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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquarters and 1,30 0 employees to the Atlantaq area and make an announcement aboutg the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersonb Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklaned and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturda that heis “continuing to reach out to the company to have a direct conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarterws out of Dayton, Maton said the companyt does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionx about NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturday that “We have no announcement today.” In the past, NCR has been quickj to deny rumors of its relocationb and affirm its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought information from the compant since Thursday, but NCR had not responded to theirf requests as of Friday evening, a development departmenft spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foleyy said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has askecd multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receiv e any information. Foley said he, alonv with other county, state and city of Daytonn officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforrt tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that thei r statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assumse that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayint in Dayton, because our citizens have helpef build that company up tobe world-clas and will continue to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the company woulds move, however multiple governmen t and economic development officials said they reachedc a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking about 100,000 squarw feet of office space in Georgia, . NCR is believesd to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga. Based on the square footagse estimates, the operation couldf house about 300 to400 people, accordin g to real estate sources.
Georgia government and economic developmenr officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwidew Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta suburb, investiny $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbds of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia providedc morethan $8 millioj in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locallt in 1884, is the Daytoh region’s second largest company, with 20,009 global employees and $5.3 billion in revenude in 2008. The company, whichj sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininf Fortune 500 company.
At one time, the companyu had more than 18,000 employees in the Dayton but that number has dwindled during the pastseverap decades. As recently as two year ago, NCR had about 2,00p Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 worker in the pastseveral years. In NCR announced it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasingg an entire floor of the 7 World Trade Center building. But, on paper, its headquarters remainedf in Dayton.
In March, the company also told employeed it is undergoing a structuraol reorganization and would cut an unknowh amount of its global Thatsame month, the company removefd the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayto n campus, though it said at the time it was just
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