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Government officials said word begabn swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquarterws and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcement aboutg the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phond Saturday from London, confirmed that an effor was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chieff Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuinvg to reach out to the company to have a direcy conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly movingt its headquarters out of Dayton, Matob said the company does not respond to rumora and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responderd to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail messagwe Saturday that read: “We have no announcementg today.” In the past, NCR has been quici to deny rumors of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedly soughf information from the company since Thursday, but NCR had not respondedd to their requests as of Friday a development department spokesperson said.
Montgomeryy County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustraterd by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responc to the rumors, but has yet to receive any information. Foleyu said he, along with other county, stater and city of Dayton officials, have met with NCR representativeas in the past in an effory tosafeguard NCR’s locapl jobs. “All that said, nobody has confirmecd to me that their statuszhas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinbg in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that company up to be world-class and will continuer to do so.
” Rumors have long circulateds that the company would move, however multiple government and economic development officials said they reachexd a new level in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekingh about 100,000 square feet of office spacein Georgia, . NCR is believerd to have looked at siteasin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Basee on the square footage estimates, the operation coulsd house about 300 to400 people, according to real estatr sources. Georgia government and economic development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentia development.
In October, NCR said it woulxd move its Worldwide Customere Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 million and creatinvg more than 900 jobs in the suburbx of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia providec morethan $8 million in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’s secone largest company, with 20,000 global employeez and $5.3 billion in revenuer in 2008. The company, which sells ATMs and retail automation is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 company.
At one the company had more than 18,000 employee s in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindlesd during the past several As recently as twoyears ago, NCR had about 2,0090 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In NCR announced it was relocating its executive officess to New York City and leasing an entird floor of the 7 World TradedCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarters remained in In March, the company also told employees it is undergoingt a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of its globalo workforce.
That same month, the company removeds the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus, thouguh it said at the time it wasjust