Fridaty evening, a development department spokesperson said.
Montgomerhy County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has askecd multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the but has yet to receiv e any information. Foley said he, along with other state and city ofDaytomn officials, have met with NCR representativesw in the past in an effort to safeguard NCR’d local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their statusehas changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are staying in because our citizens have helpeed build that company up tobe world-class and will continu e to do so.
” Rumors have long circulatec that the company would move, however multiple government and economidc development officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekinb about 100,000 square feet of office space in . NCR is believed to have looked at sitein Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footagee estimates, the operation could house about 300 to400 people, according to real estatee sources. Georgia government and economid development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential development.
In NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customedr 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 Georgiq provided morethan $8 million in incentives, accordingh to officials. NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Daytomn region’s second largest company, with 20,000 globaol employees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retailautomatioj systems, is Dayton’s lone remainingg Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employee s in the Dayton but that number has dwindlede during the pastseveral decades.
As recently as two yearx ago, NCR had about 2,000 Daytojn employees. That number has declinede by about 700 workers in the pastseveralk years. In 2007, NCR announces it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasingg an entire floor of the 7 World TradeCentef building. But, on paper, its headquartersx remained in Dayton. In March, the company also told employeesz it is undergoing a structural reorganization and woulds cut an unknown amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “worl headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just