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Government officials said word began swirling in the communit y Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquarteres and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcementt about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phoner Saturday from London, confirme that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chietf Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuing to reacjh out to the company to have a direct conversation.
” When askeds about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questions about NCR’ s plans with an e-maikl message Saturday that read: “We have no announcemenr today.” In the past, NCR has been quicik to deny rumors of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedl y sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not responde to their requests as of Friday evening, a developmenft department spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrateds by the lackof communication.
Foley said he has askefd multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responrd to the rumors, but has yet to receivd any information. Foley said he, along with othee county, state and city of Dayton officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effort tosafeguared NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that theier statushas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayingy in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that company up to be world-classw and will continue to do so.
” Rumors have long circulate d that the company would however multiple government and economic developmentr officials said they reachex a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking about 100,00p square feet of offics space in Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookedf at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the squar footage estimates, the operation coul d house about 300 to400 people, according to real estate Georgia government and economic development officialse remained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwid Customer Services headquarters to an Atlanta suburb, investing $15 millionb and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbsw of Peachtree City and Deluth.
The state of Georgi provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founder locally in 1884, is the Daytonn region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billioh in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retailautomatiojn systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortunew 500 company. At one time, the company had more than 18,000 employeew in the Dayton area, but that numberr has dwindled during the past several As recently as twoyeard ago, NCR had about 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workers in the pastseveraol years.
In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinyg its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entire floor of the 7 World TradewCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarters remainedf in Dayton. In March, the company also told employeex it is undergoing a structural reorganization and woulxd cut an unknown amount of itsglobao workforce. That same month, the companyt removed the language “world from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it wasjust