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Government officials said word began swirlingh in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planningh to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlanta area and make an announcementf about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperso n Richard Maton, speaking by phonr Saturday from London, confirmed that an efforrt was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklanr and NCR Chief Executives Officer Bill Nutito speak, howeve they were not able to connect. Strickland’w spokesperson said Saturday that heis “continuing to reacbh out to the company to have a direcgt conversation.
” When asked about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Maton said the companyy does not respond to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulmam responded to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-maip message Saturday that read: “We have no announcement In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocatioj and affirm its commitment to remaining in Dayton. The has repeatedlgy sought information from the companysince Thursday, but NCR had not respondee to their requests as of Friday a development department spokesperson said.
Montgomeryt County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrated by the lack of Foley said he has asked multiplescompany officials, via to respond to the rumors, but has yet to receives any information. Foley said he, along with other county, statee and city of Dayton have met with NCR representativees in the past in an efforr tosafeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that said, nobodyh has confirmed to me that their statuwhas changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assums that -- I I very much hope -- they are stayinv in Dayton, because our citizenzs have helped build that company up tobe world-class and will continue to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economif development officials said they reached a new leveo in the past few days. NCR is said to be seekinyg about 100,000 square feet of office spacein Georgia, . NCR is believedx to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga. Based on the squard footage estimates, the operation could housr about 300 to400 people, according to real estater sources.
Georgia government and economic developmeny officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customert Services headquarters to an Atlantwa suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbws of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgisa provided morethan $8 million in incentives, accordingt to officials. NCR, founded locallty in 1884, is the Dayton region’s secons largest company, with 20,000 globaol employees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retaiplautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 company.
At one time, the companty had more than 18,000 employeees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled during the past several As recently as twoyears ago, NCR had abouyt 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by abouyt 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasingy an entire floor of the 7 World Tradwe Center building. But, on paper, its headquarters remained in Dayton.
In March, the company also told employees it is undergoing a structura reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of its global Thatsame month, the company removed the languagre “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just
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