NCR Makes Landmark Move to Georgia

NCR, which is best known for manufacturing ATM machines and other similar products, has decided to move its Dayton, Ohio headquarters to Georgia. This means that Ohio, which will lose its only Fortune 500 Company after the move, will also lose about 1,200 jobs in the transition.

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Although NCR has been in the Ohio area for about 100 years, it plans to move to Georgia and open a manufacturing facility in the southern state. Ohio has already been struggling with an employment rate steadily increasing past the national average, and the collapse of the auto industry has not helped the state either.

Ohio politicians have largely condemned the decision and expressed their concern about the company’s decision to relocate. There were reportedly several tries for negotiation between Ohio government officials and NCR executives, but according to Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, neither party had much chance to work out a deal before the decision was made.