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The NCR building on Patterson Boulevard in Dayton. The company, founded in Dayton in the 19th century, is moving its headquarters and 1,250 jobs to Georgia.

Ty Greenlees The NCR building on Patterson Boulevard in Dayton. The company, founded in Dayton in the 19th century, is moving its headquarters and 1,250 jobs to Georgia.

By Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer Updated 11:42 AM Tuesday, June 2, 2009

DAYTON — In an internal memo sent to employees, NCR Corp. CEO Bill Nuti said “a great deal of gratitude” is owed the city of Dayton for “the past 125 years.”

But Nuti also wrote: “As we look forward, NCR needs to align itself for future growth and drive the lowest cost structure in our industry.”

The memo seeks to explain the decision to pull NCR from Dayton to create nearly 2,000 jobs in Georgia, a move that Nuti predicted will “drive tens of millions of dollars in cost savings for NCR over the next ten years.”

The move means of the loss of some 1,300 local jobs and Dayton’s sole Fortune 500 corporate headquarters.

In the memo, sent to employees early June 2, Nuti wrote that the company will have its “worldwide global self-service headquarters” in Duluth Ga. and a “state-of-the-art” manufacturing site in Columbus, Ga. for NCR’s next-generation SelfServ ATMs.

Wrote Nuti, “The decision to consolidate functions in Georgia and build a corporate headquarters campus focused on innovation is in line with our business strategy to drive growth, improve our innovation output, increase productivity and continually upgrade our focus on the customer. In addition, we will decrease time-to-market for innovative solutions, improve our internal collaboration, deliver next generation employee education programs and lower our current operating costs.”

The move to Georgia will be complete by the end of 2010, Nuti wrote.

Nuti also wrote that “this news is a significant event for NCR, Georgia and our company stakeholders — it may create questions and an eagerness for answers for many employees. During the month of July, HR will work with affected employees and managers as we transition to our new innovation center.”

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or tgnau@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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Nutjob nuti cares nothing for the lives he destroys, he will take NCR for every peeny he can get.

CE's all hate nuti
1:53 PM, 6/10/2009

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The loss will certainly be a blow to Dayton and Ohio. I understand that, and I empathize with you all. But it seems the complaints about stimulus funds is a smokescreen your elected officials are using to deflect attention away from themselves and, quite possibly, the factors that led to NCR’s decision in the first place. There was no stimulus plan in place when the city of Columbus got involved. Your elected officials should at least be honest about it.

Lee in GA
11:48 AM, 6/5/2009

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But please don’t think that federal stimulus dollars are being used to take jobs from Dayton. Those jobs were going away anyway. The decision to move there was undoubtedly made before the elections in November, therefore before any discussion of the stimulus plan that the current administration has implemented. According to reports, Columbus, GA has been working on this for 4 months. That means the state of GA has been working on it for at least 6-8 months.

Lee in GA
11:45 AM, 6/5/2009

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If Dayton and Ohio didn’t have the opportunity to compete for the project, it means they didn’t meet the criteria established by NCR. In other words, their leaving was then a foregone conclusion. Each community evaluated probably had strengths and weaknesses, so the decision would have been based on where the best overall location would be, given the wide range of factors to consider. Incentives would playa part in that.

Lee in GA
11:44 AM, 6/5/2009

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NCR hired a 3rd party analyst to assess where to best relocate and where to best build a manufacturing facility. Typically how this works is the consultant will do initial legwork and trim list to about 5-8 communities, based on certain criteria set by the client (i.e. NCR). Communities will provide more detailed information and then NCR would have created a short list, eventually deciding on a location.

Lee in GA
11:42 AM, 6/5/2009

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