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NCR to move headquarters to Georgia

 

DAYTON — NCR will move its corporate headquarters from Dayton to Duluth, Ga., taking with it more than one thousand jobs from here.

 

An NCR statement said the move would bring 1,250 jobs to Duluth, with another 870 headed to Columbus, Ga., where NCR will manufacture ATMs.

 

…Georgia put up more than $60 million in tax breaks and other incentives to lure NCR.

 

…A last-ditch $31.1 million offer by Ohio’s governor to keep the company in Dayton fell short of Georgia’s bid, an NCR official said.

 

“We did not receive [the Ohio] offer until this evening. ... It pales in comparison to what Georgia is giving,” he said.

 

…More of the company’s employees, 2,800, currently work in the metro area than in Dayton, with 1,300. That number was already slated to grow by 900 jobs through previously announced additions to its retail and service centers in Duluth and Peachtree City.

 

…The move is a big blow to Dayton.

 

Tom Gnau

Dayton Daily News, June 3, 2009