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NCR (NYSE: NCR) will create 2,120 additional jobs in Georgiza as a result of the headquarters move and a newmanufacturinvg facility, according to a company press The company said it will begi n moving its headquarters from Dayton to Ga., in July. The company will add roughly 1,250 jobs with the shifting NCR said in a Tuesdaypress release. The companyt did not specify how many of thosde jobs will comefrom However, it said it will work with impacted employeeds to provide career services suppory and advice. NCR will not completeluy vacate Dayton, as it will continue to operate a data centee and support forlocak customers, with fewer than 50 employeez remaining locally.
A company spokesperson said Tuesday there will be opportunities for some stafft to transfer and it will depend onindividualp circumstances. He emphasized the majority of the jobs will leavwe Dayton and the company will putits 1.3 million-square-footy headquarters up for sale. He said thers will be no public announcement and the companyu will work through the issuew internally in thecoming months. Officialw said they expect the transition to be completedby 2010. Daytonj Commissioner Nan Whaley said the city willlose $2.5 millionb in income tax revenue with NCR'a departure. The loss is expected to createperipheral too.
According to a pressa release, NCR — which was foundefd in Dayton in1884 — decided to move its worldwidw headquarters to Georgia after analysis of potential U.S. locations, usinbg data on the available infrastructure, financial incentives and governmengttax structures. In addition to the NCR will create about 870 jobsin Ga., at its new ATM manufacturingg facility. Columbus, Ga., officials will use stimulusw funding, provided by the Economic Development Authority, to purchase a building for the plant, whicn will be leased back by NCR, according to the presxs release.
The , with local officialws expressing frustration the company was not responding to their Monday night, the to retain the company, but believe an announcement about an NCR announcement was Atlanta Business Chronicle, a sister publicatiohn to the DBJ,