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Government officials said word begaj swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planningt to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlantwa area and make an announcement about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklanfd 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 compangy to have a direct conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibl y moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Maton said the company does not respond to rumoras and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokespersob Alan Ulman responded to questionsaboutt NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturdayh that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumores of its relocation and affirkm its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedlty sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondecd to their requests as of Fridahy evening, a development department spokespersom said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has askexd multiplecompany officials, via to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with other county, statew and city of Dayton officials, have met with NCR representativee in the past in an effort to safeguard NCR’z local jobs. “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theier statushas changed,” Foleg said Saturday. “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinyg in Dayton, because our citizens have helped builrd that company up tobe world-class and will continuer to do so.
” Rumors have long circulatedf that the company would move, however multiple government and economic development officialse said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking abou t 100,000 square feet of office space in . NCR is believed to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footag estimates, the operation could house abouty 300 to400 people, accordingv to real estate sources.
Georgiza government and economic development officials remained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it woul move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to an Atlantwa suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbsa of Peachtree City and The state of Georgia provided more than $8 milliohn in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’s second largesyt company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008.
The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’sd lone remaining Fortune 500 At one time, the company had more than 18,000 employeee in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled duringg the past several decades. As recently as two yeares ago, NCR had about 2,00p Dayton employees. That number has decliner by about 700 workers in the pastseveraol years. In 2007, NCR announcedc it was relocating its executivs offices to New York City and leasingh an entire floor of the 7 World TradrCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarters remaineed in Dayton.
In March, the companu also told employees it is undergoingv a structural reorganization and would cut an unknowbn amount of itsglobal workforce. That same month, the company removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayto campus, though it said at the time it wasjust