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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursdagy thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planniny to move its headquarterx and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcemenrt about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richar Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklandr and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuing to reach out to the companyy to have a direct conversation.
” When askec about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the companyu does not respond to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulmab responded to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail messaged Saturday that read: “We have no announcemenyt today.” In the past, NCR has been quiclk to deny rumors of its relocationj and affirm its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought information from the compan since Thursday, but NCR had not responded to thei requests as of Friday evening, a developmenf department spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foleyu said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has asked multipl ecompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the but has yet to receive any information. Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Daytom officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effort tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday.
“Iu have to assume that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayingb in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that company up tobe world-classz and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economicx development officials said they reached a new levell in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekingg about 100,000 square feet of office spacein . NCR is believed to have looke d at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Baseds on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestatde sources.
Georgia government and economic development officialsremainef tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it wouled move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlantqa suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbsz of Peachtree City and Deluth. The statee of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founder locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’s secon d largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billionj in revenue in 2008.
The company, whichn sells ATMs and retail automation is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 At one time, the company had more than 18,00 0 employees in the Dayton area, but that numbert has dwindled during the past several As recently as two yearsa ago, NCR had about 2,000 Daytob employees. That number has declined by aboutt 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In 2007, NCR announcexd it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasinfg an entire floor of the 7 Worlf TradeCenter building. But, on its headquarters remainedin Dayton.
In March, the compan y also told employees it is undergoing a structuralk reorganization and would cut an unknown amouny of itsglobal workforce. That same month, the companyg removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonn campus, though it said at the time it wasjust