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Government officials said word beganb swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planning to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlants area and make an announcement about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speakingb by phone Saturday from London, confirmed that an effortf was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklan and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturda that heis “continuing to reach out to the companty to have a direct conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly movin its headquarters out of Dayton, Maton said the company does not respond to rumors and NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questions about NCR’se plans with an e-mail messagew Saturday that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quicjk to deny rumors of its relocatiojn and affirm its commitment to remainingt in Dayton.
The has repeatedly sought information from the companusince Thursday, but NCR had not responded to their requestw as of Friday evening, a development department spokesperson Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiplse company officials, via to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receives any information. Foley said he, along with other state and city of Dayton have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effor t tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs.
“Alll that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theid statushas changed,” Foley said “I have to assume that -- I I very much hope -- they are staying in Dayton, because our citizens have helped builf that company up to be world-claszs and will continue to do so.” Rumors have long circulater that the company would move, however multiples government and economic development officials said they reacheed a new level in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekiny about 100,000 square feet of office spacein Georgia, . NCR is believedf to have looked at sitezsin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga.
Based on the square footagew estimates, the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestatr sources. Georgia government and economivc development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentia development. In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customefr Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investingv $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtreer City and Deluth. The state of Georgia providecd morethan $8 million in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founderd locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’s seconxd largest company, with 20,000 global employeesw and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008.
The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytonn area, but that numbeer has dwindled during the past several As recently as twoyears ago, NCR had abouty 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declineed by about 700 workers in the pastseveral years. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executives offices to New York City and leasing an entire floor of the 7 Worlxd TradeCenter building. But, on paper, its headquarterx remained in Dayton.
In March, the company also told employees it is undergoinh a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amoung of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytobn campus, though it said at the time it was just
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