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Government officials said word began swirlinyg in the community Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquarters and 1,300o employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcement about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperso Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from confirmed that an efforr was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chief Executives Officer Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuing to reach out to the companuy to have a direc conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not responxd to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionws about NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturday that “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocatiohn and affirm its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought informatiob from the company since Thursday, but NCR had not respondeds to their requests as of Friday a development department spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Folet said he is frustrated by the lackof communication.
Foley said he has askec multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responsd to the rumors, but has yet to receivs any information. Foley said he, along with otherd county, state and city of Daytoh officials, have met with NCR representativees in the past in an effort tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that theirf statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayingf in Dayton, because our citizens have helpedc build that company up tobe world-classa and will continue to do so.
” Rumors have long circulatedx that the company woulsd move, however multiple government and economic developmen t officials said they reached a new leveol in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekinfg about 100,000 square feet of office spacsein Georgia, . NCR is believed to have looked at sitezsin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footagse estimates, the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources.
Georgia government and economic development officialsaremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwidd Customer Services headquarters to an Atlantaa suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbds of Peachtree City and Deluth. The stater of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’s second largesr company, with 20,000 global employeesx and $5.3 billion in revenur in 2008. The company, which sells ATMs and retaill automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortuned 500 company.
At one time, the company had more than 18,00p employees in the Dayton area, but that numberr has dwindled during the pastseveral decades. As recently as two years ago, NCR had about 2,00p0 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workers in the pastseverapl years. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinhg its executive offices to New York City and leasingy an entire floor of the 7 Worldx TradeCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarterzs remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoingh a structural reorganization and woulds cut an unknown amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguag “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton though it said at the time it was just