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Government officials said word began swirlingy in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planninbg to move its headquarters and 1,30 0 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcement about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmed that an effort was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklancd and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokespersob said Saturday that heis “continuing to reachg out to the company to have a direcf conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarterw out of Dayton, Maton said the companu does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questions aboutf NCR’s plans with an e-mail messaged Saturday that read: “We have no announcement today.” In the past, NCR has been quickm to deny rumors of its relocation and affirmn its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedlyy sought information from the companyysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondeds to their requests as of Friday evening, a developmen department spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissionetr Dan Foley said he is frustratedc by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiple company via e-mail, to respond to the but has yet to receivse any information. Foley said he, along with otherf county, state and city of Daytonb officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effor tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their status has Foleysaid Saturday. “I have to assumer that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayinvg in Dayton, because our citizensd have helped build that company up tobe world-clasw and will continue to do so.
” Rumors have long circulatef that the company would however multiple government and economi c development officials said they reache a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekinhg about 100,000 square feet of office space in Georgia, . NCR is believed to have lookeds at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Baseed on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to400 people, accordin g to real estate sources.
Georgia government and economid development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it woulde move its Worldwide Customer Serviced headquarters to an Atlanta suburb, investinh $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburba of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgiaq provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’s second largest with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiom in revenue in 2008.
The company, which sells ATMs and retaill automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 Atone time, the companyu had more than 18,000 employeezs in the Dayton but that number has dwindled during the past several As recently as two years ago, NCR had about 2,00 0 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workers in the pastseverapl years. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executivs offices to New York City and leasinbg an entire floor of the 7 World TraderCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarterzs remained in Dayton.
In March, the companyy also told employees it is undergoingv a structural reorganization and would cut an unknow amount of itsglobal workforce. That same month, the compang removed the language “world from the sign at its Daytom campus, though it said at the time it wasjust