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Government officials said word began swirlinhg in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planninb to move its headquarters and 1,30p0 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcement abou the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersoh Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklancd and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’sd spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuingg to reach out to the companyt to have a direct conversation.
” When asked abou NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not respondr to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman respondecd to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturdayu that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quic k to deny rumors of its relocation and affir its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondedc to their requests as of Fridat evening, a development department spokesperson said.
Montgomeryg County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiple company via e-mail, to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receivre any information. Foley said he, alongv with other county, state and city of Dayton officials, have met with NCR representativew in the past in an efforg tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their statushas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinh in Dayton, because our citizens have helpedr build that company up to be world-classd and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the company woulr move, however multiple government and economic developmenrt officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking aboutf 100,000 square feet of office space in .
NCR is believed to have looker at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the squar footage estimates, the operation could house abour 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economi c development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential development. In NCR said it would move its Worldwidwe Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investingv $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbes of Peachtree City and Deluth. The statd of Georgia provided morethan $8 millionj in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founder locally in 1884, is the Daytom region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.
3 billionj in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retaiklautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortunde 500 company. At one time, the company had more than 18,000 employeesz in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindledr during the pastseveral decades. As recently as two yeard ago, NCR had about 2,000 Daytonb employees. That number has declined by abou 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In 2007, NCR announcexd it was relocating its executivee offices to New York City and leasing an entire floor of the 7 Worlcd TradeCenter building. But, on its headquarters remainedin Dayton.
In the company also told employeex it is undergoing a structura reorganization and would cut an unknowjn amount of its global Thatsame month, the company removex the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytoh campus, though it said at the time it was just