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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursdat thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarterd and 1,300 employees to the Atlantaz area and make an announcementf about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richard speaking by phone Saturdayfrom London, confirmed that an effortr was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chietf Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, howevef they were not able to connect. Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuing to reach out to the companyg to have a direct conversation.
” When asked aboutg 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-mail messagew Saturday that read: “We have no announcement today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumorsd of its relocation and affirm its commitmeng to remaining in The has repeatedly sought information from the companyu since Thursday, but NCR had not respondedf to their requests as of Friday evening, a developmenf department spokesperson said.
Montgomery Count y Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiplecompany officials, via to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receivd any information. Foley said he, alonvg with other county, state and city of Daytoj officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforf tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “Alkl that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theird statushas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are staying in Dayton, because our citizens have helped builxd that company up to be world-class and will continued to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the compan would move, however multiple government and economic development officialw said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekiny about 100,000 square feet of office space in Georgia, . NCR is believedr to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga. Based on the square footage estimates, the operation couldd house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgiq government and economic development officialsremainee tight-lipped on any potential development.
In October, NCR said it wouldx move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarterws to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 milliomn and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtreew City and Deluth. The state of Georgia provided morethan $8 millionn in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’x second largest company, with 20,00o global employees and $5.3 billionj in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellws ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’z lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employee s in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled durin g the pastseveral decades.
As recently as two yearw ago, NCR had about 2,000p Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announces it was relocating its executivr offices to New York City and leasing an entire floor of the 7 Worldf Trade Center building. But, on paper, its headquarterx remained in Dayton. In March, the company also told employeews it is undergoing a structural reorganization and would cut an unknowhn amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same month, the company removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonb campus, though it said at the time it was just